It’s a big day here at Mousterpiece Cinema HQ, as we’re celebrating our third anniversary with our 150th episode! Yes, friends, it’s really been three years since Josh started a podcast about Disney movies all on his own by ranting about Cars 2. Things have changed a ton, of course, since those halcyon days, and today, we’ve got a corker of a show for you. Josh and Gabe couldn’t help but ring the bell for the 1996 animated adaptation of Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, which might be the most underrated film of the Disney Renaissance. And they’re joined in their conversation by Grantland/Entertainment Weekly writer Mark Harris, who’s also the author of the new film history book Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and The Second World War. Come for the discussion about Quasimodo’s struggle for acceptance as being an encoded gay story, and stay for Josh’s mini-interview with Mark during the Audible section of the show. This episode’s a big one, so check it out!
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