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THE 11 MOST DEPRSG QUEER MOVI EVER MAALSO: WHY MATT BOMER WANTS YOU TO SEE "THE BOYS THE BAND" {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY MICHAEL MTOAUGT 26, 2019/10:50 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:648PX;WIDTH:1200PX;}MONSTER/NEWMARKET FILMSBY MICHAEL MTOAUGT 26, 2019 / 10:50 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE 11 MOST DEPRSG QUEER MOVI EVER MA","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-08-26T14:50:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-08-26T14:50:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL MTO","KEYWORDS":"MTO UNFILTERED","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PICTURED ABOVE: CHARLIZE THERON MONSTER (2003).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOME QUEER-THEMED MOVI ARE PRSG BEE THEY LIVER A POTENT MSAGE ABOUT THE HORRIBLE EFFECTS OF BIGOTRY (AND THE RULT IS PAFUL TO WATCH); OTHERS ARE EMOTNALLY DISTRSG BEE THEY’RE STEREOTYPIL AND BADLY DONE, OFTEN REFLECTG THE UNENLIGHTENED TIM THEY WERE MA . IN OTHER WORDS, THEY’RE EHER PRSG BEE THEY’RE SO GOOD OR BEE THEY’RE SO ROTTEN. EHER WAY, THE FILMS HAVE, AT VAR MOMENTS, MA ME WANT TO TAKE A SHOWER THEN CRY MYSELF TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’M SHARG MY LIST OF THE 11 MOST PRSG EVER, JT SO YOU’RE WARNED—AND A FEW S, ’S ACTUALLY A REMENDATN BEE THEIR POWER TO UPSET IS THEIR GREATT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CHILDREN'S HOUR (1961){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BASED ON AN OLD LILLIAN HELLMAN PLAY, THIS SH-STIRRER HAS A BRATTY YOUNG GIRL STARTG A MOR THAT TWO TEACHERS (AUDREY HEPBURN AND SHIRLEY MACLAE) ARE LBIANS LOVE. THIS SNDALO B OF BUZZ LEADS TO SO MANY PLITNS THAT POOR SHIRLEY ENDS UP THKG MAYBE SHE IS A LBIAN AND KILLG HERSELF JT SE. SEEG THIS AS A KID, I ALMOST WANTED TO JO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO, TEA AND SYMPATHY (1956)—YOU KNOW, “OH, DARLG, YOU’RE NOT REALLY A SISSY BOY. WHY DON’T YOU SCREW ME AND THAT’LL PROVE !”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VICTIM (1961){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SAME YEAR BROUGHT EVEN MORE GAY-RELATED SUICI. ENGLAND’S ANTI-SODOMY LAWS AT THE TIME PROVI THE BACKGROUND FOR THIS BLISTERG DRAMA, WHICH CENTERS ON A BLACKMAILG RG THAT TARGETS VAR GAYS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM IS DRIVEN TO OFF HIMSELF. EVEN THE LAWYER FIGHTG ALL THIS (DIRK BOGAR) IS G TO TERMS WH HIS OWN SEXUAL FEELGS, WHICH IS NEWS TO HIS WIFE, AS THEY BOTH PREP FOR HIS EXPOSURE. (THE AD GUY WAS HIS LOVER.) THIS FILM WAS A NERVY PLEA FOR CHANGE AND WAY AHEAD OF S TIME NONTG IMPORTANT ISSU—BUT HONEY, ’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: DIRK BOGAR AGA, THIS TIME AS AN OLD QUEEN OBSSG ON A BOY DEATH VENICE (1971). YOU WANT TO FLAG DOWN A GONDOLA RIGHT OUT OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MONSTER (2003){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOVIEMAKERS LOVE QUEER VICTIMS AS WELL AS QUEER PSYCHOS, AND MONSTER GIV YOU BOTH, ALL ONE PERSON. CHARLIZE THERON PLAYS AILEEN WUORNOS, THE REAL-LIFE DAYTONA BEACH PROSTUTE WHO CLICKED WH A YOUNGER GIRLIEND, BUT WAS ULTIMATELY WORN DOWN BY ALL KDS OF ABE, HOMOPHOBIA, MISOGYNY, AND OTHER CHALLENG, AND END UP ON A KILLG SPREE OF MALE VICTIMS. THE MOVIE IS PRETTY SYMPATHETIC TO WHAT SHE FACED—AND THERON IS DOWNRIGHT BRILLIANT HER OSR-WNG TURN—BUT WATCHG THIS WOMAN DISTEGRATE AND ALSO TAKE