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- THE OUT TAKE: HOW GAY IS 'THE GREAT GATSBY'?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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 DANIEL WALBERMAY 9, 2013/9:49 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY DANIEL WALBERMAY 9, 2013 / 9:49 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE OUT TAKE: HOW GAY IS 'THE GREAT GATSBY'?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-05-09T13:49:43.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-05-09T13:49:43.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"DANIEL WALBER","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE OUT TAKE,” IS A BI-WEEKLY LUMN DITED TO QUEER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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 THE STORY, WHAT WE KNOW. TMAN CAPOTE WAS THE FIRST WRER BROUGHT ON FOR THE 1974 ADAPTATN OF “THE GREAT GATSBY,” ONE OF MANY TALENTS TO ENTER AND THEN LEAVE THE FILM DURG PREPRODUCTN. A WHOLE BUNCH OF NAM WERE TOSSED AROUND TO PLAY THE LEADS, OM CANDICE BERGEN TO WARREN BEATTY. ALI MACGRAW, THEN WIFE OF ATTACHED DIRECTOR ROBERT EVANS, WAS ORIGALLY SLATED TO PLAY DAISY UNTIL SHE LEFT EVANS FOR STEVE MCQUEEN. CAPOTE’S EX, HOWEVER, ME FOR REASONS OF VISN. HE WROTE A WHOLE SCRIPT, SENT TO THE STUD, AND WAS PROMPTLY REJECTED. RATHER THAN HAVE HIM REWRE , THE NTROVERSIAL NOVELIST WAS REPLACED BY FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA (WHO SISTED THAT HIS OWN SCRIPT DIDN’T MAKE OUT ALIVE EHER).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WHAT WAS WRONG WH CAPOTE’S WORK? THIS IS WHERE THGS GET A B VAGUE. THE OFT-CED “CREATIVE DIFFERENC” OF HOLLYWOOD N MEAN ANY NUMBER OF THGS. HIS DRAFT ISN’T AVAILABLE TO READ, THOUGH SOMEONE BOUGHT A PY FOR $17,925 BACK 2007 AT A BONHAMS CTN. THE MOR (AND GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE THGS, A LIKELY REALY), IS THAT THE DRAFT WAS TOO GAY. CAPOTE HAD NOT ONLY PLACED NICK CARRAWAY EXPLICLY LOVE WH GATSBY, BUT HE’D ALSO TURNED GOLFER JORDAN BAKER TO A LBIAN. THK OF HOW SNDALO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO CHECK OUT: OUR REVIEW OF "THE GREAT GATSBY"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OR, RATHER, THK OF HOW SNDALO THAT WOULD BE NOW. THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT DIENC ARE OPPOSED TO GAY CHARACTERS, WE’VE MA PLENTY OF PROGRS ON THAT POT. YET THERE’S AN ATTACHMENT TO WHAT ARE PERCEIVED AS THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CHARACTER WHICH N MAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE UNFORTABLE. IT’S A PROBLEM THAT GO BEYOND THE BOUNDARI OF ANY ONE WORK OR INTY – THE MOST RECENT NTROVERSY WH THE IC BOOK WORLD IS THE STG OF A BLACK ACTOR TO PLAY THE HUMAN TORCH THE FANTASTIC FOUR REBOOT. AUDIENC TAKE BASIC ELEMENTS OF A CHARACTER AS SACROSANCT, AND WHEN AN ADAPTATN TKERS WH THE THGS OFTEN TRIGGERS SOME PRETTY UGLY PREJUDICE. IT N EVEN HAPPEN WHEN TURNS OUT TO BE THE CREATOR’S TENTN. REMEMBER THE HULLABALOO OVER J.K. ROWLG PUBLICLY STATG DUMBLEDORE’S SEXUALY? IT SEEMS RIDICULO TO TALK ABOUT NOW, BUT THERE WAS PLENTY OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS BRGS BACK TO GATSBY. WHAT WAS F. STT FZGERALD’S TENTN