In honor of the ten-year anniversary of the release of the inic gay Wtern, we spoke to B. Ruby Rich, the film scholar who ed the term 'new queer cema,' to discs the evolutn of gayns on the silver screen.
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- 'BROKEBACK MOUNTA' USHERED A NEW ERA OF GAY CEMA
- JAKE GYLLENHAAL SAID THERE WAS A 'STIGMA' ATTACHED TO PLAYG A GAY MAN 'BROKEBACK MOUNTA'
'BROKEBACK MOUNTA' USHERED A NEW ERA OF GAY CEMA
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We've had the first-ever mastream LGBT rom- "Love, Simon," cultural juggernts like "Call Me By Your Name" and "Carol," about three Disney movi featurg Disney's "first-ever" LGBTQ character ("Bety and the Beast," "Onward," and "Zootopia"), and "Moonlight," which did what "Brokeback Mounta" uldn't and beme the first-ever queer movie to w bt picture at the Amy Awards.Yet "Brokeback Mounta" is still viewed as the go-to gay movie. David Calhoun, wrg for Time Out, said: "Lee has taken a story of gay love and placed where should be — the mastream.
JAKE GYLLENHAAL SAID THERE WAS A 'STIGMA' ATTACHED TO PLAYG A GAY MAN 'BROKEBACK MOUNTA'
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The gay nversn mp drama "Boy Erased," while ably acted by s st (particularly Lus Hedg), almost seems sred of the subject matter. It felt tailored to straight dienc, whereas "Brokeback Mounta," while not exactly tailored to queer dienc the way that a morn TV show like "Pose" is, is so direct s pictn of queer love and the dangers of beg gay that feels absolutely thentic. Craig Johnson, the queer director of Netflix's "Alex Strangelove" spoke to Insir about the impact that Lee's movie had on him as a viewer as well as a filmmaker."I me out as gay durg the time 'Brokeback Mounta' me out, so cid wh this time of me feelg like I uldn't live a lie anymore and wantg to fally embrace fully who I am," Johnson told Insir.