AWAY OTHERS’ LIV IS A REAL DEBBIE DOWNER THAT I HIGHLY REMEND, BUT ONLY ON A STRONG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: CAROL (2015), THOUGH ’S AN ABSOLUTE JOYRI PARED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE KILLG OF SISTER GEE (1968){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BERYL REID PLAYS AN ACTRS WHOSE SISTER GEE CHARACTER ON A BBC SOAP OPERA IS ABOUT TO BE KILLED OFF BEE OF THE ACTRS’S VULGAR BEHAVR OFF-MERA. THAT MAK HER EVEN MORE VIC TO HER GIRLIEND, THE ARRTED CHILD KNOWN AS CHILDIE (SANNAH YORK), WHICH WHOM SHE SHAR A PARTICULARLY VIC, IF FADG, RELATNSHIP. ALONG AN EVEN MEANER DYKE, A TV PRODUCER PLAYED BY CORAL BROWNE, WHO SWOOPS AND THREATENS TO TAKE CHILDIE AWAY VIA ALL KDS OF PARAPHERNALIA. (THE MOVIE IS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT HEALTHY S&M ACTN, BY THE WAY, BUT ABOUT DOWNRIGHT SADISM.) DIRECTED WH A SLEDGEHAMMER BY ROBERT ALDRICH (WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?), THE VOYRISTIC MELODRAMA BASED ON A PLAY IS SORT OF ENJOYABLY MPY NOW, BUT WAS JT PLA DAMAGG BACK THEN. IT CREEPILY ENDS WH BERYL BELLOWG “MOO!”—LONG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SERGEANT (1968){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THIS POST-WWII DRAMA, ROD STEIGER IS THE ANGSTY TLE CHARACTER WHO’S GRAPPLG WH REPRSED URG AND GOG BATTY AS A RULT. HE’S PECIALLY HOT FOR A HANDSOME PRIVATE (BARBARELLA’S JOHN PHILLIP LAW), BUT THAT DRIV HIM EPER OVER THE EDGE, AS HE NSTANTLY PUNISH AND TNTS THE PRIVATE ORR TO WORK OUT HIS OWN PSYCHOSIS. I GET —THE CLOSET IS HAZARDO TO YOUR HEALTH, PECIALLY IF YOU’RE GAGA FOR AN UNATTAABLE TWK—BUT ALL THE MOVI WH PATHETILLY SELF-LOATHG QUEERS BEG MEAN TO EACH OTHER, AND TO EVERYBODY ELSE, PROVE TO BE A TAD MORALIZG TO EXPERIENCE. IN THIS SE, HAMMY ROD NOT ONLY DOWNGRAS THE HIGH-CHEEKBONED HOTTIE, HE FOLLOWS HIM AROUND AND EVEN FORC A KISS ON HIM A LEERG EXPLOSN OF UNWANTED LT. DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL, DON’T WATCH!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: REFLECTNS A GOLN EYE (1967)—BASED ON BISEXUAL CARSON MCCULLERS’ NOVEL—WH MARLON BRANDO AS A VERY MOR MAJOR WHO FIXAT ON A HOT PRIVATE AND TRATN ENDS UP KILLG HIM. THE SCREECHY FILIPO HOEBOY ISN’T EXACTLY A ONE-MAN PRI PARA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FOX (1967){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BASED ON THE D.H. LAWRENCE NOVEL, THIS FILM FEATUR ANNE HEYWOOD AND SANDY DENNIS AS TWO LONELY GALS SAPPHILLY CLGG TO EACH OTHER THE WILRNS, UNTIL A WANRG MALE (KEIR DULLEA) DROPS BY AND CHANG THE DYNAMIC. “ALL YOU NEED IS SOME DICK” SEEMS TO BE THE MSAGE. I KNOW, BUT E ON!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUMMER LOVERS (1982){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE’S ANOTHER TRATG VARIATN ON A MéNAGE à TROIS. GAY WRER-DIRECTOR RANDAL KLEISER’S FOLLOW-UP TO GREASE AND THE BLUE LAGOON FDS GEO PETER GALLAGHER AND SCMPT DARYL HANNAH AS A UPLE VATNG ON THE EYE-POPPG GREEK ISLANDS, ONLY TO HAVE LECTABLE FRENCH GIRL VALERIE QUENNSEN ENTER THE SUATN AND ADD SOME HEAT. BUT THE STUD NERVOLY CUT THE SAME-SEX STUFF, SO BE A VERY LOPSID TRIANGLE, WH ONLY HTS OF WHAT ULD HAVE BEEN. I RECENTLY GOT A NOTICE FOR A REVIVAL OF THIS FILM, LLG A GLOR O TO PANSEXUALISM. WELL, NOT REALLY. IN THIS SE, GREECE IS FELY NOT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: CAN’T STOP THE MIC (1980), 54 (1998).