BASIC INSTINCT | A Resistant Reading

Basic Instinct was derided by critics for being vacant sexploitation as well as being blatantly misogynistic and homophobic when it first debuted in theaters in 1992, but after 30 years of cultural change and LGBT progress - can people look at the film through a different lens?
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CW: Discussions of rape, suicide, misogyny, transphobia, and homophobia.

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38:26 - The Resistant Reading


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