"What is This Feeling?": Queerbaiting, Queer-Coding, and the Cruel Optimism of Wicked
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This article considers Wicked: Part I (Jon M. Chu, 2024) and Wicked: For Good (Jon M. Chu, 2025) as a case study on the contemporary state of queerbaiting and queer-coding, arguing that the films reflect larger cultural conflicts between capital and narrative.... ...