79: Ratatouille wtih Brooke Solomon and Jordan Gustafson

We continue our Pixar 2000s miniseries with one of the studio’s most unexpectedly profound films: Ratatouille. Joined by Brooke Solomon and Jordan Gustafson of The Queer Quadrant, we dig into why this movie about a rat who cooks somehow became one of Pixar’s most emotionally resonant works.
We talk about Ratatouille as a love letter to food, Paris, and creative ambition; the film’s quietly radical worldview; the cultural impact of “ratatouilling” someone; and why the movie asks us to accept its reality completely or not at all. Plus: gay rat discourse, cursed 2007 box office math, and why this might be Pixar at the absolute height of its powers.
Brooke Solomon (instagram.com/brookebsolomon) & Jordan Gustafson (instagram.com/jordan_gustafson) co-hosts of The Queer Quadrant🎧 Podcast: thequeerquadrant.com📸 Instagram: instagram.com/thequeerquadrantHosts:Phil Iscove📸 Instagram: instagram.com/pmiscoveEmily St. James📸 Instagram: instagram.com/emilystjamsShow:Podcast Like It’s the 2000s🎧 Listen & subscribe: linktr.ee/podcastlikeits📸 Instagram: instagram.com/podcastlikeits💜 Patreon (bonus episodes & video): patreon.com/podcastlikeits