(S2, E11) James Bond’s Big Red Rocket
We’re getting spicy on Pop Culture Boner this week as we take a look James Bond’s nether-regions, and try to work out why so many bad guys keep trying to crush them. What is it about Bond villains and BDSM? Are Bond’s privates so perilously perfect that they must be part of your plan for world domination? And more importantly, do bad guys have more fun?
You can find some references here:
Lisa Funnell (2011, Journal of Popular Culture 44) - ‘‘I Know Where You Keep Your Gun’’: Daniel Craig as the Bond–Bond Girl Hybrid in ‘Casino Royale’
E. Alex Jung (2021, Vulture) - In Conversation: Mads Mikkelsen
Katherin Cox (2014, Journal of Gender Studies, 23) - Becoming James Bond: Daniel Craig, rebirth, and refashioning masculinity in Casino Royale (2006).
Shelton Waldrep (2016, Routledge) - In Her Majesty’s Secret Closet: Bond’s Body
You can download the full transcript here.