I know this is a movie reference but there’s many it could be so I’m not particularly confident in which so I won’t discuss it but I know one of you will figure it out! Could be night of the living dead but I haven’t seen it since I was a kid.
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then sab enters a very traditional american 50s styled room w/ a floral couch walking on a slant, carrying a tray of tea - she’s bringing “the tea” she just learned 🫖💁🏼♀️ The slant also makes me think she’s in misalignment with this room or between worlds (a la inception, harry styles, fortnight etc)
sep 1, 2025, 9:19 pm • 16 0 • view
I’m sure there’s more to this room being a blatant juxtaposition of 1950’s styling and modern queer-coded kink, but that’s all I’m gathering at the moment.
sep 1, 2025, 9:23 pm • 17 0 • view
Next, Sab (down to just lingerie) stands in a gallery room staring at a painting of a bat before the curtains drop and it’s revealed that she’s on an outdoor stage. It’s worth noting that bats “come alive” at night and over 20 species of bats engage in homosexual behavior. plus Halloween of it all
sep 1, 2025, 9:30 pm • 9 0 • view
then her drag Professor/guide appears (now blonde) and watches her pole dance in a cornfield which is incredibly camp lol. She dances on a tree stump adorned w/ Christmas lights (in the TSCU at least, Christmas is super important). this could symbolize taking her new teachings into the “real world”
sep 1, 2025, 9:46 pm • 12 0 • view
alternatively, if you consider this tree stump her real-life stage, you could argue he’s cheering on her stage persona — a hyper femme and sexually liberated drag queen. As Coleman himself said on twitter to clap back at a homophobe “we are born naked and everything else is drag.”
sep 1, 2025, 9:51 pm • 20 0 • view
Sab & her drag prof exit a back door into an alleyway reminiscent of the back of a NYC restaurant (or the delicate mv) wearing a 70’s Disco-inspired fringe set (originally worn by naomi Campbell in ‘03). They dance the night away with a mysterious red headed woman nearby leaning against a car. 🤨
sep 1, 2025, 10:02 pm • 15 0 • view
It IS funny to me that there is a sign that says “world meats” by the door. If I were to take a page out of Sab’s vulgur humor, she could be saying she’s leaving sex w men. 👀🤐 Again, they are dancing during the night which we’ve seen NRs associate with coming alive (like bats and werewolves!)
sep 1, 2025, 10:12 pm • 14 0 • view
When we look at the arc of the story being told, we can see Sab makes a full transformation from prim and proper mid 20th century woman to a more sexually liberated woman (inspired by 70s-80s) dancing the night away with her new queer pals. That is… before they kick her out of the “haunted” house!
sep 1, 2025, 10:24 pm • 14 0 • view
The final dance break has a lot of fast moving clips w tons of Easter eggs to explore. a few that stood out: 1) A joker-coded man chiseling an ice sculpture that looks like a certain iceberg 😆 2) an unidentified observer wearing a coin-adorned coat 3) a zebra coat 4) Coleman in green fur
sep 1, 2025, 10:35 pm • 11 0 • view
In the original ending from 8/29 Sabrina is thrown out of the “haunted” (gay) house and ends up back in her original outfit, only to find the man she thought died in the car accident is still alive looking for her. She impales him with her heels (because one has to die) & breaks the fourth wall.
sep 1, 2025, 10:42 pm • 10 0 • view
It's from Polanski's Repulsion, which is broadly a film about sex & psychosis but idk if I wanna spoil it much more for people who haven't seen it. It's very interesting from a gender/sexuality perspective. Polanski was also a pedophile who was protected & awarded even after it became publicly known
sep 1, 2025, 11:39 pm • 18 0 • view
I watched it once at university and don’t think I can stomach it again so I’m very grateful for you reminding me without me having to go through it again
sep 2, 2025, 5:59 am • 3 0 • view
It's interesting seeing how sexuality & repression are linked to the main character (played by Ingenue Catherine Deneuve) descending into worsening schizophrenia. Polanski is a GARBAGE human but its a surprisingly sympathetic betrayal & his ability to make the audience FEEL the character's plight.
sep 1, 2025, 11:46 pm • 12 0 • view
woah this 100% feels relevant and sounds so fascinating, I need to watch it!!
sep 2, 2025, 12:38 am • 4 0 • view