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A 1985 cult classic about hiding your true self gets its 40th anniversary celebration in a queer-friendly deep dive.
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In this episode
- Why Just One of the Guys became a cult classic worth revisiting
- How the film's gender-bending story still resonates 40 years later
- Personal memories of watching it as kids and what it meant to them
- The connection between this film and the broader She's the Man legacy
About this episode
Happy Pride, Rewinders! Here's an extra queer episode featuring '80s gender bending, sex jokes, and flashing! Mark welcomes fellow podcaster, writer, and movie lover Devin Lotfi back to the show to be his prom date and celebrate the 1985 cult classic Just One of the Guys for its 40th anniversary. Some of you don't know this movie and frankly, how dare you! They each watched it on cable as kids, laughing, gasping, and relating to the experience of hiding your true self and blending in. Before Amanda Bynes disguised herself as a boy in the great She's the Man, Joyce Hyser did it here two decades earlier and busted out that memorable reveal.Listen to Devin's podcast I Don't Want To Hear That, about top tier TV series The Comeback, which just celebrated 20 years! We love you, Valerie! @idontwanttohearthat
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