Episode 540: You’re a Wizard, Freddy Mercury

Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather want to find them somebody to love, but it’s probably not this movie. We talk mostly about the problems with Bohemian Rhapsody, as we overthink a film that works very hard to jam its subject into a conventional mold, but for all that ends up all the more confounding to interpretation.

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• Bohemian Rhapsody: Wikipedia, IMDb
• Queen at Live Aid
• Freddie Mercury on Wikipedia
• Headbanging
• Film class: Longtime Companion, Derek Jarman, Edward II, Blue

Episode 540: You’re a Wizard, Freddy Mercury originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]