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Top Gun has one scene so inic, the sequel shed and went even eper. Here's a look at the gay subtext that everyone's been talkg about.

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

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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.”And the mera certaly gaz longgly as the actors’ ripped bodi – the hilar topls volleyball game (never md the locker room scen) is proof enough of that.“We didn’t wre as that,” Jack Epps Jr, the movie’s -wrer, tells Yahoo. Appearg as an actor 1994 die ‘Sleep Wh Me’, the wrer/director livers a speech wrten by his ‘Pulp Fictn’ -thor Roger Avary which hilarly re-imag the ‘Top Gun’ plot.“It is a story about a man’s stggle wh his own homosexualy,” he says the film.

HOW TOP GUN BEME A GAY CLASSIC

They’re gay, they reprent the gay man, all right? And they’re sayg, go, go the gay way, go the gay way.

They’re sayg no, go the gay way, be the gay way, go for the gay way, all right?

We wrote locker room scen bee that’s where you get that sense of muny.”He also suggts director Tony Stt had somethg to do wh .“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 landg.So 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?The guy who wrote the script thks ’s up to the people who watch the film.“It adds a whole different layer to ,” he says.

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

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. “Yeah, I thk the people who were clued to the gay aspect of the first film will feel at home here, ” said director Jerry Stt.

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“Iceman has not only suprsed his own homosexualy, but has nied his te feelgs for Mav and what the two of them have.

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. 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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

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