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS GOOD AS IT GETS (1997){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THIS ACCLAIMED FILM DIRECTED BY JAM L. BROOKS, GREG KNEAR IS A GAY ARTIST WHO’S ASSLTED A ROBBERY AND LOS EVERYTHG. THIS SWEET, TALENTED, GOOD-LOOKG GAY SUDNLY HAS NOT A IEND THE WORLD—UNTIL FOLKS LIKE THE HOMOPHOBIC JACK NICHOLSON CHARACTER STEP TO HELP SAVE THE DAY. I FOUND THIS A PATRONIZG FANTASY, SET UP STRICTLY AS AN ICKY NARRATIVE VICE. AND SCE THE QUEER MUNY HAS ALWAYS RALLIED TO HELP SELF (OFTEN WH PAFULLY FEW OUTSIRS PCHG ), SEEMED PARTICULARLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: LONGTIME COMPANN (1989), PHILALPHIA (1993), A SGLE MAN (2009), BEFORE NIGHT FALLS (2000), AND BROKEBACK MOUNTA (2005), WHICH IS SO PRSG TO SO MANY PEOPLE, SHOULD PROBABLY BE S OWN LIST, BUT WHEN I SAW , I WAS SO OVER ALL THE QUEERS-AS-VICTIMS FILMS THAT I HAVE TO ADM I WAS MORE EXASPERATED THAN VASTATED; STILL, GET OUT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STAIRSE (1969){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT STANLEY DONEN, KNOWN FOR AIRY NCTNS LIKE SG’ THE RA AND FUNNY FACE, DIRECTED THIS LEAN SLOG ABOUT TWO MIDDLE-AGED GAYS—ONE A BARBER, THE OTHER AN ACTOR—WHO BICKER EVEN MORE THAN SISTER GEE AND CHILDIE. BASED ON A STAGE PLAY, THIS DOWN STAIRSE HAD THE SHOCK VALUE OF BIG NAM RICHARD BURTON AND REX HARRISON PLAYG THE FOPPISH LEADS, BUT THE CHARACTERS ARE REPELLENT AND ’S ALL TALK, TALK, TALK, AND ALL EPLY UNNVCG, TOO. AND I HATE BOTH THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A FANTASTIC WOMAN (2017){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST YEAR, THIS CHILEAN FILM DIRECTED BY SEBASTIAN LELLO WON THE BT FOREIGN FILM OSR FOR S GRTY LOOK AT A GRIEVG TRANSGENR SGER BEG TREATED LIKE GARBAGE AT EVERY TURN. THE STUNNG TRANS ACTOR DANIELA VEGA PLAYS MARA, THE SANTIAGO WARS/CHANTSE WHOSE BOYIEND DI OF AN ANRYSM, SO SHE TRI TO MOURN HIM PROPERLY, BUT IS DISREGARD, LLED NAM, AND BTALIZED EVERYWHERE SHE GO. IT’S VERY PAFUL TO WATCH MARA’S GRADATN, THOUGH SHE ALWAYS KEEPS STOILLY MOVG FORWARD, VALIANTLY TRYG TO SUMMON STRENGTH AND DIGNY ALL THROUGH HER PLIGHT. THERE ARE ALSO A FEW HALLUCATORY AND/OR FANTASY SEQUENC TO ELEVATE THE MOOD, BUT GENERALLY, THIS IS THE KD OF THG THAT HAS YOU GRTG YOUR TEETH AND FENDG OFF A NERVO BREAKDOWN WHILE ADMIRG THE CEMATIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: BOYS DON’T CRY (1999), WHICH IS EVEN MORE HORRIFYG BEE THE TRANS CHARACTER IS BTALLY MURRED, AND BIS, ’S A REAL STORY. WHAT’S MORE, A CIS FEMALE—HILARY SWANK—PLAYED THE TRANS MALE, AS IS MOVIELAND’S WAY. STILL, WAS RIVETGLY DONE AND DIENC DO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOMETIM AUNT MARTHA DO DREADFUL THGS (1971){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS LOW-BUDGET, PSYCHO-WANNABE SOUNDS LIKE MIGHT BE KSCHY FUN, BUT ONLY IS IF YOU WATCH WH A VERY GIDDY GROUP OVER SOME VERY SUGARY SNACKS. IT HAS THE DOMEERG PL AND THE MENTALLY FEEBLE STANLEY HIDG OUT OM THE LAW MIAMI, WHERE ONE PRETENDS TO BE THE OTHER’S NT, FULL, HIO DRAG. BUT WHEN PL BRGS HOME A FEMALE DATE, AUNT MARTHA GO MAD WH JEALOY AND BUTCHERS HER, NORMAN BAT-STYLE. (MARTHA NEEDN’T HAVE WORRIED; PL ULDN’T GET UP ANYWAY.) THE ROOT OF NTIE’S RAGE—THAT PL IS POSSSIVELY LOVE WH STANLEY, WH WHOM HE SHAR A BED—IS HANDLED A VERY HALF-ASSED MANNER, AND THERE ARE NTUY PROBLEMS, TOO. IT’S THE KD OF MOVIE WHERE THAT DATE ENTERS THE GUYS’ HOE ON A TREE-LED URBAN STREET, BUT WHEN SHE LEAV, ’S SUDNLY THE THICK OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY PRI HAS NEVER BEEN MORE SHAMEFUL, AS YOU SIMPLY WA FOR THE CUCKOO DRAG QUEEN (WHO LOOKS LIKE CHARACTER ACTRS HERMNE GGOLD CROSSED WH GENE HACKMAN AT THE END OF THE BIRDGE) TO GET UGHT ALREADY. BUT TURN PRSN TO JOY AND MAKE THIS OBSCURE FD TO A VERY SICK PARTY ATTRACTN FULL OF LGHS AND JAW DROPS. THAT WORKED FOR ME, AND WE HAD AN AMAZG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO: TWO FILMS THAT HAVE DRIVEN PEOPLE OVER THE EDGE, THOUGH I FELT THE RPONSE WAS A TAD OVERWROUGHT: CISG (1980) AND BOAT TRIP (2003).