How Gay Is "300"? - The Atlantic

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• WHY GAY GUYS LOVE THE '300' MOVI
• ZACK SNYR'S 300 SEQUEL WAS A GAY LOVE STORY FEATURG ALEXANR THE GREAT, BUT WB WANTED NO PART OF IT
• A THIRD 300 MOVIE WAS PASSED ON AFTER IT BEME A GAY LOVE STORY
• 10 REASONS WHY "300" IS GAY
• HOW GAY IS "300"?
• THE ELE GAY ARMY OF ANCIENT GREECETHE SACRED BAND OF THEB FEATED EVEN THE SPARTANSPETER PRKAR·FOLLOWPUBLISHED LSONS OM HISTORY·4 M READ·OCT 11, 2020--3SHAREGREEK WARRRS — ARTISTIC IMAGE (IMAGE:ARTSTATN/@ALIAKSANDR TRYZON)THE SACRED BAND WAS AN ELE ARY UN OM THEB PRISG 150 GAY UPL. AT THE BATTLE OF LCTRA 371 BC, THE 300 GAY WARRRS LED THE THEBAN ARMY AGAST THE SPARTAN ARMY. THE THEBANS WON AND SHATTERED THE SPARTAN NTROL OF GREECE.THE GREEK VIEW ON GAY WARRRSA MALE UPLE ENGAGG TERCRAL SEX. DEPICTED ON ANCIENT GREEK POTTERY (IMAGE: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)THE THEBANS BELIEVED GAY WARRRS FOUGHT BETTER ORR TO IMPRS AND PROTECT THEIR LOVERS. IF A LOVER FELL DURG A BATTLE, HIS PARTNER WOULD FIGHT EVEN HARR TO AVENGE HIS ATH.THREE THOAND YEARS AGO ANCIENT GREECE, BEG GAY OR LBIAN WAS NOT A CRIME. IN FACT, CERTA SUATNS, THE GREEKS EVEN ENURAGED HOMOSEXUAL RELATNSHIPS.YOUNG BOYS EXCHANGED ROMANTIC FAVORS FOR THE KNOWLEDGE PROVID BY THEIR OLR TUTORS. FATHERS WOULD PRAY TO THE GODS FOR THEIR SONS TO BE ATTRACTIVE BEE MEANT A BETTER MENTOR. SUCH RELATNSHIPS LASTED UNTIL THE YOUNG BOYS REACHED ADULTHOOD.SOLDIERS WOULD FORM ROMANTIC RELATNSHIPS WH ONE ANOTHER TO BOOST THEIR MORALE.THE GREEK SOCIETY DIFFERENTIATED BETWEEN ACTIVE AND PASSIVE ROL BOTH GENRS TOOK DURG SEX. AN ACTIVE ROLE, BEG A PERATOR, MEANT MASCULY, ADULTHOOD, AND PRTIGE. A PASSIVE ROLE, BEG PERATED, REPRENTED FEMY, YOUTH, AND SHAME.FOR A RECEIVG PARTNER, ANAL SEX WAS MEANG. INSTEAD, THEY ENGAGED TERCRAL SEX.THE MEMBERS OF THE SACRED BAND OF THEB WERE ROMANTIC PARTNERS. THEY LLED AN OLR PARTNER THE ERAST (‘LOVER’) AND A YOUNGER ONE THE EROMENOS (‘BELOVED’). EACH PAIR EXCHANGED SACRED VOWS AT THE TEMPLE OF IOLS, THE LOVER OF HERACL.FACTS ABOUT THE SACRED BAND OF THEB
• 300'S DIRECTOR ADMS G HOMOSEXUALY TO SRE 20 YEAR OLD {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 JENSENMARCH 11, 2007/3:25 AMBY MICHAEL JENSENMARCH 11, 2007 / 3:25 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"300'S DIRECTOR ADMS G HOMOSEXUALY TO SRE 20 YEAR OLD MEN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-03-11T07:25:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-03-11T07:25:04.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","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 JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","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;}I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU FOLKS, BUT I HAVE HAD UP TO HERE WH HOLLYWOOD G HOMOSEXUALY AS SHORTHAND FOR EVIL. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, 300 IS THE BIG BUDGET ACTN ADVENTURE BASED ON FRANK MILLER'S GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME THAT OPENED ON FRIDAY. 300 REUNTS THE EPIC BATTLE BETWEEN THE SPARTANS AND PERSIANS AT THERMOPYLAE 480 B.C. THAT SOME HISTORIANS CRED WH PRERVG WTERN CIVILIZATN AS WE KNOW . IN AN TERVIEW NNG THIS WEEK'S EDN OF ENTERTAMENT WEEKLY, 300 DIRECTOR ZACK SNYR ADMS TO DOG EXACTLY THAT. ACRDG TO THE ARTICLE:{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 DIRECTOR SAYS THAT THE FILM'S (HOMO)SEXUAL UNRTON WERE TEND TO MAKE YOUNG STRAIGHT MAL THE DIENCE UNFORTABLE, BEE "WHAT'S MORE SRY TO A 20-YEAR-OLD BOY THAN A GIANT GOD-KG WHO WANTS TO HAVE HIS WAY WH YOU?"