<i>Rocketman</i>, though at least acknowledg the queer nuanc of Elton John’s life, shows how limed Hollywood’s approach to gay celebry stori still is.
Contents:
- ROCKETMAN'S GAY SEX SCENE IS A BIG STEP THE RIGHT DIRECTN
- DELTA SHOWS ROCKETMAN 'STRIPPED' OF GAY SCEN, INCLUDG A KISS
- ROCKETMAN'S GAY SEX AND KISSG SCEN SCBBED RSIA
- ROCKETMAN'S GAY MALE SEX SCEN ARE THE FIRST FROM A MAJOR STUD
- DELTA AIRL CUTS GAY REFERENC AND SAME SEX KISS FROM ELTON JOHN BPIC “ROCKETMAN”
- ‘ROCKETMAN’ IS THE FIRST MAJOR STUD FILM TO FEATURE GAY SEX SCEN
- 'ROCKETMAN' STAR TARON EGERTON ON GAY STORYLE: 'I'M VERY PROUD THAT OUR MOVIE PUTS ONT AND CENTER'
ROCKETMAN'S GAY SEX SCENE IS A BIG STEP THE RIGHT DIRECTN
'Rocketman', the Elton John mil, tak a moment to reimage how gay sex uld be picted. Here's why the albe brief sex scene between Taron Egerton and Richard Madn, who play Elton John and John Reid, feels sensual, fun, and a big step the right directn for Hollywood. * rocketman gay kiss *
There are dance numbers, Bryce Dallas Howard, floatg dienc, a leral rocket man, a much olr Bryce Dallas Howard who aged sudnly, and then, of urse, gay sex.
DELTA SHOWS ROCKETMAN 'STRIPPED' OF GAY SCEN, INCLUDG A KISS
The bpic of Elton John's life has been gayed for airle dienc. * rocketman gay kiss *
If a mil about the life of Elton John were created whout any of the parts, wouldn't have been a proper mil about the man's 's that last part—the gay sex—that is important to discs. Happened, or an unted chara of what gay sex might be. Gay sex isn't somethg that Hollywood typilly picts, stead the dtry relegat to nuendos and close ups of men wcg pa.
But the Elton John mil tak a moment to reimage how gay sex uld be picted. It often across like a straight man directg two straight men a gay sex scene. And yet, Rocketman manag to pict a realistic-enough sex scene whout turng the act of terurse or the gayns behd to a villa.
ROCKETMAN'S GAY SEX AND KISSG SCEN SCBBED RSIA
A -gayed versn of the Elton John bpic premiered the natn. * rocketman gay kiss *
It may not be the first time a film stud has featured a gay sex scene, but do feel like the first time a major motn picture stud took the time to make look like the kd of sex you'd actually want to have.
"I thk the film feels like somethg that the gay muny pecially n really take ownership of, " Egerton told the actor recently opened up about his sexualy an terview wh the Rad Tim, explag that some wonred whether he was gay after he praised a male iend's looks an Instagram post. Top Ten Mician Bpics Show all 10"One of the lads was at my London flat and I Instagrammed a picture of him and said, 'Look at this cutie, ' and a ln outlets reported I was g out as gay, " he said. "I’m not gay but two of my mat me out when I was 15 and was a joy to support them bee, as a group, we are all secure who we are.
Elton John fought tooth-and-nail to ensure his bpic, Rocketman, was screened around the world wh s scen of gay timacy on-the-ground fight for gay visibily has now taken to the air. Acrdg to multiple social media ers, Delta is screeng a gayed ed of the mil about the life of the world's most famo gay sger. Shana Krochmal, the digal director of Entertament Weekly, posted a Twter thread Tuday tailg how Rocketman was "stripped of almost every gay reference" the versn she viewed on the airle, cludg a "chaste kiss" between the "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" sger and his former manager, John the thread, Krochmal poted out the illogic of allowg scen of domtic abe -- as well as vlence more broadly -- to slip through the censors, while pictns of same-sex love are scbbed.
ROCKETMAN'S GAY MALE SEX SCEN ARE THE FIRST FROM A MAJOR STUD
Elton John and the "Rocketman" filmmakers have rebed a Rsian distributor for cuttg scen wh gay sex and men kissg om the bpic * rocketman gay kiss *
In past years, Delta has also streamed gayed versns of Carol and Bad 2017, a Delta spokperson told The Advote that the airle do not have the right to ed films; simply screens the eded versns that are offered by studs.