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STRIKE UP THE BAND FOR MATT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I CIDLY DID NOT CLU THE BOYS THE BAND THE ABOVE LIST BEE I’VE ALWAYS FOUND THE 1970 FILM—BASED ON MART CROWLEY’S RROSIVELY FUNNY AND SAD PLAY ABOUT A GAY BIRTHDAY PARTY GONE AWRY—TO BE MORE PROVOTIVE THAN PRSG. AND Y, THAT CLUS THE EMOTNAL RNAGE AT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS YOU KNOW, NETFLIX IS PRODUCG A WHOLE NEW MOVIE OF THAT WORK, BASED ON THE ALL-STAR PRODUCTN THAT WON THE BT REVIVAL OF A PLAY TONY AWARD JUNE. I RAN TO MATT BOMER AT THE PREMIERE OF A MOVIE LLED BEFORE YOU KNOW IT ON THURSDAY, AUGT 22, WHICH I HEAR WAS THE SAME NIGHT THE NEW BOYS MOVIE SHOT A PRE-PARTY B AT JULI BAR, WHICH CLUD A MEO BY CROWLEY. (THE LONG-NNG JULI WAS ALSO REPRENTED CAN YOU EVER FIVE ME? AND ON POSE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I ASKED MATT IF HE’S FOUND NEW TEXTUR HIS CHARACTER, THE PASSNATE DONALD, FOR THE MERA. “I THK SO,” HE SAID. “IT’S HERENTLY A MORE TIMATE MEDIUM. FILMG WAS A CHANCE TO RENNECT AND TO TST THAT WE DID THE THEATER, BUT NOT TO RELY ON THAT.” “SO, THOSE WHO SAW THE BROADWAY PRODUCTN SHOULD MAKE SURE TO TCH THE MOVIE, SCE ’S A DIFFERENT ANIMAL, RIGHT?” I ASKED, NCEALG THE FACT THAT I PLAN TO SEE THE MOVIE AT LEAST FIVE TIM. “OH, Y,” HE SAID. “PEOPLE WILL BE SURPRISED. I HOPE PEOPLE WHO SAW THE PLAY WON’T FEEL THEY DON’T NEED TO SEE . THERE’S A LOT TO CHECK OUT.” HONEY, I’LL BE CHECKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS FOR BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, HAS A SORT OF MOPEY LBIAN (HANNAH PEARL UTT, WHO DIRECTED AND -WROTE) AND HER MSY SISTER (JEN TULLOCK, WHO -WROTE) LEARNG THAT THEIR MOTHER ISN’T AD, SPE WHAT DADDY TOLD THEM; SHE’S A WACKY SOAP OPERA STAR (JUDH LIGHT) WHO DIDN’T WANT CHILDREN, BUT WEL THEIR NROTIC RETURN TO HER LIFE. BEFORE THE MOVIE UNSPOOLED, UTT TOLD THE CROWD, “IT’S OKAY IF YOU DON’T LIKE BEE LIFE ISN’T ALWAYS THAT EASY.” THAT WAS REHGLY HONT, THOUGH AS THEY SOTED OFF AND STARTED THE FILM, LIGHT JOKED TO HER, “COME ON. THERE’S A MENTAL HOSPAL CLOSE BY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FILM? I FOUND SOME OF AS EXASPERATG AS S CHARACTERS, BUT I LIKED S OBSERVANT TOUCH AND ENJOYED THE WAY A REAL-LIFE SOAP OPERA IMPGED ON THE FAKE ONE. NOT PRSG!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MTO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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---Strike Up the Band for Matt BomerI cidly did not clu The Boys the Band the above list bee I’ve always found the 1970 film—based on Mart Crowley’s rrosively funny and sad play about a gay birthday party gone awry—to be more provotive than prsg. Related: Bt Gay Movi Streamg on NetflixTo make sure the movi liver all the passn, fatuatn, urtship and flirtatn you may be cravg, our remendatns only clu movi where romantic relatnships are ont-and-center—which means such LGBTQ+ gems as, say, Can You Ever Five Me?

