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- THE TALENTED, GAY AND POLILLY-RRECT MR. RIPLEY
- H ME WH AN OAR, DAD! THE 5 GAYT MOMENTS “THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY”MATT DAMON'S YELLOW SPEEDO WAS MY "RG OF KEYS."{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 CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHDECEMBER 12, 2019/2:35 {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:800PX;WIDTH:1200PX;}MIRAMAXBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHDECEMBER 12, 2019 / 2:35 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"H ME WH AN OAR, DAD! THE 5 GAYT MOMENTS “THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY”","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-12-12T19:35:59.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-12-12T19:35:59.000+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":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","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;}TODAY MARKS THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RELEASE OF THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, AND YOU N BET THAT 20 YEARS AGO TODAY I WAS STG A DARK THEATER BEG CREASGLY OBSSED WH A SEXY SERIAL KILLER NAMED TOM RIPLEY, PLAYED BY MATT {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;}SCE I HAD LOVED GOOD WILL HUNTG AND SHAKPEARE LOVE PREV YEARS, HAVG DAMON, GWYH PALTROW, AND JU LAW THE SAME MOVIE—PL PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN AND CATE BLANCHETT—FELT TOO GOOD TO BE TE. THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY WAS TLY THE AVENGERS OF THE MIRAMAX 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;}I ALSO HAD THE SCREENPLAY AND THE SOUNDTRACK—ON PACT DISC! IF STREAMG SERVIC EXISTED THE '90S, THEN DAMON'S "MY FUNNY VALENTE" WOULD HAVE ABSOLUTELY BEEN THE MOST-PLAYED SONG ON MY 1999 SPOTIFY {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;}PATRICIA HIGHSMH, THOR OF THE RIPLEY BOOK SERI, EVENTUALLY HAD ANOTHER ONE OF HER GREAT WORKS ADAPTED TO A FILM CLASSIC: 2015'S CAROL. THE RIPLEY SERI IS NOW BEG ADAPTED FOR THE SMALL SCREEN, WH ANDREW STT, A.K.A. FLEABAG'S HOT PRIT, STARRG AS THE MURRO TLE CHARACTER. (IF YOU, LIKE ME, WERE ALIVE THE '90S, 'S SAFE TO SAY YOUR SEXY SOCPATH OF CHOICE WILL ALWAYS BE DAMON'S TOM.){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 YOUTHS THE DAYS ARE TELLG THEIR CSH TO "STEP ON MY NECK," BUT TOM RIPLEY WAS THE ORIGAL ONSCREEN HEARTTHROB WE BEGGED TO JURE . "H ME WH AN OAR, DAD!" I WOULD HAVE YELLED AT THE BIG SCREEN IF THIS INIC ANCHISE HAD BEEN THEATERS {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;}ON THAT NOTE, WE'VE ROUND UP THE FIVE GAYT SCEN OM THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, NO PARTICULAR {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;}MATT DAMON SPORTG A YELLOW {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;}DAMON WALKG UP ON AN ITALIAN BEACH WEARG NOTHG BUT A YELLOW SWIM BRIEF IS A "RG OF KEYS" MOMENT FOR SURE. THIS BRIGHT LTLE THG YELLED "GAY RIGHTS!" RIGHT OUR FAC. IT BETTER BE HANGG SOME PLA HOLLYWOOD {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;}RUB-A-DUB-DUB, JU LAW A {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 TOOK A NAKED LAW TO FALLY MAKE CHS TERTG. YOU N CUT THE SEXUAL TENSN BETWEEN DICKIE AND TOM WH A KNIFE THIS SCENE, BUT ISN'T UNTIL TOM MAK THE BOLD SUGGTN OF HOPPG THE BATH WH HIM THAT DICKIE THKS THGS HAVE GONE TOO FAR. SO HE STEPS OUT OF THE TUB FULLY {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;}"H ME WH AN OAR, DAD!"{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;}TOM FALLY NFS HIS LOVE FOR DICKIE WHILE THE TWO ARE ON A ROWBOAT THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN. AFTER DICKIE LLS TOM A "LEECH" AND "BORG," TOM PROCEEDS TO PUMMEL HIM WH AN OAR AND KILL HIM. WE'VE HAD WORSE GRDR DAT, {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;}EVERYTHG ABOUT {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;}PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN IS SO OVER-THE-TOP AS FREDDIE, DICKIE'S BTIE, THAT WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO STAN. THE AMY DIDN'T THK SO, SCE LAW WAS THE RIPLEY ACTOR NOMATED FOR AN OSR, BUT FREDDIE'S FLAMBOYANT LIMP-WRIST FLIPS AT LEAST SERVED A GLAAD MEDIA {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;}POOR {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;}AT THE END OF THE FILM TOM MOV ON TO A NEW CSH, PETER (JACK DAVENPORT), BUT AFTER PETER BEGS TO ASK TOO MANY QUTNS ABOUT TOM'S INTY, TOM WAST NO TIME STRANGLG HIM TO ATH. WE FEEL BAD FOR PETER, BUT BEG STRANGLED WH A SRF YOUR OWN PERSONAL B ON A BOAT IS SUCH A WAY TO GO!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY IS COMG TO TV—BUT WILL HE BE GAY?
