Director P.J. Hogan reveals that there were discsns about makg a sequel wh a gay twist.
Contents:
- IN ‘MY BT FRIEND’S WEDDG,’ I FOUND MY GAY ROLE MOL: JULIA ROBERTS
- THE GAY MY BT FRIEND'S WEDDG SEQUEL THAT ALMOST HAPPENED
- MY BT FRIEND'S WEDDG ALMOST HAD A GAY SEQUEL
IN ‘MY BT FRIEND’S WEDDG,’ I FOUND MY GAY ROLE MOL: JULIA ROBERTS
Instead of wdg up wh a suor, Julianne (Julia Roberts) ends the film dancg the night away wh her bt gay pal, Gee (Rupert Everett). The trope of the “gay bt iend” prov that not all reprentatn is created equally.
In the 90s pecially, we fally got to see openly gay characters big Hollywood movi, specifilly romantic edi. While this reprentatn was a step forward, the typ of LGBTQ+ reprentatn were always the same: whe, cis gay men whout an terr life.
THE GAY MY BT FRIEND'S WEDDG SEQUEL THAT ALMOST HAPPENED
Gee Downs (Rupert Everett) embodi a lot of what is bad about the “gay bt iend” trope. In 1997, pecially romantic edi, gay bt iends were never sexualized. Y, we don’t get any terry to his actual sex life as a gay man.
MY BT FRIEND'S WEDDG ALMOST HAD A GAY SEQUEL
What do any gay bt iend do when they’re thst back to the closet for a scheme to break up a straight weddg? While reli on the stereotype of gays lovg mil extravaganzas, ’s an important moment that f Gee as a character, rather than a functn of the plot. Y, this is an example of the gay bt iend beg a wise oracle for the heroe.