REGARDG NICK? THERE’S OFTEN MORE OPEN SPACE FOR TERPRETATN AROUND SEXUALY A NOVEL, BEE WE DON’T ACTUALLY SEE THE CHARACTER’S SIR UNFOLD. IT N BE LEFT VAGUE ON PURPOSE, AND MUCH N BE READ TO THGS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE SUGGTED. SALON’S GREG OLEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, IS ABSOLUTELY NVCED THAT NICK IS GAY. HIS ARGUMENT DON’T E OM AN ACROBATIC READG OF A SGLE CRYPTIC PASSAGE, EHER. OLEAR ASSEMBL OBSERVATNS ABOUT NICK’S BACKGROUND, THE WAY HE REACTS TO AND SCRIB WOMEN, AND ONE PARTICULAR SCENE VOLVG A MR. MCKEE. I WON’T GO TO MORE TAIL WH THE EVINCE BUT DO READ HIS WHOLE PIECE, ’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS AT THE END, HOWEVER, WHEN OLEAR ALS WH THE IMPLITNS. THIS ISN’T JT A SILLY, SELFISH TERPRETATN OF THE STORY THAT LATCH ON TO A FANTASY AS A MEANS OF HIJACKG THE NARRATIVE. IT’S A READG OF THE TEXT. ALL OF THE BT FILM ADAPTATNS OF NOVELS HAVE A UNIQUE READG OF THE TEXT, WHETHER ’S JOE WRIGHT’S THEATRIL SIGNS ON “ANNA KARENA” OR THE MIMALIST APPROACH OF CARY FUNAGA AND ANDREA ARNOLD TO 19TH CENTURY ROMANTICISM. THE READG OF NICK AS GAY OPENS UP HIS PORTRAYAL OF GATSBY, AND MIRRORS GATSBY’S OWN LOVE OF DAISY. IT’S AN EXTRA DIMENSN THAT, IF EXPAND UPON A FILM, MIGHT ALTER AND ENRICH OUR UNRSTANDG OF THE ORIGAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW, BAZ LUHRMANN HAS NOT DONE THIS WH HIS NEW FILM. HE’S UPDATED OTHER WAYS, PERHAPS MOST NOTABLY HIS CHOICE TO E NTEMPORARY MIC, STRIVG FOR THE HNS OF FZGERALD’S ORIGALLY NTEMPORARY NOVEL. OBVLY I N’T CRICIZE HIM FOR NOT MAKG NICK EXPLICLY GAY, NOR WOULD I. NOR N HE BE CRICIZED FOR BORG ADAPTATNS. HIS “ROMEO + JULIET” IS QUE SOMETHG, OF URSE, BUT “MOUL ROUGE!” AND S RAMBUNCT TAKE ON LA TRAVIATA IS THE PEAK OF HIS CREATIVY. AND SPE OF S NARRATIVE NTENT, LUHRMANN’S SOMEWHAT EPIC FLAMBOYANCE HAS ALWAYS SEEMED A LTLE B GAY. I THK ’S IMPORTANT TO KEEP “THE GREAT GASBY” AND OUR UNRSTANDG OF ADAPTATN GENERAL THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}READG BOOKS AND FILMS AS QUEER, EVEN PERHAPS QUEERER THAN ORIGALLY TEND, ISN’T JT A GAME. IT’S AN TEGRAL PART OF THE WAY WRERS, ARTISTS AND CRICS HAVE LOOKED AT QUEER AND NON-QUEER TEXTS FOR S. DEREK JARMAN’S FILMS, SOME OF THEM NOW OVER THIRTY YEARS OLD, TOOK EVERYTHG OM THE HAGGRAPHI OF THE EARLY CATHOLIC CHURCH TO MARLOWE’S “EDWARD II” AND READ THEM AS QUEER. HIS SEBASTIANE, CARAVAGG AND EDWARD II ARE CLEVER, UNIQUE FILMS THAT SAY SOMETHG NEW AND EXCG BY ENGAGG WH THE OLD. “QUEERG” PRE-EXISTG GENR IS PRACTILLY A GENRE OF S OWN, AT THIS POT, WHETHER ’S TODD HAYN’ AND PEDRO ALMODóVAR’S RE-E OF MELODRAMA OR ULRIKE OTTGER TAKG ON FRENCH SATHOOD WH JOAN OF ARC OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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 DAY, THE CHARACTERS ARE WHAT WE MAKE OF THEM. GORE VIDAL KNEW THAT “BEN-HUR” WAS GAY, EVEN IF CHARLTON HTON HADN’T THE FOGGIT IA. GO SEE “THE GREAT GATSBY” THIS WEEKEND AND TERPRET HOWEVER YOU LIKE. WHO KNOWS, MIGHT MAKE TOBEY MAGUIRE SEEM MUCH MORE {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
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- THE GREAT GATSBY MOVIE NEED TO BE MORE GAY
- WHAT IS THE SIGNIFINCE OF NICK BEG GAY THE GREAT GATSBY?