{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;}GEE, WHERE ON EARTH DO YOU THK 20 YEAR OLD STRAIGHT GUYS GET THE NOTN THAT HOMOSEXUALY IS SOMETHG TO BE AAID OF? IT DIDN'T HURT THE BOX OFFICE ANY, HOWEVER, AS 300 HLED $70 LN WHICH MAK THE HIGHT GROSSG MARCH OPENG {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;}OH, {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;}NO DOUBT, SNYR'S HOMOPHOBIC MENT WILL PASS LARGELY UNNOTICED BY THE MASTREAM PRS, BUT IMAGE IF HE HAD MA HIS VILLA A HULKG BLACK MAN AND SAID HE'D DONE SO BEE NOTHG SR WHE WOMEN LIKE A GIANT BLACK GOD-KG WHO WANTS TO HAVE HIS WAY WH {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 SPECT HE'D GET TRASHED FOR A BIGOT TRADG UGLY STEREOTYP WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT HE'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;}AND THIS IS OM AN EARLIER TERVIEW SNYR DID WH EW:{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 MOVIE, TE TO MILLER'S VISN, IS ALSO LOAD WH SWEATY HUNKS NNG AROUND THOSE TIGHT LEATHER SPEEDOS AND P. NONE OF THIS IS PLAYED FOR GAY APPEAL, BUT ULD DUCE SNICKERG AMONG SOME TEENS. SNYR SHGS OFF. ''SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID TO ME, 'YOUR MOVIE IS HOMOEROTIC,' AND SOME HAVE SAID, 'YOUR MOVIE'S HOMOPHOBIC.' IN MY MD, THE MOVIE IS NEHER. BUT I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WH PEOPLE TERPRETG THE WAY THEY'D LIKE TO.'' AS LONG AS THEY BUY TICKETS {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;}WHY WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE TERPRETG YOUR MOVIE AS HOMOPHOBIC AS LONG AS YOU GET $9 OUT OF THE DIENCE, RIGHT ZACK?{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;}NONE OF THIS AS A SURPRISE TO HERE AT AFTERELTON. LAST MONDAY WE RAN OUR ARTICLE FRANK MILLER AND 300'S ASSLT ON THE GAY PAST WHICH DOCUMENTED HOW MILLER, UPON WHOSE GRAPHIC NOVEL THE FILM VERSN OF 300 WAS BASED, HAD PREVLY ED D HOMOPHOBIA HIS WORK, AND DONE SO AGA 300 WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ERASG GAYS OM THE HISTORIL RERD. THEN WE FOLLOWED THAT UP WH OUR REVIEW OF THE MOVIE BY BRIAN JUERGENS WHICH NFIRMED HOLLYWOOD WAS GIVG YET ANOTHER VILLA WHOSE CREEPS WAS AMPED UP BY MAKG HIM SEEM GAY. NOW WE'VE GOT SNYR NFIRMG WAS DONE TO REALLY EAK OUT THE 20 YEAR OLD MALE {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;}WHAT AN {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;}JT HOW EGREG IS 300'S OFFENSE? WELL, GIVEN THAT GRAPHIC NOVEL AND MOVIE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE "HISTORIL", YOU WOULDN'T THK EHER WOULD STRAY ALL THAT FAR OM THE HISTORIL RERD. YOU'D BE WRONG OF URSE. NOT ONLY DO THE FILM DO AWAY WH THE SPARTAN'S KNOWN HOMOSEXUAL PRACTIC, BUT CHECK OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ACTUAL KG XERX (300'S VILLA) AND THE WAY HE IS PORTRAYED THE MOVIE. HERE IS AN ANCIENT STONE RVG OF XERX:{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;}AND HERE IS MILLER AND SNYR'S TERPRETATN OF HIM:{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;}ADD JT SE THE CREEPY, HOMOEROTIC SUBTEXT ISN'T CLEAR ENOUGH, HOW ABOUT THIS:{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;}YEP, NOTHG SAYS PREDATORY, SISTER, AND CREEPY LIKE AN EFFEMATE, HAIRLS MAN DRIPPG JEWLRY. I'LL SAY THIS FOR SNYR: AT LEAST HE ADMS TO WHAT HE'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;}AS FOR THE GAY MEN WHO N'T WA TO SEE THE MOVIE FOR THE EYE NDY, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND GET YOUR NDY SOMEWHERE ELSE. THE PEOPLE DON'T SERVE A CENT FOR FLGG MORE HOMOPHOBIC GARBAGE LIKE THIS AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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WHY GAY GUYS LOVE THE '300' MOVI