However, "Delta has mted to not showg a film at all when an eded versn is required but go beyond omtg explic material to remove scen that reflect the diversy of our employe and ctomers, " the spokperson said of the pany's policy at the time -- a policy that, if followed 2019, would have prevented a gayed Rocketman om makg to, a equent sponsor of Pri events, sred an 85 out of 100 the Human Rights Campaign's 2019 Corporate Equaly Inx. It lost pots for not havg "equivalency same- and different-sex domtic partner medil and soft benefs, " pl "exclns for transn-related re" for transgenr a June statement, John spoke out agast a Rsian film pany's cisn to make siar cuts to his film a untry where "gay propaganda, " or the viewg of LGBTQ materials to mors, is agast the excisns were "sad reflectn of the divid world we still live and how n still be so celly unacceptg of the love between two people, " the statement said.
DELTA AIRL CUTS GAY REFERENC AND SAME SEX KISS FROM ELTON JOHN BPIC “ROCKETMAN”
Scen pictg gay sex and men kissg were cut om the film Mlim-majory untry. ‘We don’t need a nanny state,’ art cric who has seen the film says. Rsia also censored Rocketman and Samoa banned entirely. * rocketman gay kiss *
) If Tp had reacted the way many other straight men the ‘60s might have — that is, wh homophobic panic and disgt, and a cisn to immediately sever the iendship — then all of those inic John/Tp posns would have never existed; mic history would que lerally be altered unimagable ways. Well he wasn't openly gay, bee wasn't a possible thg to do back then, but he was a very strong gay character.
So we would sort of be tethered behd him gog to all the gay clubs, ” Tp ntu. ”Tp then adds wh a lgh: “I was h on [by gay men the rock scene], of urse, all of the time — bee I was pretty cute back then! (Photo: Michael Ochs Archiv/Getty Imag)Tp nces that there are some artistic liberti taken Rocketman for the sake of ncise storytellg, though he says “the only thg about the movie that isn't chronologilly rrect is I was not aware of Elton's homosexualy until later than 's portrayed the film.
More om Yahoo Entertament:Taron Egerton on the Elton John song that changed his life'Rocketman' star Taron Egerton on gay storyle: 'I'm very proud that our movie puts ont and center'Elton John remembers surprisg Iggy Pop onstage — a gorilla stumeElton John and ‘Rocketman’ filmmakers nmn Rsian censorship of movieFollow Lyndsey on Facebook, Twter, Instagram, Amazon, Spotify. A -gayed versn of Rocketman has premiered Mosw Timreports that scen volvg gay sex and kissg were excised om the Elton John bpic. "Dol, who lled the cut of the end creds particularly "disgtg, " also claimed that reprentativ om Paramount Films were prent at the Mosw 's notor "gay propaganda" law prohibs public displays of LBGTQ visibily.
‘ROCKETMAN’ IS THE FIRST MAJOR STUD FILM TO FEATURE GAY SEX SCEN
Elton John bpic’s gay sex and kissg footage eded out effort to play down sger’s sexualy * rocketman gay kiss *
And for me, pecially as a heterosexual actor, not to ph the envelope as far as I n or try to make a wholehearted celebratn of beg a gay man would be wrong. I love that spe the joy (and obvly sexual energy) of this number, Richard Madn plays every moment full Disney villa mo, all tight s, sly looks, and gay slkg.
'ROCKETMAN' STAR TARON EGERTON ON GAY STORYLE: 'I'M VERY PROUD THAT OUR MOVIE PUTS ONT AND CENTER'
* rocketman gay kiss *
While there have been a few chaste sex scen between men Osr-nomated movi through the years cludg Brokeback Mounta and Call Me by Your Name, the Elton John bpic Rocketman om Paramount is the first major stud film to tly pict gay male sex, acrdg to The Hollywood film stars Taron Edgerton as the inic glam rocker and Richard Madn (Bodyguard) as John's manager and first male lover, John Reid. Elton John and the “Rocketman” filmmakers have rebed a Rsian distributor for cuttg scen wh gay sex and men kissg om the bpic. The Guardian reported that the mil, starrg Taron Egerton, has been cut by an timated five mut due to Rsia’s laws banng “homosexual propaganda.
Malaysia’s Film Censorship Board cut scen the film pictg gay sex and men kissg, and gave a rtricted ratg. ‘We don’t need a nanny state’: Malaysia censorg Rocketman gay scen prompts phback om fans of Elton John bpic. Scen pictg gay sex and men kissg were cut om the film Mlim-majory untry.