THE OUT TAKE: HOW GAY IS 'THE GREAT GATSBY'?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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 DANIEL WALBERMAY 9, 2013/9:49 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY DANIEL WALBERMAY 9, 2013 / 9:49 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE OUT TAKE: HOW GAY IS 'THE GREAT GATSBY'?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-05-09T13:49:43.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-05-09T13:49:43.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"DANIEL WALBER","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE OUT TAKE,” IS A BI-WEEKLY LUMN DITED TO QUEER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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 THE STORY, WHAT WE KNOW. TMAN CAPOTE WAS THE FIRST WRER BROUGHT ON FOR THE 1974 ADAPTATN OF “THE GREAT GATSBY,” ONE OF MANY TALENTS TO ENTER AND THEN LEAVE THE FILM DURG PREPRODUCTN. A WHOLE BUNCH OF NAM WERE TOSSED AROUND TO PLAY THE LEADS, OM CANDICE BERGEN TO WARREN BEATTY. ALI MACGRAW, THEN WIFE OF ATTACHED DIRECTOR ROBERT EVANS, WAS ORIGALLY SLATED TO PLAY DAISY UNTIL SHE LEFT EVANS FOR STEVE MCQUEEN. CAPOTE’S EX, HOWEVER, ME FOR REASONS OF VISN. HE WROTE A WHOLE SCRIPT, SENT TO THE STUD, AND WAS PROMPTLY REJECTED. RATHER THAN HAVE HIM REWRE , THE NTROVERSIAL NOVELIST WAS REPLACED BY FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA (WHO SISTED THAT HIS OWN SCRIPT DIDN’T MAKE OUT ALIVE EHER).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WHAT WAS WRONG WH CAPOTE’S WORK? THIS IS WHERE THGS GET A B VAGUE. THE OFT-CED “CREATIVE DIFFERENC” OF HOLLYWOOD N MEAN ANY NUMBER OF THGS. HIS DRAFT ISN’T AVAILABLE TO READ, THOUGH SOMEONE BOUGHT A PY FOR $17,925 BACK 2007 AT A BONHAMS CTN. THE MOR (AND GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE THGS, A LIKELY REALY), IS THAT THE DRAFT WAS TOO GAY. CAPOTE HAD NOT ONLY PLACED NICK CARRAWAY EXPLICLY LOVE WH GATSBY, BUT HE’D ALSO TURNED GOLFER JORDAN BAKER TO A LBIAN. THK OF HOW SNDALO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO CHECK OUT: OUR REVIEW OF "THE GREAT GATSBY"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OR, RATHER, THK OF HOW SNDALO THAT WOULD BE NOW. THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT DIENC ARE OPPOSED TO GAY CHARACTERS, WE’VE MA PLENTY OF PROGRS ON THAT POT. YET THERE’S AN ATTACHMENT TO WHAT ARE PERCEIVED AS THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CHARACTER WHICH N MAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE UNFORTABLE. IT’S A PROBLEM THAT GO BEYOND THE BOUNDARI OF ANY ONE WORK OR INTY – THE MOST RECENT NTROVERSY WH THE IC BOOK WORLD IS THE STG OF A BLACK ACTOR TO PLAY THE HUMAN TORCH THE FANTASTIC FOUR REBOOT. AUDIENC TAKE BASIC ELEMENTS OF A CHARACTER AS SACROSANCT, AND WHEN AN ADAPTATN TKERS WH THE THGS OFTEN TRIGGERS SOME PRETTY UGLY PREJUDICE. IT N EVEN HAPPEN WHEN TURNS OUT TO BE THE CREATOR’S TENTN. REMEMBER THE HULLABALOO OVER J.K. ROWLG PUBLICLY STATG DUMBLEDORE’S SEXUALY? IT SEEMS RIDICULO TO TALK ABOUT NOW, BUT THERE WAS PLENTY OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS BRGS BACK TO GATSBY. WHAT WAS F. STT FZGERALD’S TENTN REGARDG NICK? THERE’S OFTEN MORE OPEN SPACE FOR