Catapult | In ‘My Bt Friend’s Weddg,’ I Found My Gay Role Mol:

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• IN ‘MY BT FRIEND’S WEDDG,’ I FOUND MY GAY ROLE MOL: JULIA ROBERTS
• MY BT FRIEND'S WEDDG ALMOST HAD A GAY SEQUEL
• THE GAY MY BT FRIEND'S WEDDG SEQUEL THAT ALMOST HAPPENED

IN ‘MY BT FRIEND’S WEDDG,’ I FOUND MY GAY ROLE MOL: JULIA ROBERTS

The trope of the “gay bt iend” prov that not all reprentatn is created equally.

MY BT FRIEND'S WEDDG ALMOST HAD A GAY SEQUEL

In the 90s pecially, we fally got to see openly gay characters big Hollywood movi, specifilly romantic edi.

While this reprentatn was a step forward, the typ of LGBTQ+ reprentatn were always the same: whe, cis gay men whout an terr life. Gee Downs (Rupert Everett) embodi a lot of what is bad about the “gay bt iend” trope. In 1997, pecially romantic edi, gay bt iends were never sexualized.

THE GAY MY BT FRIEND'S WEDDG SEQUEL THAT ALMOST HAPPENED

Y, we don’t get any terry to his actual sex life as a gay man. What do any gay bt iend do when they’re thst back to the closet for a scheme to break up a straight weddg? While reli on the stereotype of gays lovg mil extravaganzas, ’s an important moment that f Gee as a character, rather than a functn of the plot.

Y, this is an example of the gay bt iend beg a wise oracle for the heroe. Gay... Y, ’s still a man and a woman, but ’s the bond between a woman and her gay bt iend.

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