300 and s sequel 300: Rise of an Empire have h the sweet spot Amerin culture, occupyg the veted space where straight du-bros, neons, and flagrant homosexual men meet.

ZACK SNYR'S 300 SEQUEL WAS A GAY LOVE STORY FEATURG ALEXANR THE GREAT, BUT WB WANTED NO PART OF IT

This article is om the archive of our partner blood-soaked Greek epic 300 and s new sequel, 300: Rise of an Empire, have h the sweet spot Amerin culture, occupyg the veted space where straight du-bros, neons, and flagrant homosexual men meet. Straight dubros love the rawr of war and fns spiratn ("300 workout" ntu to be a very popular Google search), but for gay guys, 's one of the guiltit of pleasur.

Here's why:The Biggt Reason: the Mcl and the Dus the Mcl Are Attached ToWhat a neon se: Warrrs preparg to fend the Wt (Ameri) om barbarians om the EastWhat a du-bro se: Some Persians about to get a gay du se: Heaven.

But we're not gog to prive ourselv of a movie anchise which provis sewy almost-naked men, jt to prove Symbolism and Insi JokWhat a neon se: Warrrs preparg to fend the Wt (Ameri) om barbarians om the EastWhat a du-bro se: Some Persians about to get a gay du se: Sorry, I'm way to watch 300 is to kd of pretend 's seepg subversive symbolism (which may or may not be), and you're the only one who gets (you're not).

A THIRD 300 MOVIE WAS PASSED ON AFTER IT BEME A GAY LOVE STORY

And there's somethg funny the thought that theaters all throughout Ameri, legns of straight men will be crammg to theaters to watch all of this homoeroticism — whether they're aware or Hey, ThemistoklWhat a neon se: Really good-lookg warrr preparg to fend the Wt (Ameri) om barbarians om the a du-bro se: Some Persians about to get pwned by a really good-lookg a gay du se: A really good-lookg man, though he isn't sure if he wants to sleep wh him or jt look like him.

10 REASONS WHY "300" IS GAY

)A Gay-Friendly Pot HistoryWhat gay history buffs like to tell you is that there was a lot of homosexualy ancient Greece. There was a lot of olr-younger same-sex relatnships Athens (which you may have read about llege), and Sparta's ary, men fed homosexual bonds wh one another.

HOW GAY IS "300"?

"At Sparta, for example, the separatn of the sex at an early age, together wh attus peculiar to other Greeks on the role of women, rulted overtly homosexual relatnships centerg on life the barracks, " an Amerin ary historian and scholar wrote his book The Wtern Way of War. Unfortunately, you won’t be seeg that movie anytime soon, bee when the Army of the Dead -wrer/director tried to wre a 300 sequel, he end up penng a gay love story featurg Alexanr the Great; which Warner Bros wants no part there was the entire bacle over Jtice League and the planned Snyrverse, Zack Snyr and Warner Bros. Passed on bee beme a gay love story stead of a fully actn-packed war film.

Bh-era Ameri, and yet, apparently ’s still impossible to make a succsful big-budget war film that doubl as a gay romance. So was wh great excement that I disvered a movie ma jt for me -- 300, which is probably one of the gayt movi of the last .

" That's where the "hard" Spartans will get ' you know jt how gay *300 *is. I mean, how different do the Spartans really look om the homo beefke picture on the right there?

