Tangent episode #14 'The Vampire Sessions'

I’m joined on this episode by award-winning poet and vampire aficionado Derrick Austin!

We delve into the most recent adaptation of Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles, AMC’s Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (Starring Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Bailey Bass, Eric Bogosian & Assad Zaman)

This conversation also includes our thoughts on the original book [Book 1 of The Vampire Chronicles] and the 1994 film adaptation of the story (Directed by Neil Jordan and starring Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt & Kirsten Dunst)

[spoilers all!]

+ Find out how we fit the following in

Early 90s straight-washing
Race-blind casting vs adding to the narrative
Repressed desire and the glass closet
The existential terrors of being alive
‘Demonic White Daddies’
Queer hierarchies of privilege
Mentorship and inter-community conflict
Abusive relationships
Selfishness & the toxicity of ‘queer families’
‘Containing’ Claudia
In defence of Armand
The glass closets and taking queerness outside
De-centring whiteness in queer narratives
Clinton-era ‘radicalism’ today
Creole Lady Marmalade
Fantasies of carefree existence
Rabid fanbases
This is a story about control.

Find Derrick on all socials @ParadiseLAust and more about him & his writing here: https://linktr.ee/DerrickAustin

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Hosted and produced by Dr. Khaliden Nas.

Music by PamperedFists & Anzahlung.

All videos edited by Victor Alexander.

Podcast Artwork by Valentine M. Smith.

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'TVS': Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (with Derrick Austin!)