Top Gun has one scene so inic, the sequel shed and went even eper. Here's a look at the gay subtext that everyone's been talkg about.
Contents:
- HOW TOP GUN BEME A GAY CLASSIC
- TOP GUN: IS THERE REALLY A GAY SUBTEXT? WE ASKED THE WRER
- ‘TOP GUN: MAVERICK’ IS ACTUALLY THE GAYT MOVIE OF THE YEAR
- HOW DID TOP GUN GET SO GAY?
- JERRY BCKHEIMER WEIGHS ON TARANTO’S ‘TOP GUN’ GAY FILM MONOLOGUE: ‘A COMPLIMENT’
HOW TOP GUN BEME A GAY CLASSIC
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TOP GUN: IS THERE REALLY A GAY SUBTEXT? WE ASKED THE WRER
“It is a story about a man stgglg wh his own homosexualy. They’re gay; they reprent the gay man, alright?
‘TOP GUN: MAVERICK’ IS ACTUALLY THE GAYT MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Go the gay way, go the gay way.
Go the gay way. Be the gay way.
HOW DID TOP GUN GET SO GAY?
Go for the gay way.
JERRY BCKHEIMER WEIGHS ON TARANTO’S ‘TOP GUN’ GAY FILM MONOLOGUE: ‘A COMPLIMENT’
Last year, when Top Gun celebrated s 35th anniversary, Vulture asked producer Jerry Bckheimer about the film’s standg as an inic moment gay cema.
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