Beautiful Thing

About this episode

This episode discusses the 1996 film Beautiful Thing, focusing on its themes of teenage love and its cultural significance.

Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular! Today, we are talking about the 1996 movie Beautiful Thing . The movie is about two teens in London who fall in love. It is a lovely and fun film with a great soundtrack that consists mostly of music from Mama Cass and the Mamas & Papas. The film is very much a product of its time, which is not a bad thing. That being said, there are definitely elements of the movie that would still be a part of movies that are made today. In the episode artwork, you will see Jamie and Ste (left to right). I talk about why I used this photo in the episode. We will be back on November 13th when we will talk about the book Icing on the Cake . As always, please rate and review the podcast on whatever platform you listen to it on. You can follow the podcast on Instagram or Threads (@queerlypopular) or Bluesky (@queerlypopular.bsky.social). You can also send questions or comments to queerlypopular@gmail.com.

People in this episode

Host: Mychel Vandover

Topics covered

• film analysis
• LGBTQ+ cinema
• teen romance
• 1990s movies
• soundtrack discussion

Keywords

• Beautiful Thing
• LGBTQ+ film
• teen love
• Mama Cass
• 1996 movie
• film soundtrack
• London

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mamas & Papas, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky

Books & works: Beautiful Thing

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