THE ELE GAY ARMY OF ANCIENT GREECETHE SACRED BAND OF THEB FEATED EVEN THE SPARTANSPETER PRKAR·FOLLOWPUBLISHED LSONS OM HISTORY·4 M READ·OCT 11, 2020--3SHAREGREEK WARRRS — ARTISTIC IMAGE (IMAGE:ARTSTATN/@ALIAKSANDR TRYZON)THE SACRED BAND WAS AN ELE ARY UN OM THEB PRISG 150 GAY UPL. AT THE BATTLE OF LCTRA 371 BC, THE 300 GAY WARRRS LED THE THEBAN ARMY AGAST THE SPARTAN ARMY. THE THEBANS WON AND SHATTERED THE SPARTAN NTROL OF GREECE.THE GREEK VIEW ON GAY WARRRSA MALE UPLE ENGAGG TERCRAL SEX. DEPICTED ON ANCIENT GREEK POTTERY (IMAGE: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)THE THEBANS BELIEVED GAY WARRRS FOUGHT BETTER ORR TO IMPRS AND PROTECT THEIR LOVERS. IF A LOVER FELL DURG A BATTLE, HIS PARTNER WOULD FIGHT EVEN HARR TO AVENGE HIS ATH.THREE THOAND YEARS AGO ANCIENT GREECE, BEG GAY OR LBIAN WAS NOT A CRIME. IN FACT, CERTA SUATNS, THE GREEKS EVEN ENURAGED HOMOSEXUAL RELATNSHIPS.YOUNG BOYS EXCHANGED ROMANTIC FAVORS FOR THE KNOWLEDGE PROVID BY THEIR OLR TUTORS. FATHERS WOULD PRAY TO THE GODS FOR THEIR SONS TO BE ATTRACTIVE BEE MEANT A BETTER MENTOR. SUCH RELATNSHIPS LASTED UNTIL THE YOUNG BOYS REACHED ADULTHOOD.SOLDIERS WOULD FORM ROMANTIC RELATNSHIPS WH ONE ANOTHER TO BOOST THEIR MORALE.THE GREEK SOCIETY DIFFERENTIATED BETWEEN ACTIVE AND PASSIVE ROL BOTH GENRS TOOK DURG SEX. AN ACTIVE ROLE, BEG A PERATOR, MEANT MASCULY, ADULTHOOD, AND PRTIGE. A PASSIVE ROLE, BEG PERATED, REPRENTED FEMY, YOUTH, AND SHAME.FOR A RECEIVG PARTNER, ANAL SEX WAS MEANG. INSTEAD, THEY ENGAGED TERCRAL SEX.THE MEMBERS OF THE SACRED BAND OF THEB WERE ROMANTIC PARTNERS. THEY LLED AN OLR PARTNER THE ERAST (‘LOVER’) AND A YOUNGER ONE THE EROMENOS (‘BELOVED’). EACH PAIR EXCHANGED SACRED VOWS AT THE TEMPLE OF IOLS, THE LOVER OF HERACL.FACTS ABOUT THE SACRED BAND OF THEB

That was an open homophobic sult a settg where gay sex wasn't out of the ordary.

By pictg the Persians as dark-skned aggrsors who wear tonn of jewelry and are clearly groomg their body hair much more elaborate ways then the "macho" Spartans, wear make up and actg an effemate way the film achiev a double-whammy: racism and homophobia one neat package. What mak this horrible realisatn - that is this film is havg all the negative them - almost funny is how homoerotic the film is at the same time. Totally gay, acrdg to this still-tglg viewer:I ught 300 last night and thought I'd pass on my thoughts.

