Top Gun: Is There Really A Gay Subtext? We Asked The Wrer

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• HOW TOP GUN BEME A GAY CLASSIC
• TOP GUN: IS THERE REALLY A GAY SUBTEXT? WE ASKED THE WRER
• ‘TOP GUN: MAVERICK’ IS ACTUALLY THE GAYT MOVIE OF THE YEAR
• WILL “TOP GUN: MAVERICK” BE AS GAY AS THE ORIGAL?CAN WE HOPE FOR ANOTHER SHIRTLS VOLLEYBALL SCENE?{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 DAN AVERYJUNE 2, 2017/3:10 {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;}PARAMOUNT PICTUR/SUNSET BOULEVARD/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGAMERIN ACTORS VAL KILMER AND TOM CISE ON THE SET OF TOP GUN, DIRECTED BY TONY STT. (PHOTO BY PARAMOUNT PICTUR/SUNSET BOULEVARD/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAG)BY DAN AVERYJUNE 2, 2017 / 3:10 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WILL “TOP GUN: MAVERICK” BE AS GAY AS THE ORIGAL?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-06-02T19:10:43.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-06-02T19:10:43.000+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":"DAN AVERY","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;}TOM CISE HAS NFIRMED THERE WILL ED BE A SEQUEL TO 1986'S TTOSTERONE-FT TOP {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;}PRODUCTN FOR TOP GUN: MAVERICK HASN'T STARTED YET, BUT CISE TOLD ACCS HOLLYWOOD "AVIATORS ARE BACK, THE NEED FOR SPEED—WE’RE GOG TO HAVE BIG, FAST MACH. IT’S GOG TO BE A PETN FILM, LIKE THE FIRST ONE... BUT A PROGRSN FOR MAVERICK.”CBS VIA GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES - MAY 16: THE MOVIE "TOP GUN", DIRECTED BY TONY STT. SEEN HERE, ONT OM LEFT, ANTHONY EDWARDS AS LT. NICK "GOOSE" BRADSHAW AND TOM CISE AS LT. PETE "MAVERICK" MCHELL. INIAL THEATRIL RELEASE MAY 16, 1986. SCREEN PTURE. PARAMOUNT PICTUR. (PHOTO BY CBS VIA GETTY IMAG){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;}A SEQUEL HAS BEEN THE WORKS FOR AT LEAST SEVEN YEARS, BUT WAS LAYED BY THE SUICI OF ORIGAL DIRECTOR TONY STT 2012. CISE SISTED THE FOLLOWUP, WHICH MORE THAN 30 YEARS AFTER THE ORIGAL, “STYLISTILLY, ’S GOG TO BE THE SAME.” HAROLD FALTERMEYER WILL RETURN TO WRE THE SRE, BUT NO WORD ON WHETHER KENNY LOGGS OR BERL WILL NTRIBUTE TRACKS TO THE {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 ORIGAL TOP GUN WAS ONE OF THE TOP GROSSG MOVI OF THE 1980S, AND WAS SEEN AS EPOMIZG THE MACHO, PRO-ARY ATTUS OF THE ERA. BUT NUMERO CRICS HAVE POTED OUT THE UNNIABLE HOMOEROTICISM AT PLAY—OM SLAP-HAPPY LOCKER ROOM SHOTS TO THAT FAMO SLO-MO VOLLEYBALL {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;}URBAN DICTNARY F "TOP GUN GAY" AS "A SUATN WHERE THGS ARE TOTALLY STRAIGHT, BUT SEEM A LTLE OFF."