Ep. 263: Road House

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This week, Gavia and Morgan talk about the eighties cult classic Road House, starring Patrick Swayze as the greatest bouncer in the world, who travels to a small Missouri town to whip a dive bar into shape. Topics discussed include the film's relationship to classic Hollywood westerns, Swayze's magnetic star presence, the film's boundless homoeroticism, and more.

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Links

“An Exhaustive Breakdown of Patrick Swayze’s ‘Road House’,” Mark Titus, The Ringer

“An Undeniable Action Classic: Road House,” Tom Jolliffe, Flickering Myth

“One Against the Villains, in 'Road House',” Caryn James, The New York Times

“The Gruesome Oral History of the ‘Road House’ Throat Rip Scene,” Quinn Myers, Mel

Pain Don’t Hurt Archive, Sean T. Collins