Suggestions around Nickel City Fifs

    Here is a non-exhaustive list of films, TV shows and works that have fueled my work on Nickel City Fifs, which paint different portraits of queer realities and/or have had a profound impact on me. Some of the titles mentioned are queer, others exude that same energy. Some are must-haves, many are far from it. But there is something for everyone!

    – Alex Tétreault

    Movies
    • Pink Flamingos (1972) (Dark Comedy)
    • Cabaret (1972) (Musical Comedy)
    • Young Frankenstein (1974) (Comedy/Horror)
    • 9 to 5 (1980) (Comedy)
    • Mommie Dearest (1981) (Drama)
    • Clue (1985) (Dark Comedy/Mystery)
    • Hairspray (1988) (Comedy)
    • Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (1988) (Comedy/Horror)
    • Paris is Burning (1990) (Documentary)
    • Death Becomes Her (1992) (Dark Comedy)
    • Addams Family Values (1993) (Dark Comedy)
    • The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) (Comedy/Road Movie)
    • The Birdcage (1996) (Comedy)
    • Mars Attacks! (1996) (Comedy/Science Fiction)
    • Edge of Seventeen (1998) (Drama/Comedy/Coming-of-age)
    • But I’m a Cheerleader (1999) (RomCom/Coming-of-age)
    • The Pinco Triangle (1999) (Documentary)
    • The Mummy (1999) (Action/Comedy)
    • Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) (Dark Comedy/Mockumentary)
    • Charlie’s Angels (2000) (Action/Comedy)
    • The Producers (2005) (Musical Comedy)
    • For the Bible Tells Me So (2007) (Documentary)
    • The Most Hated Family in America (2007) (Documentary/Report)
    • Pride (2014) (Drama/Comedy/Historic)
    • Moonlight (2016) (Drama)
    • Hannah Gadsby: Nanette (2017) (Stand-up)
    • Cats (2019) (Musical Comedy)
    • Everything, Everywhere, All at Once (2022) (Drama/Comedy)
    • Fire Island (2022) (RomCom)
    Shows
    • The Golden Girls (1985-1992)
    • Sailor Moon (1992-1997)
    • Xena: Warrior Princess (1995-2001)
    • Angels in America (2003)
    • RuPaul’s Drag Race (2009-)
    • Veep (2012-2019)
    • Canada’s Drag Race (2020-)
    • Orphan Black (2013-2017)
    • Pose (2018-2021)
    • Killing Eve (2018-2022)
    • What We Do in the Shadows (2018-)
    • Legendary (2020-2022)
    • Call Me Mother (2021-)
    • Heartstopper (2022-)
    Literature
    • The Drag (1927) by Mae West (Theatre)
    • The Boys in the Band (1968) by Mart Crowley (Theatre)
    • Torch Song Trilogy (1978) by Harvey Fierstein (Theatre)
    • The Normal Heart (1985) by Larry Kramer (Theatre)
    • The Rez Sisters (1986) by Tomson Highway (Theatre)
    • The Laramie Project (2000) by Moisés Kaufman and the Tectonic Theatre Project (Theatre)
    • Bitch Planet (2014-2017) by Kelly Sue DeConnick (Comic Book)
    • Indecent (2015) by Paula Vogel (Theatre)
    • Full-Metal Indigiqueer (2017) by Joshua Whitehead (Poem)
    • I’m Afraid of Men (2018) by Vivek Shraya (Non-Fiction)
    • Out North: An Archive of Queer Activism and Kinship in Canada (2020) by Craig Jennex and Nisha Eswaran (Non-Fiction)
    • All the Shining People (2022) by Kathy Friedman (News)
    Podcasts
    • Food 4 Thot (2017-2022) (Varied Subjects)
    • Uncover: The Village (2019) (True Crime Series by CBC)