Problemous Gaze is a difference podcast focused on a particular pop culture from last year.
In each episode, created by social historian Dr. Lee Arnott and television director and screenwriter Dave Moore, they watch the show through a contemporary perspective and ask if there is any problem. They could be made today, and if not, why not?
“From Death, we actually love, from Fawlty Towers to Grease, Dr. Reed and our Dave in each episode are looking at what was going on in popular culture and society when these shows were released.
The pair use their knowledge and humor to give insight into some of the most popular shows and films of their time.
Often, profane, sometimes a little naughty, these best friends and gays of certain ages help navigate the modern world where listeners are happy to cancel the past.
Do you like it until we die, until we make you racist? When did you stop making fat jokes? Does enjoying carry-on movies make you sexist? Does anyone still have a speedboat in their backyard? Can you get nicotine high by watching Bridget Jones?
Lee and Dr. Dave present humorous life as a glorious LGBTQ+ man, offering a mix of academic social commentary and surprising life lessons.
Dr. Lee Arnott was awarded a Modern History PhD in 2022, examining the experiences of LGBT soldiers in the British Army since 1960. The project explores contemporary gender relations and is sponsored in part by the Imperial War Museum, where he published his papers and appeared on a panel discussing recent LGBT history in the British military.
He co-authored a chapter on the impact of the world war on contemporary sexuality for Cambridge University Press. He has now studied and written British social history since the 1960s through the lens of very familiar British television shows.
Dave Moore has been a British TV writer and director for the past decade. He has extensively worked on the continuation of multi-camera dramas in the UK, including EastEnders and Coronation Street. Prior to this, he worked as an assistant director of many British and American films and dramas.
You can still find problematic gazes when you get the podcast.
