Justin Chang

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1,567 appearances 50 recordings 2 series first heard Nov 2024 last heard 3d ago

Justin Chang’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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approaches her in the theater.

You've already seen me.

Teenage sex and death at Camp Me Osma.

is frequently funny as a satire of contemporary filmmaking.

Schoenbrunn takes knowing aim at the industry's obsession with sequels, reboots, and origin stories.

It's overuse of trauma as a horror trope.

and its often performative approach to inclusion and social justice.

The original Camiasma, which featured a gender fluid killer laying waste to a summer camp.

has since been accused of transphobia.

A criticism that Chris, who approaches cinema through a queer academic lens, wants to correct in her own project.

More than once, though, the older, worldlier Billy tells Chris to stop over intellectualizing everything.

Noting that in the movies, we respond to sex and horror on a pure visceral level.

True to its title, Teenage Sex and Death is fascinated by the connections between what excites us and what scares us.

It's no surprise when Chris and Billy begin to explore their own growing feelings for each other.

Their sex scenes are played for some wry humor.

Anderson has been an LGBTQ plus icon for decades, since her days on the X Files.

But there's also a genuine warmth and tenderness here that builds on the actor's natural chemistry.

Both characters, it turns out, have had their own physical and psychological hang ups about sex, but

And the movie's most bracing element is the way it lets them confront those issues together.

In Chris's case, that means exploring the voyeuristic and violent fantasies that drew her to the Camp Me Osma movies in the first place.

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