{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;}IN 1994'S SLEEP WH ME, QUENT TARANTO SPELLS OUT:{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;}{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 IS A STORY ABOUT A MAN’S STGGLE WH HIS OWN HOMOSEXUALY. IT IS! YOU’VE GOT MAVERICK, ALL RIGHT? HE’S ON THE EDGE, MAN. HE’S RIGHT ON THE FUCKG LE, ALL RIGHT? AND YOU’VE GOT ICEMAN, AND ALL HIS CREW. THEY’RE GAY, THEY REPRENT THE GAY MAN, ALL RIGHT? AND THEY’RE SAYG, "GO, GO THE GAY WAY, GO THE GAY WAY."{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;}HE ULD GO BOTH {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;}KELLY MCGILLIS, SHE’S HETEROSEXUALY. SHE’S SAYG: "NO, NO, NO, GO THE NORMAL WAY, PLAY BY THE L, GO THE NORMAL WAY." THEY’RE SAYG, "NO, GO THE GAY WAY, BE THE GAY WAY, GO FOR THE GAY WAY," ALL RIGHT? THAT IS WHAT’S GOG ON THROUGHOUT THAT WHOLE MOVIE."{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;}‘HE GO TO HER HOE, ALL RIGHT? IT LOOKS LIKE THEY’RE GOG TO HAVE SEX, YOU KNOW, THEY’RE JT KD OF STG BACK, HE’S TAK’ A SHOWER AND EVERYTHG. THEY DON’T HAVE SEX. HE GETS ON THE MOTORCYCLE, DRIV AWAY. SHE’S LIKE, “WHAT THE FUCK, WHAT THE FUCK IS GOG ON HERE?”{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;}‘NEXT SCENE, NEXT SCENE YOU SEE HER, SHE’S THE ELEVATOR, SHE IS DRSED LIKE A GUY. SHE’S GOT THE P ON, SHE’S GOT THE AVIATOR GLASS, SHE’S WEARG THE SAME JACKET THAT THE ICEMAN WEARS. SHE IS, LIKE, "THIS IS HOW I GOTTA GET THIS GUY, THIS GUY’S GOG TOWARDS THE GAY WAY, I GOTTA BRG HIM BACK, I GOTTA BRG HIM BACK OM THE GAY WAY, SO I’LL DO THAT THROUGH SUBTERFUGE, I’M GONNA DRS LIKE A MAN." ALL RIGHT? THAT IS HOW SHE APPROACH {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;}"BUT THE REAL ENDG OF THE MOVIE IS WHEN THEY FIGHT THE MIGS AT THE END, ALL RIGHT? BEE HE HAS PASSED OVER TO THE GAY WAY. THEY ARE THIS GAY FIGHTG FUCKG FORCE, ALL RIGHT? AND THEY’RE BEATG THE RSIANS, THE GAYS ARE BEATG THE RSIANS. AND ’S OVER, AND THEY FUCKG LAND, AND ICEMAN’S BEEN TRYG TO GET MAVERICK THE ENTIRE TIME, AND FALLY, HE’S GOT HIM, ALL RIGHT?{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;}AND WHAT IS THE LAST FUCKG LE THAT THEY HAVE TOGETHER? THEY’RE ALL HUGGG AND KISSG AND HAPPY WH EACH OTHER, AND ICE UP TO MAVERICK, AND HE SAYS, “MAN, YOU N RI MY TAIL, ANYTIME!” AND WHAT DO MAVERICK SAY? “YOU N RI ME!” SWORDFIGHT! SWORDFIGHT! FUCK’ A, MAN!{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;}{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:56.49999999999999%;} .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;}SOMEHOW WE DOUBT TOP GUN: MAVERICK WILL SPAWN THAT KD OF READG. BUT A GIRL N {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
• JERRY BCKHEIMER WEIGHS ON TARANTO’S ‘TOP GUN’ GAY FILM MONOLOGUE: ‘A COMPLIMENT’
• TOP GUN: WHY TOM CISE'S FLYG ACTNER IS AN UNTENTNAL GAY CLASSIC

