<p>Welcome. You’re listening to Reel Charlie Speaks, an LGBTQ podcast spin-off of the film and television review blog, Reel Charlie looking at movies and TV from a gay male perspective since 2009.</p> <p>I&#39;m your host, Philip Bahr. Each month I select a classic queer film, television series, or creator. I talk about how the subject spoke to me when I first discovered it years ago, and how its stood the test of time. Major spoiler alerts in this episode.</p> <p>In episode 21 I explore The Birdcage.</p> <p><a href="https://reelcharlie.wordpress.com/2015/06/18/the-birdcage/">⁠⁠⁠⁠Read <em>The Birdcage</em> review on Reel Charlie⁠</a>.⁠⁠</p> <p><a href="https://reelcharlie.wordpress.com/">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><a href="https://reelcharlie.wordpress.com/about-2/">⁠⁠⁠Learn about Reel Charlie creator Philip Bahr.⁠⁠</a></p> <p>Beautiful Thing (1996) currently streams (as of February 2024) on various streaming platforms for a rental fee (Amazon has it for under a dollar), or get it on disk from your local public library. </p>