The inic Amerin thor of gothic fictn, cludg "Interview Wh the Vampire," was a vol support of gay rights.
Contents:
- ANNE RICE AND HER HOMOEROTIC VAMPIR LEFT AN IMMORTAL MARK ON GAY CULTURE
- 'INTERVIEW WH THE VAMPIRE' IS A BRILLIANT GAY FEVER DREAM
ANNE RICE AND HER HOMOEROTIC VAMPIR LEFT AN IMMORTAL MARK ON GAY CULTURE
* interview with the vampire gay themes *
When Interview wh the Vampire was released cemas 1994, dienc for the most part pletely missed the glarg homoeroticism and queer subtext.
As if that wasn’t queer enough, Interview wh the Vampire also has plenty of scen of very homoerotic bloodsuckg. It’s worth notg that Anne Rice herself knew jt how subversive the text’s implic queerns was – and she worried s homoerotic leangs would stop Interview wh the Vampire om ever makg to the big screen. When she sat down to wre the screenplay, Rice famoly nsired rewrg Louis as a woman, fearg that Hollywood’s graed homophobia would stop the film om beg ma.
In the end, Pt was st as Louis and the film went ahead wh much of s homoeroticism tact – even if had to be cloaked subtext to keep straight dienc engaged.
'INTERVIEW WH THE VAMPIRE' IS A BRILLIANT GAY FEVER DREAM
Dpe s homoerotic them, Interview wh the Vampire was an stant h – even if crics were polarised. Speakg to The Daily Beast 2016, she said she was “honoured” when people told her that Interview wh the Vampire reads as a gay allegory. “I thk I have a gay sensibily and I feel like I’m gay, bee I’ve always transcend genr, and I’ve always seen love as transcendg genr, ” she said.
“In my books, I’ve always created bonds of love that have transcend genr… I’ve always been very much a champn of gay rights, and art produced by gay people – whether was the early Frankenste movi that had such a gay sensibily to them, or any art created by gay people.
I have a gay sensibily.