The Whale director Darren Aronofsky rpond to cricism of Brendan Fraser beg st as a 600-pound gay man.
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THE WHALE DIRECTOR FENDS STG BRENDAN FRASER AS OBE GAY MAN AMID CRICISM
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" Hunter add, "I grew up as a gay kid a town North Idaho, closeted and attendg a relig high school, which tght that people like me shouldn't exist.
Bros actor Guy Branum spoke wh PRIDE about this very pot, sayg, "I thk that 's tryg to e extreme fatns as a metaphor for gay pa. " He ntued, "As an actual fat gay person, I feel like my life don't need to be a metaphor for somebody else's pa.
" While The Whale is absolutely a queer story, emphasizg the trma ed by horrific homophobic relig anizatns, I wish the story had chosen to foc solely on that aspect of the character and not monized fat and disabled people.