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- WATCH THE GAY STAR OF ALEX STRANGELOVE QUIZ HIS STRAIGHT CO-STAR ON LGBTQ+ TERMS
- 'ALEX STRANGELOVE' DIRECTOR SAYS GAY TEEN COMEDY REFLECTS HIS AWKWARD YOUTH
- ALEX STRANGELOVE SOLIDIFI THE GAY TEEN ROM-COM SUBGENRE BOOM – BUT IT’S NOT ENOUGH
- IN ALEX STRANGELOVE, GAY TEENS ARE FALLY PRETTY PK
- STREAM IT OR SKIP IT: ‘ALEX STRANGELOVE’ ON NETFLIX, A GAY TEEN ROMANCE THAT’S BIG ON SWEETNS
WATCH THE GAY STAR OF ALEX STRANGELOVE QUIZ HIS STRAIGHT CO-STAR ON LGBTQ+ TERMS
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The actor, who has a background theatre and has had recurrg rol on both Altered Carbon and The Gay and Wondro Life of Caleb Gallo, is a risg star to a queer actor myself, I was thrilled at the prospect of talkg wh Marziale about his experienc Hollywood. It’s a light, well nstcted, fun movie — there wasn’t any trma scene or gay-bashg scene or anythg like that. Somethg I really appreciate about Alex Strangelove is s difference om what we see wh other reprentatns of gay relatnships and csh.
Watch the Gay Star of Alex Strangelove Quiz His Straight Co-Star on LGBTQ+ TermsThe chemistry between Alex Strangelove's leads is simply Strangelove is the kd of remarkably cute, stereotype-fyg, queer-affirmg edy that's arrived jt time to brighten up our Pri Month.
Watch as Marziale (who's gay) help Doheny (who's straight) gus terms like "Miss Vanjie" and "Cher" om ntext clu, and you'll ga a new appreciatn for queer alli like Doheny your life (and probably wd up wh a ltle csh on Marziale, to boot).
'ALEX STRANGELOVE' DIRECTOR SAYS GAY TEEN COMEDY REFLECTS HIS AWKWARD YOUTH
Hollywood has brought greater pth to s pictn of gay characters as of late, wh films like “ Moonlight, ” “Call Me by Your Name” and, most recently, “Love, Simon” illtratg varyg aspects of the queer experience. Wh graduatn loomg, Alex and Claire plan to fally nsummate their relatnship ― that is, until Alex fds himself drawn to the dreamy Elltt (Anton Marziale), a gay llege hman. ” Johnson ― who ptured a gay man on the brk of a much different crisis the acclaimed 2014 dramedy, “The Skeleton Tws” ― spoke to HuffPost about why he se “Alex Strangelove” as a “universal” movie rather than a queer-specific one.
What is about your film that distguish om s precsor, which also centered on a gay teen? His heart is the right place, even if he stumbl along the Alex (Doheny, left) is happily a relatnship wh his girliend, he fds himself drawn to Elltt (Anton Marziale), a gay llege hman.
A few months ago, the YA adaptatn Love, Simon beme the first gay teen romantic edy released by a major stud, a sign of broar tolerance — and a changg lcul — terms of what stori are emed suable for mastream nsumptn. Wrer-director Craig Johnson (The Skeleton Tws) has ma an awkward 'tweener of a film, an die edy that's pched toward a much larger dience, like a gay Superbad — or The 17-Year-Old Virg.
ALEX STRANGELOVE SOLIDIFI THE GAY TEEN ROM-COM SUBGENRE BOOM – BUT IT’S NOT ENOUGH
However, after meetg a gay guy named Ellt (Anton Marziale) at a party, he starts to qutn his sexual inty. " As well as dismissg bisexualy as a legimate sexual inty as "a phase", bi-erasure re-enforc several clich about bi-people; that they're more likely to cheat, that bisexualy is jt a steppg stone to homosexualy, that bi people are greedy and sexual promiscuo etc. When Alex out as gay at the end of the film, Dell rponds posively, which would be all well and good if he wasn’t pletely dismissive when Alex mentns he might be bi earlier the film.
Ultimately though, Alex intifi as gay – not bisexual – so 's batable whether you n really say this is te Alex's se.
NOPEDisverg themselv gay as ualGOD FUCKING DAMNIT#AlexStrangelove— Lara ?️? (@LaraNotClara) June 9, 2018.
IN ALEX STRANGELOVE, GAY TEENS ARE FALLY PRETTY PK
Some people have cricised how the film picts bisexualy as a steppg stone to homosexualy, and that the story would have worked whout Alex havg to choose between guys and girls.
Anecdotally speakg, ially intifyg as bi is a mon experience among many homosexual men and women.
Given that this is a film about a gay man, to clu a storyle which volv Alex wonrg if he might be bi don’t feel out of place to me.
STREAM IT OR SKIP IT: ‘ALEX STRANGELOVE’ ON NETFLIX, A GAY TEEN ROMANCE THAT’S BIG ON SWEETNS
It’s important to remember that Alex has been reprsg his homosexualy for years bee of toxic masculy and the homophobia he has experienced. One of the most important scen the whole film is the flashback to the homophobic abe Alex received as a child. The movie is garnerg obv parisons to April's Love, Simon, the first major motn picture the “gay teen romance” genre.
AdvertisementADVERTISEMENTNow that the “gay teen rom-” subgenre is explodg wh life, gay kids like Alex and Simon have Sixteen Candl of their own. However, the movi may be strivg to appeal to a straight dience that may not be actually be ready for a no-holds barred gay teen romance.
Both movi center on upper middle class gay whe boys who face few nsequenc when they e out. Alex Strangelove was a labor of love for s director and wrer, Craig JohnsonThe gay filmmaker, known for his die darlg The Skeleton Tws, had grown up admirg the ovre of John Hugh -- films like Pretty Pk, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and The Breakfast Club, which were "treatg teenagers as real people. However, Johnson noticed that gay characters were nearly absent om the teen edy genre.