300'S DIRECTOR ADMS G HOMOSEXUALY TO SRE 20 YEAR OLD {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 JENSENMARCH 11, 2007/3:25 AMBY MICHAEL JENSENMARCH 11, 2007 / 3:25 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"300'S DIRECTOR ADMS G HOMOSEXUALY TO SRE 20 YEAR OLD MEN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-03-11T07:25:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-03-11T07:25:04.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","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 JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","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;}I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU FOLKS, BUT I HAVE HAD UP TO HERE WH HOLLYWOOD G HOMOSEXUALY AS SHORTHAND FOR EVIL. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, 300 IS THE BIG BUDGET ACTN ADVENTURE BASED ON FRANK MILLER'S GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME THAT OPENED ON FRIDAY. 300 REUNTS THE EPIC BATTLE BETWEEN THE SPARTANS AND PERSIANS AT THERMOPYLAE 480 B.C. THAT SOME HISTORIANS CRED WH PRERVG WTERN CIVILIZATN AS WE KNOW . IN AN TERVIEW NNG THIS WEEK'S EDN OF ENTERTAMENT WEEKLY, 300 DIRECTOR ZACK SNYR ADMS TO DOG EXACTLY THAT. ACRDG TO THE ARTICLE:{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 DIRECTOR SAYS THAT THE FILM'S (HOMO)SEXUAL UNRTON WERE TEND TO MAKE YOUNG STRAIGHT MAL THE DIENCE UNFORTABLE, BEE "WHAT'S MORE SRY TO A 20-YEAR-OLD BOY THAN A GIANT GOD-KG WHO WANTS TO HAVE HIS WAY WH YOU?"{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;}GEE, WHERE ON EARTH DO YOU THK 20 YEAR OLD STRAIGHT GUYS GET THE NOTN THAT HOMOSEXUALY IS SOMETHG TO BE AAID OF? IT DIDN'T HURT THE BOX OFFICE ANY, HOWEVER, AS 300 HLED $70 LN WHICH MAK THE HIGHT GROSSG MARCH OPENG {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;}OH, {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;}NO DOUBT, SNYR'S HOMOPHOBIC MENT WILL PASS LARGELY UNNOTICED BY THE MASTREAM PRS, BUT IMAGE IF HE HAD MA HIS VILLA A HULKG BLACK MAN AND SAID HE'D DONE SO BEE NOTHG SR WHE WOMEN LIKE A GIANT BLACK GOD-KG WHO WANTS TO HAVE HIS WAY WH {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 SPECT HE'D GET TRASHED FOR A BIGOT TRADG UGLY STEREOTYP WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT HE'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;}AND THIS IS OM AN EARLIER TERVIEW SNYR DID WH EW:{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 MOVIE, TE TO MILLER'S VISN, IS ALSO LOAD WH SWEATY HUNKS NNG AROUND THOSE TIGHT LEATHER SPEEDOS AND P. NONE OF THIS IS PLAYED FOR GAY APPEAL, BUT ULD DUCE SNICKERG AMONG SOME TEENS. SNYR SHGS OFF. ''SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID TO ME, 'YOUR MOVIE IS HOMOEROTIC,' AND SOME HAVE SAID, 'YOUR MOVIE'S HOMOPHOBIC.' IN MY MD, THE MOVIE IS NEHER. BUT I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WH PEOPLE TERPRETG THE WAY THEY'D LIKE TO.'' AS LONG AS THEY BUY TICKETS {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;}WHY WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE TERPRETG YOUR MOVIE AS HOMOPHOBIC AS LONG AS YOU GET $9 OUT OF THE DIENCE, RIGHT ZACK?{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;}NONE OF THIS AS A SURPRISE TO HERE AT AFTERELTON. LAST MONDAY WE RAN OUR ARTICLE FRANK MILLER AND 300'S ASSLT ON THE GAY PAST WHICH DOCUMENTED HOW MILLER, UPON WHOSE GRAPHIC NOVEL THE FILM VERSN OF 300 WAS BASED, HAD PREVLY ED D HOMOPHOBIA HIS WORK, AND DONE SO AGA 300 WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ERASG GAYS OM THE HISTORIL RERD. THEN WE FOLLOWED THAT UP WH OUR REVIEW OF THE MOVIE BY BRIAN JUERGENS WHICH NFIRMED HOLLYWOOD WAS GIVG YET ANOTHER VILLA WHOSE CREEPS WAS AMPED UP BY MAKG HIM SEEM GAY. NOW WE'VE GOT SNYR NFIRMG WAS DONE TO REALLY EAK OUT THE 20 YEAR OLD MALE {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;}WHAT AN {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;}JT HOW EGREG IS 300'S OFFENSE? WELL, GIVEN THAT GRAPHIC NOVEL AND MOVIE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE "HISTORIL", YOU WOULDN'T THK EHER WOULD STRAY ALL THAT FAR OM THE HISTORIL RERD. YOU'D BE WRONG OF URSE. NOT ONLY DO THE FILM DO AWAY WH THE SPARTAN'S KNOWN HOMOSEXUAL PRACTIC, BUT CHECK OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ACTUAL KG XERX (300'S VILLA) AND THE WAY HE IS PORTRAYED THE MOVIE. HERE IS AN ANCIENT STONE RVG OF XERX:{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;}AND HERE IS MILLER AND SNYR'S TERPRETATN OF HIM:{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;}ADD JT SE THE CREEPY, HOMOEROTIC SUBTEXT ISN'T CLEAR ENOUGH, HOW ABOUT THIS:{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;}YEP, NOTHG SAYS PREDATORY, SISTER, AND CREEPY LIKE AN EFFEMATE, HAIRLS MAN DRIPPG JEWLRY. I'LL SAY THIS FOR SNYR: AT LEAST HE ADMS TO WHAT HE'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;}AS FOR THE GAY MEN WHO N'T WA TO SEE THE MOVIE FOR THE EYE NDY, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND GET YOUR NDY SOMEWHERE ELSE. THE PEOPLE DON'T SERVE A CENT FOR FLGG MORE HOMOPHOBIC GARBAGE LIKE THIS AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Those who try to nstct the movie to a statement on the current war, or who say that is racist or (most glargly wrong) anti-gay are utterly missg the pot. The Sacred Band of Theb feated even the SpartansGreek warrrs — artistic image (Image:Artstatn/@Aliaksandr Tryzon)The Sacred Band was an ele ary un om Theb prisg 150 gay upl.