THE TALENTED, GAY AND POLILLY-RRECT MR. RIPLEY
Certaly homosexualy was nsired beyond the pale, though a few plays on Broadway tted the lims. I GREW UP gay the 1950s and I had to pretend to my classmat, aterny brothers and, later, office mat to be straight.
It was a disgrace to be homosexual, and before the begng of gay liberatn many of (cludg me) were gog to shrks wh the sole goal of turng heterosexual. Everett De Biasi/Mondadori Portfol, via Getty ImagTom Ripley may not be gay, exactly, but he do first impersonate an Ivy Leaguer, then a fotten acquatance, and fally Dickie himself, pyg his signature, wearg his rgs and lighteng his hair, all for the benef of the Italian police, who are vtigatg what they believe to be Tom’s ath. The art of impersonatn was an sential skill for closeted lbians and gays the 1950s; the nvcg tails of that art were s that Highsmh, then, knew a lot about.
Impersonatn also prepared her to be a novelist, pecially one who intified wh her male the next volume of the seri, “Ripley Unr Ground, ” (1970), Ripley engag another metaphor for a gay “passg” as straight: fery. ” Intertgly, after the begng of gay liberatn 1969, Highsmh was able to wre openly about a male homosexual character, a pater, the suggtively named “The Tremor of Fery” (1969).
H ME WH AN OAR, DAD! THE 5 GAYT MOMENTS “THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY”MATT DAMON'S YELLOW SPEEDO WAS MY "RG OF KEYS."{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 CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHDECEMBER 12, 2019/2:35 {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:800PX;WIDTH:1200PX;}MIRAMAXBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHDECEMBER 12, 2019 / 2:35 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"H ME WH AN OAR, DAD! THE 5 GAYT MOMENTS “THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY”","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-12-12T19:35:59.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-12-12T19:35:59.000+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":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","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;}TODAY MARKS THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RELEASE OF THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, AND YOU N BET THAT 20 YEARS AGO TODAY I WAS STG A DARK THEATER BEG CREASGLY OBSSED WH A SEXY SERIAL KILLER NAMED TOM RIPLEY, PLAYED BY MATT {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;}SCE I HAD LOVED GOOD WILL HUNTG AND SHAKPEARE LOVE PREV YEARS, HAVG DAMON, GWYH PALTROW, AND JU LAW THE SAME MOVIE—PL PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN AND CATE BLANCHETT—FELT TOO GOOD TO BE TE. THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY WAS TLY THE AVENGERS OF THE MIRAMAX 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;}I ALSO HAD THE SCREENPLAY AND THE SOUNDTRACK—ON PACT DISC! IF STREAMG SERVIC EXISTED THE '90S, THEN DAMON'S "MY FUNNY VALENTE" WOULD HAVE ABSOLUTELY BEEN THE MOST-PLAYED SONG ON MY 1999 SPOTIFY {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;}PATRICIA HIGHSMH, THOR OF THE RIPLEY BOOK SERI, EVENTUALLY HAD ANOTHER ONE OF HER GREAT WORKS ADAPTED TO A FILM CLASSIC: 2015'S CAROL. THE RIPLEY SERI IS NOW BEG ADAPTED FOR THE SMALL SCREEN, WH ANDREW STT, A.K.A. FLEABAG'S HOT PRIT, STARRG AS THE MURRO TLE CHARACTER. (IF YOU, LIKE ME, WERE ALIVE THE '90S, 'S SAFE TO SAY YOUR SEXY SOCPATH OF CHOICE WILL ALWAYS BE DAMON'S TOM.){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 YOUTHS THE DAYS ARE TELLG THEIR CSH TO "STEP ON MY NECK," BUT TOM RIPLEY WAS THE ORIGAL ONSCREEN HEARTTHROB WE BEGGED TO JURE . "H ME WH AN OAR, DAD!" I WOULD HAVE YELLED AT THE BIG SCREEN IF THIS INIC ANCHISE HAD BEEN THEATERS {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;}ON THAT NOTE, WE'VE ROUND