‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Is Actually the Gayt Movie of the Year

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• ‘TOP GUN: MAVERICK’ IS ACTUALLY THE GAYT MOVIE OF THE YEAR
• TOP GUN: IS THERE REALLY A GAY SUBTEXT? WE ASKED THE WRER
• 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
• HOW TOP GUN BEME A GAY CLASSIC
• JERRY BCKHEIMER WEIGHS ON TARANTO’S ‘TOP GUN’ GAY FILM MONOLOGUE: ‘A COMPLIMENT’
• THE ORIGAL TOP GUN WAS MY SWEATY, SEXY GAY SALVATN

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

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.

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

The volleyball scene didn’t make gay.

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

HOW TOP GUN BEME A GAY CLASSIC

But, listen, the US Air Force learns a valuable lson about homosexual pilots. Two years later, he doubled down on that reputatn wh a meo Rory Kelly’s die dramedy Sleep Wh Me, which he lays out the many reasons why Top Gun, wh s many homoerotic unrton, is actually a gay film. “It is a story about a man stgglg wh his own homosexualy.

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

They’re gay; they reprent the gay man, alright?

Go the gay way, go the gay way. Go the gay way. Be the gay way.

THE ORIGAL TOP GUN WAS MY SWEATY, SEXY GAY SALVATN

Go for the gay way. Last year, when Top Gun celebrated s 35th anniversary, Vulture asked producer Jerry Bckheimer about the film’s standg as an inic moment gay cema.

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.