TERPRETATN AROUND SEXUALY A NOVEL, BEE WE DON’T ACTUALLY SEE THE CHARACTER’S SIR UNFOLD. IT N BE LEFT VAGUE ON PURPOSE, AND MUCH N BE READ TO THGS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE SUGGTED. SALON’S GREG OLEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, IS ABSOLUTELY NVCED THAT NICK IS GAY. HIS ARGUMENT DON’T E OM AN ACROBATIC READG OF A SGLE CRYPTIC PASSAGE, EHER. OLEAR ASSEMBL OBSERVATNS ABOUT NICK’S BACKGROUND, THE WAY HE REACTS TO AND SCRIB WOMEN, AND ONE PARTICULAR SCENE VOLVG A MR. MCKEE. I WON’T GO TO MORE TAIL WH THE EVINCE BUT DO READ HIS WHOLE PIECE, ’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS AT THE END, HOWEVER, WHEN OLEAR ALS WH THE IMPLITNS. THIS ISN’T JT A SILLY, SELFISH TERPRETATN OF THE STORY THAT LATCH ON TO A FANTASY AS A MEANS OF HIJACKG THE NARRATIVE. IT’S A READG OF THE TEXT. ALL OF THE BT FILM ADAPTATNS OF NOVELS HAVE A UNIQUE READG OF THE TEXT, WHETHER ’S JOE WRIGHT’S THEATRIL SIGNS ON “ANNA KARENA” OR THE MIMALIST APPROACH OF CARY FUNAGA AND ANDREA ARNOLD TO 19TH CENTURY ROMANTICISM. THE READG OF NICK AS GAY OPENS UP HIS PORTRAYAL OF GATSBY, AND MIRRORS GATSBY’S OWN LOVE OF DAISY. IT’S AN EXTRA DIMENSN THAT, IF EXPAND UPON A FILM, MIGHT ALTER AND ENRICH OUR UNRSTANDG OF THE ORIGAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW, BAZ LUHRMANN HAS NOT DONE THIS WH HIS NEW FILM. HE’S UPDATED OTHER WAYS, PERHAPS MOST NOTABLY HIS CHOICE TO E NTEMPORARY MIC, STRIVG FOR THE HNS OF FZGERALD’S ORIGALLY NTEMPORARY NOVEL. OBVLY I N’T CRICIZE HIM FOR NOT MAKG NICK EXPLICLY GAY, NOR WOULD I. NOR N HE BE CRICIZED FOR BORG ADAPTATNS. HIS “ROMEO + JULIET” IS QUE SOMETHG, OF URSE, BUT “MOUL ROUGE!” AND S RAMBUNCT TAKE ON LA TRAVIATA IS THE PEAK OF HIS CREATIVY. AND SPE OF S NARRATIVE NTENT, LUHRMANN’S SOMEWHAT EPIC FLAMBOYANCE HAS ALWAYS SEEMED A LTLE B GAY. I THK ’S IMPORTANT TO KEEP “THE GREAT GASBY” AND OUR UNRSTANDG OF ADAPTATN GENERAL THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}READG BOOKS AND FILMS AS QUEER, EVEN PERHAPS QUEERER THAN ORIGALLY TEND, ISN’T JT A GAME. IT’S AN TEGRAL PART OF THE WAY WRERS, ARTISTS AND CRICS HAVE LOOKED AT QUEER AND NON-QUEER TEXTS FOR S. DEREK JARMAN’S FILMS, SOME OF THEM NOW OVER THIRTY YEARS OLD, TOOK EVERYTHG OM THE HAGGRAPHI OF THE EARLY CATHOLIC CHURCH TO MARLOWE’S “EDWARD II” AND READ THEM AS QUEER. HIS SEBASTIANE, CARAVAGG AND EDWARD II ARE CLEVER, UNIQUE FILMS THAT SAY SOMETHG NEW AND EXCG BY ENGAGG WH THE OLD. “QUEERG” PRE-EXISTG GENR IS PRACTILLY A GENRE OF S OWN, AT THIS POT, WHETHER ’S TODD HAYN’ AND PEDRO ALMODóVAR’S RE-E OF MELODRAMA OR ULRIKE OTTGER TAKG ON FRENCH SATHOOD WH JOAN OF ARC OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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 DAY, THE CHARACTERS ARE WHAT WE MAKE OF THEM. GORE VIDAL KNEW THAT “BEN-HUR” WAS GAY, EVEN IF CHARLTON HTON HADN’T THE FOGGIT IA. GO SEE “THE GREAT GATSBY” THIS WEEKEND AND TERPRET HOWEVER YOU LIKE. WHO KNOWS, MIGHT MAKE TOBEY MAGUIRE SEEM MUCH MORE {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
Yterday at Salon, Caleb Cra, thor of the highly praised novel Necsary Errors, talked a b about beg a gay novelist and the effects non-heterosexual subject matter has on the chanc for a novel’s publitn.
