‘Moonlight' Is Not Jt Another Black Gay Movie

Contents:

• ‘MOONLIGHT' IS NOT JT ANOTHER BLACK GAY MOVIE
• 'MOONLIGHT' EXPLOR OFTEN UNSEEN GAY, BLACK MALE EXPERIENCE
• MOONLIGHT IS A BETIFULLY NUANCED GAY G-OF-AGE TALEMOONLIGHT IS A BETIFULLY NUANCED GAY G-OF-AGE TALE

‘MOONLIGHT' IS NOT JT ANOTHER BLACK GAY MOVIE

But if you’re a gay man hopg to see two male characters exprs that sort of timacy a high-profile film, you know better than to get your hop up.

'MOONLIGHT' EXPLOR OFTEN UNSEEN GAY, BLACK MALE EXPERIENCE

The other people his life are better able to fe his difference than the near-silent Chiron: Classmat spect his homosexualy early on and bully him for ; ncerned adults do their bt to lay down track for Chiron’s own realizatn; and a fellow stunt, the popular, promiscuo Kev (played as a teen by Jharrel Jerome and as an adult by André Holland) gently guis Chiron to a beachsi renzvo where our protagonist has his first signifint sexual aren’t ually aaid to addrs teenage sexualy — the loss-of-virgy scene is a teen-movie staple — but they still tend to shy away om pictg the first stag of same-sex exploratn among young people. While the two of them tertwed that fashn is a powerful image, I appreciated that Moonlight also showed the two boys makg out, a cematic image gay teenagers are often prived of. One of the film’s most memorable scen when a teenage Chiron star at himself his bathroom, his face bloodied om a fight wh homophobic school bulli.

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MOONLIGHT IS A BETIFULLY NUANCED GAY G-OF-AGE TALEMOONLIGHT IS A BETIFULLY NUANCED GAY G-OF-AGE TALE

When to films about sexualy, Black gay men have had our share of low budget movi wh medcre actg and stereotypil storyl. McCraney, a Black gay man, often challeng genr and sexualy his work, and the movie he saw much of himself.

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