HOW TOP GUN BEME A GAY CLASSIC

It's also, to put bluntly, one of the most homoerotic movi ever ma.

Top Gun's homoeroticism.

TOP GUN: IS THERE REALLY A GAY SUBTEXT? WE ASKED THE WRER

It's tly fascatg how unbridled the homoeroticism of "Top Gun" is.

Google "Top Gun Gay" and you'll get a hefty 1, 390, 000, 000 rults.

‘TOP GUN: MAVERICK’ IS ACTUALLY THE GAYT MOVIE OF THE YEAR

In her review, cric Ple Kael said that "the movie is a shy homoerotic mercial [... " Quent Taranto would famoly give voice to the theory that the film is actually a gay love story via a typilly Taranto-que monologue the movie "Sleep wh Me.

" But watchg the film 2022 as this relic of unexpected gayns is still a cur experience. There are moments of the movie that are so startlgly gay that they go right back round to beg hetero. In the mentary on the physil releas of the film, Tony Stt said he found spiratn for the athetic of "Top Gun" a book of black and whe photographs by gay photographer Bce Weber.

"Everyone was sred bee was famo terms of the gay muny, this book, " said Stt. He also acknowledged that the film had bee popular wh gay dienc.

WILL “TOP GUN: MAVERICK” BE AS GAY AS THE ORIGAL?CAN WE HOPE FOR ANOTHER SHIRTLS VOLLEYBALL SCENE?{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 DAN AVERYJUNE 2, 2017/3:10 {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;}PARAMOUNT PICTUR/SUNSET BOULEVARD/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGAMERIN ACTORS VAL KILMER AND TOM CISE ON THE SET OF TOP GUN, DIRECTED BY TONY STT. (PHOTO BY PARAMOUNT PICTUR/SUNSET BOULEVARD/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAG)BY DAN AVERYJUNE 2, 2017 / 3:10 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WILL “TOP GUN: MAVERICK” BE AS GAY AS THE ORIGAL?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-06-02T19:10:43.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-06-02T19:10:43.000+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":"DAN AVERY","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;}TOM CISE HAS NFIRMED THERE WILL ED BE A SEQUEL TO 1986'S TTOSTERONE-FT TOP {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;}PRODUCTN FOR TOP GUN: MAVERICK HASN'T STARTED YET, BUT CISE TOLD ACCS HOLLYWOOD "AVIATORS ARE BACK, THE NEED FOR SPEED—WE’RE GOG TO HAVE BIG, FAST MACH. IT’S GOG TO BE A PETN FILM, LIKE THE FIRST ONE... BUT A PROGRSN FOR MAVERICK.”CBS VIA GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES - MAY 16: THE MOVIE "TOP GUN", DIRECTED BY TONY STT. SEEN HERE, ONT OM LEFT, ANTHONY EDWARDS AS LT. NICK "GOOSE" BRADSHAW AND TOM CISE AS LT. PETE "MAVERICK" MCHELL. INIAL THEATRIL RELEASE MAY 16, 1986. SCREEN PTURE. PARAMOUNT PICTUR. (PHOTO BY CBS VIA GETTY IMAG){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;}A SEQUEL HAS BEEN THE WORKS FOR AT LEAST SEVEN YEARS, BUT WAS LAYED BY THE SUICI OF ORIGAL DIRECTOR TONY STT 2012. CISE SISTED THE FOLLOWUP, WHICH MORE THAN 30 YEARS AFTER THE ORIGAL, “STYLISTILLY, ’S GOG TO BE THE SAME.” HAROLD FALTERMEYER WILL RETURN TO WRE THE SRE, BUT NO WORD ON WHETHER KENNY LOGGS OR BERL WILL NTRIBUTE TRACKS TO THE {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 ORIGAL TOP GUN WAS ONE OF THE TOP GROSSG MOVI OF THE 1980S, AND WAS SEEN AS EPOMIZG THE MACHO, PRO-ARY ATTUS OF THE ERA. BUT NUMERO CRICS HAVE POTED OUT THE UNNIABLE HOMOEROTICISM AT PLAY—OM SLAP-HAPPY LOCKER ROOM SHOTS TO THAT FAMO SLO-MO VOLLEYBALL {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;}URBAN DICTNARY F "TOP GUN GAY" AS "A SUATN WHERE THGS ARE TOTALLY STRAIGHT, BUT SEEM A LTLE OFF."{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;}IN 1994'S SLEEP WH ME, QUENT TARANTO SPELLS OUT:{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;}{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 IS A STORY ABOUT A MAN’S STGGLE WH HIS OWN HOMOSEXUALY. IT IS! YOU’VE GOT MAVERICK, ALL RIGHT? HE’S ON THE EDGE, MAN. HE’S RIGHT ON THE FUCKG LE, ALL RIGHT? AND YOU’VE GOT ICEMAN, AND ALL HIS CREW. THEY’RE GAY, THEY REPRENT THE GAY MAN, ALL RIGHT? AND THEY’RE SAYG, "GO, GO THE GAY WAY, GO THE GAY WAY."{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;}HE ULD GO BOTH {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;}KELLY MCGILLIS, SHE’S HETEROSEXUALY. SHE’S SAYG: "NO, NO, NO, GO THE NORMAL WAY, PLAY BY THE L, GO THE NORMAL WAY." THEY’RE SAYG, "NO, GO THE GAY WAY, BE THE GAY WAY, GO FOR THE GAY WAY," ALL RIGHT? THAT IS WHAT’S GOG ON THROUGHOUT THAT WHOLE MOVIE."{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;}‘HE GO TO HER HOE, ALL RIGHT? IT LOOKS LIKE THEY’RE GOG TO HAVE SEX, YOU KNOW, THEY’RE JT KD OF STG BACK, HE’S TAK’ A SHOWER AND EVERYTHG. THEY DON’T HAVE SEX. HE GETS ON THE MOTORCYCLE, DRIV AWAY. SHE’S LIKE, “WHAT THE FUCK, WHAT THE FUCK IS GOG ON HERE?”{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;}‘NEXT SCENE, NEXT SCENE YOU SEE HER, SHE’S THE ELEVATOR, SHE IS DRSED LIKE A GUY. SHE’S GOT THE P ON, SHE’S GOT THE AVIATOR GLASS, SHE’S WEARG THE SAME JACKET THAT THE ICEMAN WEARS. 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It would have been wearily unsurprisg had such rpons eliced gay panic, pecially given the startlg homophobia of the era.