At the Battle of Lctra 371 BC, the 300 gay warrrs led the Theban army agast the Spartan army. The Thebans won and shattered the Spartan ntrol of Greek view on gay warrrsA male uple engagg tercral sex. Depicted on Ancient Greek pottery (Image: Wikimedia Commons)The Thebans believed gay warrrs fought better orr to imprs and protect their lovers.

If a lover fell durg a battle, his partner would fight even harr to avenge his thoand years ago Ancient Greece, beg gay or lbian was not a crime.

WERE THE SPARTANS GAY? HOMOSEXUALY SPARTA, ANCIENT GREECE

In fact, certa suatns, the Greeks even enuraged homosexual boys exchanged romantic favors for the knowledge provid by their olr tutors. I don't know about you folks, but I have had up to here wh Hollywood g homosexualy as shorthand for evil.

Acrdg to the article:The director says that the film's (homo)sexual unrton were tend to make young straight mal the dience unfortable, bee "What's more sry to a 20-year-old boy than a giant god-kg who wants to have his way wh you?

MOVI MOVI300 IS RIFE WH SEXUAL RACISM AND SO MASCULE 'S GAY

"Gee, where on earth do you thk 20 year old straight guys get the notn that homosexualy is somethg to be aaid of? It didn't hurt the box office any, however, as 300 hled $70 ln which mak the hight grossg March openg, doubt, Snyr's homophobic ment will pass largely unnoticed by the mastream prs, but image if he had ma his villa a hulkg black man and said he'd done so bee nothg sr whe women like a giant black god-kg who wants to have his way wh you. None of this is played for gay appeal, but uld duce snickerg among some teens.

300 GAY ST, ROYERSFORD, PA 19468

''Some people have said to me, 'Your movie is homoerotic, ' and some have said, 'Your movie's homophobic.

300 GAY ST, PLA CY, OH 43064

'' As long as they buy tickets worry about people terpretg your movie as homophobic as long as you get $9 out of the dience, right Zack? Last Monday we ran our article Frank Miller and 300's Asslt on the Gay Past which documented how Miller, upon whose graphic novel the film versn of 300 was based, had prevly ed d homophobia his work, and done so aga 300 while at the same time erasg gays om the historil rerd.

Then we followed that up wh our review of the movie by Brian Juergens which nfirmed Hollywood was givg yet another villa whose creeps was amped up by makg him seem gay.

Not only do the film do away wh the Spartan's known homosexual practic, but check out the difference between the actual Kg Xerx (300's villa) and the way he is portrayed the movie.

300 GAY STREET CONDOMIUMS

Here is an ancient stone rvg of Xerx:And here is Miller and Snyr's terpretatn of him:Add jt se the creepy, homoerotic subtext isn't clear enough, how about this:Yep, nothg says predatory, sister, and creepy like an effemate, hairls man drippg jewlry. I'll say this for Snyr: at least he adms to what he's for the gay men who n't wa to see the movie for the eye ndy, do yourself a favor and get your ndy somewhere else.

The people don't serve a cent for flgg more homophobic garbage like this at .