UP THE FIVE GAYT SCEN OM THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, NO PARTICULAR {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;}MATT DAMON SPORTG A YELLOW {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;}DAMON WALKG UP ON AN ITALIAN BEACH WEARG NOTHG BUT A YELLOW SWIM BRIEF IS A "RG OF KEYS" MOMENT FOR SURE. THIS BRIGHT LTLE THG YELLED "GAY RIGHTS!" RIGHT OUR FAC. IT BETTER BE HANGG SOME PLA HOLLYWOOD {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;}RUB-A-DUB-DUB, JU LAW A {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 TOOK A NAKED LAW TO FALLY MAKE CHS TERTG. YOU N CUT THE SEXUAL TENSN BETWEEN DICKIE AND TOM WH A KNIFE THIS SCENE, BUT ISN'T UNTIL TOM MAK THE BOLD SUGGTN OF HOPPG THE BATH WH HIM THAT DICKIE THKS THGS HAVE GONE TOO FAR. SO HE STEPS OUT OF THE TUB FULLY {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;}"H ME WH AN OAR, DAD!"{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;}TOM FALLY NFS HIS LOVE FOR DICKIE WHILE THE TWO ARE ON A ROWBOAT THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN. AFTER DICKIE LLS TOM A "LEECH" AND "BORG," TOM PROCEEDS TO PUMMEL HIM WH AN OAR AND KILL HIM. WE'VE HAD WORSE GRDR DAT, {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;}EVERYTHG ABOUT {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;}PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN IS SO OVER-THE-TOP AS FREDDIE, DICKIE'S BTIE, THAT WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO STAN. THE AMY DIDN'T THK SO, SCE LAW WAS THE RIPLEY ACTOR NOMATED FOR AN OSR, BUT FREDDIE'S FLAMBOYANT LIMP-WRIST FLIPS AT LEAST SERVED A GLAAD MEDIA {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;}POOR {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;}AT THE END OF THE FILM TOM MOV ON TO A NEW CSH, PETER (JACK DAVENPORT), BUT AFTER PETER BEGS TO ASK TOO MANY QUTNS ABOUT TOM'S INTY, TOM WAST NO TIME STRANGLG HIM TO ATH. WE FEEL BAD FOR PETER, BUT BEG STRANGLED WH A SRF YOUR OWN PERSONAL B ON A BOAT IS SUCH A WAY TO GO!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Unr ndns like the, Highsmh uld protect her misanthropy, dulge her alholism and homosexualy; her creature, Ripley, n move to a new, better inty, as he progrs, feels more and more fulfilled by his odd relatnship wh the ceased Dickie. It's the fact that streams of gay activists have not taken to the streets, waggg their fgers at Damon's portra of a murro socpath wh obv homoerotic a few years ago, this movie, based on Patricia Highsmh's 1955 noirish novel, might have had gays picketg the theatr, screamg "Not another gay serial killer!
" Today, not only is the gay prs posively ghy about the film, they have reterpreted the story as a peratg study of the homosexual as outst.
This embrace of Tom Ripley -- one of the most polilly rrect hero to grace the screen -- is possibly a keen ditn that polil rrectns, at least the kd of high-voltage PC that peaked durg the neti, has gone the way of the 's a ltle b of ntext: When they haven't been visible, gays and lbians have long been picted by the movi as eher self-loathg viants or pathologil sadists. But wasn't really until the seventi and early eighti that a signifint crique of the stereotyp began to flow om gay tailed David Johnson's book. The Lavenr Lens: 100 Years of Celluloid Queens, swarms of gays took to the picket l twice 1980 to prott the films.
THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY IS COMG TO TV—BUT WILL HE BE GAY?
Wdows, each of which featured a homosexual psycho killer. This was jt ltle- league, though, pared to the firtorm of ntroversy that epted a later when more gay killers popped up. Clamourg for everythg om scriptg chang to all-out boytts, Amerin groups like Queer Natn and the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) broke out on the scene, makg an unprecented nt the mastream.