Welcome to Screen Gems, our weekend dive into queer and queer-adjacent titles of the past that deserve a watch or a re-watch.The world lost an incomparable performer with the death of singer/actor Meat Loaf this week.
Mr. Loaf’s often grotesque politics aside, the man possessed an incredible gift as a vocalist, and proved himself a compelling character actor too.He also had no shame about appearing in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
So, props to him there.For one of Meat Loaf’s best performances, however, we refer you to David Fincher’s 1999 cult satire, Fight Club.
By now the broad strokes of the film have become common knowledge in pop culture. A bored and dehumanized office clerk (Edward Norton) attends a series of support groups in hopes of boosting his self-esteem by quietly mocking the pain of others.