Episode 52: But I'm a Cheerleader (Toy Poodle episode)

This week's poodle episode features our favourite returning guest, comedian, Queerstralia creator and Girlfriend of the Pod, Zoë Coombs Marr!Zoë's here to talk about Jamie Babbit's painfully iconic 1999 directorial debut, But I'm a Cheerleader! We talk about the cast, finding 1920s porn while researching Australia's queer history, the name "Graham", who was in Go?, movies with Chocolate in the title, "nighttime scenes", doing Mulanie Lunskey doing an "Australian accent", Eddie Cibrian is hot, remember lipstick lesbians?, the deleted scene featuring Ione Skye, Brodie was a teen Christian, Zoë went to Hillsong drunk one time, and so much more! If you want to embrace physical media by revisiting this movie, buy the UK Blu-Ray, not the US version For our US listeners, here's the deleted scene with Ione Skye as Kelly, a cautionary tale!See Also:Watch Queerstralia!Watch Bossy Bottom!Director Jamie Babbit on the Queer Classic 20 Years Later: ‘I Wanted to Make a Gay ‘Clueless”All Over MeNatasha Lyonne and Clea DuVall on CriterionMelanie Lynskey on Las CulturistasJamie Babbit interview in ThemJamie Babbitt wants to direct an episode of The Crown because she's obsessed with Princess Diana Also Alsos:Sports bras! (Perhaps from Sock Drawer Heroes)SuperstarThe Aislers Set album The Last Match Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.