Welcome to Screen Gems, our weekend dive into queer and queer-adjacent titles of the past that deserve a watch or a re-watch.Anyone here ever enroll in “competitive tickling?” If you’ve never heard of the “sport,” you’re not alone.
In 2014, New Zealand-based queer journalist David Ferrier stumbled on several videos of competitive tickling and decided to investigate the origins of the clips.
The production company associated with the videos replied with homophobic insults, which only made Ferrier more determined. He journeyed to the US in hopes of finding some of the “players” who participated in the clips, as well as the mysterious producers behind them.