Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are working backwards through film history, and in Season 2, they're using THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW as the starting point!
This week on EPISODE ZERO they venture back to ancient Greece, or at least Italy in the 1950s, for an epic double feature of HERCULES (1958) and HERCULES UNCHAINED (1959). These two superhero blockbusters put brawny men front and center, with glorious homoerotic subtext that can't possibly be ignored!
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Loved this deep dive into classic hero films — such a fun way to explore cinema history while keeping it entertaining and insightful! It’s actually the kind of creative break I needed while thinking about how to manage everything this semester, especially with thoughts like “take my online business class” popping up during busy weeks. Keep the episodes coming — this series is a great listen!
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