Batman is Pretty Gay: Queer Reprentatn Comics & The Dark Knight - Philalphia Weekly

Contents:

• FROM ‘THE BATMAN’ TO ‘LU’ AND ‘BETY AND THE BEAST,’ STUDS ALREADY HAVE A MAJOR ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ PROBLEM
• BATMAN IS PRETTY GAY: QUEER REPRENTATN COMICS & THE DARK KNIGHT
• FAMEWATCHER SEARCH PRIMARY MENU SKIP TO NTENT HOMECELEBRY HAIR TRANSPLANTCELEBRY PLASTIC SURGERYCELEBRY LEATHER JACKETBODY SHAPER SEARCH FOR: IS HE GAY?IS BATMAN GAY?

FROM ‘THE BATMAN’ TO ‘LU’ AND ‘BETY AND THE BEAST,’ STUDS ALREADY HAVE A MAJOR ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ PROBLEM

We might five the transgrsn of subtextual queerns (there if you want to see , but easily whewashed if you're a homophobe) if there was anythg else to make up for the film, but there isn't.

BATMAN IS PRETTY GAY: QUEER REPRENTATN COMICS & THE DARK KNIGHT

Warner not only is Sela's one bisexual relatnship not explicly nfirmed on-screen, even if we extend the latu to The Batman of takg subtext as fact then The Batman falls firmly the trap of buryg your gays.

Over the last few weeks, one of Hollywood’s biggt money-makers — The Walt Disney Company and s many related enti — has had to face backlash om angry shareholrs, employe, and fans over s actn regards to Florida’s planned “Don’t Say Gay” bill; walkouts by LGBTQ employe and alli prott of said dranian bill; and the publitn of a letter om Pixar employe that revealed that the stud already has s own “Don’t Say Gay” policy behd closed doors.

FAMEWATCHER SEARCH PRIMARY MENU SKIP TO NTENT HOMECELEBRY HAIR TRANSPLANTCELEBRY PLASTIC SURGERYCELEBRY LEATHER JACKETBODY SHAPER SEARCH FOR: IS HE GAY?IS BATMAN GAY?

Acrdg to an open letter om Pixar’s LGBTQ employe and alli, Disney executiv have mand cuts of “nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn” Pixar movi. In 2017, the Bill Condon-directed live-actn “Bety and the Beast” promised an “exclively gay moment, ” which sentially boiled down to Josh Gad’s character, LeFou, dancg a crowd wh Gaston (Le Evans), which prumably implied LeFou was love wh his boss.