In rponse to a qutn about needg a “gay non” of lerature, Cra said, “The straight non is very gay… I don’t read somebody bee they’re a gay wrer.
” It’s te that seems silly and rctive to sist on settg gay wrers apart om their straight hort (although dog so n help raise awarens that they do, fact, exist), pecially sce there’s enough queer subtext popular lerature already. Rowlg waed nveniently until the publitn of her most recent book to reveal, perhaps too enthiastilly, that Alb Dumbledore was gay. Hton’s classic about rough-and-tumble teenage lquents 1960s Tulsa, and while the book is equently banned nsirg all the vlence, bad language, and unrage smokg and drkg, the homoerotic unrton of those boys’ bromanc have fely evad plenty of rears.
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFINCE OF NICK BEG GAY THE GREAT GATSBY?
Strangers on a Tra by Patricia HighsmhPatricia Highsmh was no stranger to homosexual overton — her antihero Tom Ripley was, sentially, a gay monster, and she even dipped her toe to the lbian bildungsroman genre — but her thriller Strangers on a Tra was a b more subtle s pictn of one man’s murro obssn wh another. Danvers, who is so obssed wh her former employer, the tular Rebec Wter, that one n’t help but read a b to the way she gently strok her perfectly kept nightcloth across her Club by Chuck PalahniAs this say pots out, ’s hard to claim that Fight Club has a gay subtext, as there is nothg particularly subtle about s homoeroticism.
The symbolism of Tyler splicg scen om hardre porn is a pretty good metaphor for Chuck Palahni trickg the macho lerary dience to lovg a pretty queer of Grass by Walt WhmanNoted homosexual Walt Whman clud several turns of phrase his llectn of poetry voted to the love of the male form, and l like, “O how shall I warble myself for the ad one there I loved?
THE GREAT GATSBY IS KD OF GAY (AND WHY THAT MATTERS)
” om “When Lilacs Last the Dooryard Bloom’d” — his o to the Civil War’s ad, particularly Abraham Lln — is jt the tip of the fey Budd by Herman Melville Let’s jt take a look at this passage om Melville’s novella, via Dana Sliva’s paper “Explorg Homoeroticism Herman Melville’s Novella Billy Budd, Sailor, ” which explas all:Claggart, the master-at-arms, official rattan hand, happened to be passg along…Steppg over [the soup], he was proceedg on his way whout ment, sce the matter was nothg to take notice of unr the circumstanc, when he happened to observe who was that had done the spillg…Psg, he was about to ejaculate somethg hasty at the sailor, but checked himself, and potg down to the streamg soup, playfully tapped him om behd wh his rattan, sayg a low mil voice peculiar to him at tim, ‘Handsomely done, my lad! LawrenceSure, the women of the tle — the unfortunately named Ursula and Gudn Brangwen — are ed love wh the typilly broodg Englishmen, but one nnot possibly ny the homosexual overton the nu wrtlg which Rupert Birk and Gerald Crich gleefully take Great Gatsby by F. The mor (and given the nature of the thgs, a likely realy), is that the draft was too gay.
THE GREAT GATSBY MOVIE NEED TO BE MORE GAY
This is not to say that dienc are opposed to gay characters, we’ve ma plenty of progrs on that pot. Salon’s Greg Olear, for example, is absolutely nvced that Nick is gay.
The readg of Nick as gay opens up his portrayal of Gatsby, and mirrors Gatsby’s own love of Daisy. Obvly I n’t cricize him for not makg Nick explicly gay, nor would I. And spe of s narrative ntent, Luhrmann’s somewhat epic flamboyance has always seemed a ltle b gay.
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFINCE OF NICK BEG GAY THE GREAT GATSBY?
Gore Vidal knew that “Ben-Hur” was gay, even if Charlton Hton hadn’t the foggit ia. Tantalizg Taboos: Homoerotic Language The Great Gatsby. The most mon, however, is homosexualy and homoeroti.