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Characters sufferg om gayngst are prone to alholism and other forms of substance abe, self-loathg, Self-Harm, rampant homophobia towards themselv and others, rejectn by homophobic fay members, fallg tragic unrequed love wh heterosexuals, ntemplatg (and often mtg) suici, and wishg that they were straight.

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Gayngst is a Pet-Peeve Trope of many bee while ually portrays gay people sympathetilly and addrs an issue many gay people Real Life go through, n be terpreted as sayg that 's impossible to be gay whout beg miserable, or that gay people don't serve Happy Endgs, or at s very worst and most eptly-handled, gay relatnships are nately disastro.

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If the story wants an upliftg tone, the character will eventually e to terms wh their sexualy, have the obligatory Comg-Out Story, and eher live Happily Ever After wh their love tert or morph to some other gay archetype (ually Straight Gay or Lipstick Lbian; eher this is their natural personaly or they still have some lgerg secury). Dependg on how they're played, n be a Sub-Trope of Bullied to Deprsn, Why Couldn't You Be Different?, Internalized Categorism, Boomerang Bigot, and You Are What You Hate, and a Super-Trope of Inpatible Orientatn, Armoured Closet Gay, Out of the Closet, Into the Fire, Homophobic Hate Crime, and Gayngst-Induced Suici.

