Supercontext: An Autopsy Of Media

This 2018 spy thriller is praised for its humor and subversion by critics and audiences alike. We discuss how it represents female and queer identities without pinning down either as templates or tropes. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Please support the show by purchasing it through our affiliate store: Killing Eve, Season 1 Additional Resources: ‘It’s anarchic’: the cast of Killing Eve on Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s killer thriller Phoebe Waller-Bridge Twists the Spy Genre With BBC America’s Thriller ‘Killing Eve’ ‘Killing Eve’ Showrunner: ‘All Obsession Is Sexual’ All About Killing Eve: The BBC spy drama that's already a US hit Killing Eve and the Riddle of Why Women Kill The Queer Ambiguity of ‘Killing Eve’ ‘Killing Eve’: TV’s Newest Assassin Subverts Storytelling Cliches, Which Makes Her Scary as Hell Feminist thriller "Killing Eve" has proven a perfect show for the #MeToo era BBC Buys Into Award-Winning U.K. Drama Producer Sid Gentle Films