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WHO KNEW NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2 WAS THE GAYT FILM OF THE 80S?

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One publitn went as far as to dub A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 "the gayt horror film ever. " Director Jack Sholr and wrer David Chask both nied the film's subtext, and Mark Patton (who was the closet at the time), worried that the suatns of the film beg overtly gay would lead to him beg typest, as he wasn't the typil Hollywood leadg male.

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Some of the clu a scene where Jse enunters his ach at a gay bar, a scene where said ach is whipped to ath by towels while naked the showers, a scene wh Jse and his bt iend Grady (Rler) where Jse approach him bed, and a scene where Jse attempts to make out wh his girliend at a party before fleeg panic. Beyond that, the film's release 1985 was at the height of the AIDS epimic the Uned Stat, which ed a lot of stigma surroundg gay men and subsequent gay panic was on the rise.

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Chask reportedly mented that Patton and his performance were to blame, as there was no tentnal gay ntent the film. This ed animosy between Chask and Patton over the years, as Patton went on rerd sayg that Chask lled his performance "too gay.

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