Sayaka Saeki is mostly ntent wh beg gay, even though her feelgs for Too go unrequed, but took que hard when her senpai at her old school broke up wh her and apologized for makg her like gays, due to seeg homosexualy as a "phase" (which is actually a pretty monly held belief Japan; see Gay Romantic Phase for more tails).

Averted spe the explic Inpatible Orientatn on Outlaw Star; Fred Luo is perfectly fortable wh his nature as a Camp Gay merchant and even though he profs his undyg love for Gene Starwd, he's perfectly aware of the fact the heterosexual Gene don't reciprote and fact seems to enjoy teasg him by flirtg. His suatn is even worse an alternate realy where he never left Mars: the people of his village shun him for his homosexualy and force him to live the hospable wilrns, and they eventually try to kill him by burng down his home, mortally woundg his lover the procs.

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The disntued Chick Tract "Wound Children", f this to a T (although is also full of Narm), bee of his views of homosexualy Chick's tracts on the subject had the msage "There is nothg gay about beg gay" before shiftg to "Those who support or tolerate homosexualy are evil". They have several stanc of Unrolved Sexual Tensn and Distracted by the Sexy until she dnkenly tells Megane her feelgs, but that mak Vicky realize that she n never be happy sce her parents are homophobic and clearly stated they wouldn't hate to disown her if she was gay ('s actually the only thg they still agree on).

A Magil Eveng has que a lot of this, wh Sofia and Lucda beg terrified for much of the early chapters of what will happen if Sofia’s fay fds out about their relatnship and Hilgard and Cl beg closeted while havg homophobic parents, somethg Cl adms was hell. However, Le gets more secure about when he has a nightmare where his brothers beat him up while shoutg homophobic slurs, his mom cri over havg a gay son (he's bisexual but they don't see the difference), and his dad angrily throws him out of the hoe, while Lka is helpls to stop all. In the Hannah Montana fic "Thirst", when Miley realis that she's love wh Lilly she spends time agonisg over how her fay will react, rellg such past stanc as her father sayg nothg about an cint where a boy back Nebraska was beaten up for wantg to take another boy to prom or Jackson always lghg at gay jok.

Lampshad As Good as It Gets, when straight Melv (Jack Nicholson) asks gay Simon (Greg Knear) after all the horrible thgs that have happened to him if he thks his life would have been easier if he were straight, which Simon to ask back: "Do you nsir your life easy? In a meta sense, however, this trope was subverted; not only is there somethg of a happy endg for Trevor, but the film beme the basis of The Trevor Project, a suici preventn hotle for LGBT+ youth, givg people wh their own gayngst to al wh a place to go to for help.

