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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

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. * top gun maverick not gay enough *

(If there’s no “first gay character Top Gun” that we know of, that’s OK; Disney will ntue assigng siar signatns to mor and/or sexualized characters for years to e! But numero crics have poted out the unniable homoeroticism at play—om slap-happy locker room shots to that famo slo-mo volleyball Dictnary f "Top Gun Gay" as "a suatn where thgs are totally straight, but seem a ltle off. "In 1994's Sleep wh Me, Quent Taranto spells out:It is a story about a man’s stggle wh his own homosexualy.

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?

HOW TOP GUN BEME A GAY CLASSIC

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.

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.

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

And what said was: “You’re gay now. Now, I have heard the volleyball scene Top Gun referred to as “homoerotic. ” The volleyball scene is not homoerotic.

The volleyball scene is homosexual. Every gay man wh ten years of my age will tell you the same thg.

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

The volleyball scene didn’t make gay. Here's a look at the gay subtext that everyone's been talkg about.

Homoeroticism may seem like a juxtaposn to the 100% straight male crowd, but the subtext this scene Top Gun exemplifi how everyone is a ltle b gay.

A ma ponent of this ntext is that the ultimate man is not only for straight men, but for gay men as well. Consirg all of the factors, ’s not surprisg ary-centric films will have homoerotic unrton: beg a man means beg an emotnls 6-pack who don’t thk. US Football and Homoerotic Subtext.

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

That said, this sport, which engross a natn for several months each year, also v speculatn for s homoerotic overton. Soclogist Alan Duns even published a paper that scrib the gay subtext the language ach e to “spire” their players, as Out Sports reports. Why Top Gun's Gay Subtext Persists.

As much as football has homoerotic overton, beach volleyball follows closely behd, short swim tnks and all. Though the moment that tly seals the al on the homoerotic overton of the scene are the shirtls and sweaty men agast the backdrop of the sun settg on the beach, cht bumpg. Hdsight suggts that my subnsc gaydar was thmmg.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* TOP GUN MAVERICK NOT GAY ENOUGH

Watch Quent Taranto Expla Why 'Top Gun' Is A Gay Movie .

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