There's also a thartic thrill to be had wh seeg a film that is pure ary propaganda be this gay, given that was illegal to be out and servg the '80s (the Department of Defense clared 1981 that "the prence the ary environment of persons who engage homosexual nduct or who, by their statements, monstrate a propensy to engage homosexual nduct, serly impairs the acplishment of the ary missn. ) Queer reprentatn of any kd was extremely rare, particularly films of this sle, and gay jok were mon. The moments that we thk seem gay are posned here as guys beg dus, jt iends and lleagu hangg out and enjoyg themselv ee of srn or judgment.

JERRY BCKHEIMER WEIGHS ON TARANTO’S ‘TOP GUN’ GAY FILM MONOLOGUE: ‘A COMPLIMENT’

How many films have you seen where guys refe to hug one another or be open about their feelgs bee would be seen as too gay to do so? The refal to tegorize certa typ of behavr as "gay" or "straight" is a powerful move that dispts homophobic mdsets.

Sce the inic Tom Cise airplane flick me out 30 years ago, fans have argued the ttosterone-fuelled actner is actually lan wh homoerotic subtext – a g-out movie blockbter clothg. Legendary US film cric Ple Kael wrote her review at the time, “the movie is a shy homoerotic mercial: the pilots stt around the locker room, towels hangg prerly om their waists.

“It is a story about a man’s stggle wh his own homosexualy, ” he says the film. They’re gay, they reprent the gay man, all right? And they’re sayg, go, go the gay way, go the gay way.

TOP GUN: WHY TOM CISE'S FLYG ACTNER IS AN UNTENTNAL GAY CLASSIC

They’re sayg no, go the gay way, be the gay way, go for the gay way, all right? “Tony has a certa look that he was g stylistilly and you look at that look and ’s a very gay look terms of the haircuts and the styl and the male beefke, ” he says.

Jt ask the people who thk ‘The Shg’ is Stanley Kubrick admtg he directed the fake Moon there’s lots of talk of butts and Maverick lls his -pilot Goose “honey”, but do that mean they’re all secretly gay and stgglg to e to terms wh their sexualy? Although the first film never explicly referenced Maverick’s homosexualy, the sheer amount of time spent wh large men locker-rooms wearg ty towels seemed, to many, to be a clear implitn of the te theme of the film.