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Acrdg to Word of God, Dumbledore om Harry Potter is gay and his rather bad experience wh his iend Gellert Grlwald was actually somethg of a romance, on Dumbledore's part anyway ('s never been said whether Grlwald was gay or not) that end up wh his sister gettg killed and a lifelong rift between Dumbledore and his brother. Though early Season Three has an episo about him realizg his Camp Gay tennci make him hard to believe as a leadg man a romance, he is now a stable, healthy, lovg relatnship wh Blae (who, himself, is cheerful, out and proud, and an overall aversn of this trope).

Davi, himself gay, has gone on rerd about not beg the biggt fan of this trope, argug that some ways perpetuat gay shame both as somethg experienced by homosexuals and how is viewed by non-homosexuals, and also bee n be a b borg, cliched and stereotypil to watch and wre.

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Nomi, the lbian trans woman mentned above, is a very happy relatnship and surrounds herself wh the acceptg San Francis LGBT muny, and she don't have any ternalized trans- or homophobia (anymore - she explas to Lo that she did try very hard to be "normal" as a child / young teenager, until an cint of btally vlent bullyg om the boys at her swim club ma her give up tryg to be like them). Once he's renciled his homosexualy and relig beliefs, he still angsts a ltle about g out, but most of his anxiety om other sourc, like the bs and his var fights and break-ups wh Keh (which is more about personaly differenc and munitn problems between the two men rather than the fact they are both gay).

Vo The Sopranos spends a signifint amount of time Season Six experiencg gayngst when he is advertently outed to both his and Phil Leotardo's (somewhat homophobic) crews, fle to a small town New Hampshire, and stggl wh his duti to his wife and kids, his crew, and the web of li he has to tell his newfound lover New Hampshire to protect himself. Most people are acceptg of the fact that Ellie is a lbian, but durg a social event shortly before the start of the game, she nearly got to a fight wh one of the olr rints of Jackson when he took issue wh her kissg another girl at a party and llg her a homophobic slur. In Katawa Shoujo, is revealed that Misha is gay, and ma a Love Confsn to her object of affectn, Shizune, who rejected the nfsn (most likely due to Inpatible Orientatn) but offered ntued iendship, g her a great al of pa, pecially when Hisao begs a relatnship wh Shizune.

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Though, oddly, Riki seems to be the only one bothered by this - none of the other characters ever seem ncerned at all about sayg ambiguoly queer thgs (or overtly queer thgs, Kugaya's se), and while jok abound, nobody ever acts like 'd be bad if Riki and Kyoe dated.

On the other end, we have Sasa who says that she got over the issue of havg a csh on a girl very quickly to foc on the much bigger issue of havg a csh on her iend, and Yoa, who didn't even seem to notice her feelgs were gay until Yuna pots that out, and even then, her first rponse is "But isn't this kd of love rock as well?!

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Khaos Komix, as a teen drama wh a Cast Full of Gay, pretty much ns on this trope: Steve has ternalized Jamie's homophobia enough that he wrtl wh the ia of beg gay; Mark knows his parents have already disowned his brother for, among many other thgs, his homosexualy; Amber is ightened of the ntroversy, and her mother, although acceptg of Steve and Mark, is ls so wh Amber, bee she's ightened for her speakg om experience; Nay sually accepts her own bisexualy, but she's seeg Amber; Murfs had a basilly pansexual upbrgg, but as a child, ran headlong to Jamie's Frdian Exce, which left him reflexively homophobic until he met Tom; Tom, a transman (by fn, a source of angst s own right), is aaid of lettg Murfs know, much ls sleepg wh him, for fear of beg seen as a woman; and Charlie, a transwoman, has started an outright dangero relatnship wh the homophobic token straight Jamie. Ally and Lisa have entered their first relatnship wh another woman and Lisa didn't nsir herself to possibly be gay until the relatnship veloped past somethg physil to somethg romantic, but even so, obvly don't ncern her due to the small amount of thought she has spared to the topic.

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