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- BRG IT ON DIRECTOR EXPLAS 'INTENTNAL' USE OF GAY SLUR
- 10 TEEN MOVIE GAYS WHO INSPIRED THE INFE QUEERNS OF "THE POLICIAN"FROM CHRISTIAN "CLUELS" TO MEGAN "BUT I'M A CHEERLEAR" TO DAMIAN "MEAN GIRLS," PAYTON HOBART AND CO. STAND ON THE SHOULRS OF GIANTS. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEOCTOBER 3, 2019/9:39 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2874PX;WIDTH:4274PX;}PARAMOUNT PICTUR/GETTY IMAGJT WALKER AND ALICIA SILVERSTONE A SCENE OM THE FILM 'CLUELS', 1995. (PHOTO BY PARAMOUNT PICTUR/GETTY IMAG)BY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEOCTOBER 3, 2019 / 9:39 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"10 TEEN MOVIE GAYS WHO INSPIRED THE INFE QUEERNS OF \"THE POLICIAN\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-10-03T13:39:11.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-10-03T13:39:11.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE POLICIAN IS AN AMALGAMATN OF A LOT TO THGS, MOSTLY THE EXPLOSN OF TEEN FILMS THE LATE '90S. THE NEW NETFLIX SERI IS EQUAL PARTS ELECTN, CEL INTENTNS, AND JAWBREAKER, SERVG AS BOTH AN O TO THOSE TOUCHSTON AND A PARODY OF THEM, THANKS TO CREATOR RYAN MURPHY'S WELL-DOCUMENTED REVERENCE FOR FLAMBOYANCE AND NOSTALGIA. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHOW'S CENTRAL CHARACTER, PAYTON HOBART (BEN PLATT), IS AN OVERACHIEVER WH POLIL ASPIRATNS THE VE OF TRACY FLICK, MA FAMO BY REE WHERSPOON HER BREAKOUT ROLE. MEANWHILE, THE DALLIANC WH MURR AND BLACKMAIL—AS WELL AS THE VERY ADULT POSTURG OF S TEEN PROTAGONISTS AGAST THE BACKDROP OF AN AFFLUENT HIGH SCHOOL—SMACK OF JAWBREAKER, DROP DEAD GEO, AND CEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL THE FILMS HAD AN UNNIABLY QUEER ATHETIC, BUT IF THEY HAD QUEER CHARACTERS, THEY WERE OFTEN RELEGATED TO SUPPORTG OR ANCILLARY ROL. THE POLICIAN, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS SO ABUNDANTLY AND SEAMLSLY QUEER THAT PRACTILLY NO ONE IS 100% {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PAYTON IS BI, HIS RIVAL ASTRID (LUCY BOYNTON) IS SEXUALLY FLUID, HIS ONE-TIME NNG MATE SKYE (RAHNE JON) IS GENR NONNFORMG, AND HIS MPAIGN MANAGER, JAM, IS PLAYED BY TRANS ACTOR THEO GERMAE, THOUGH THE CHARACTER'S GENR INTY IS NEVER DISCSED. EVEN PAYTON'S MOM, GEA (GWYH PALTROW), IS HAVG AN AFFAIR WH HER HORSE TRAER BRIGTE (LBIAN TENNIS LEGEND MARTA NAVRATILOVA).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STARTG 1999, HOLLYWOOD CHURNED OUT AN IMPRSIVE SLATE OF TEEN FILMS THAT WERE FAR DARKER AND SEXIER THAN THE JOHN HUGH CLASSICS OF THE PREV . WHILE MY ADOLCENT SELF AND MY PEERS SOUGHT VERSNS OF OURSELV ON SCREEN BACK THEN, WE BARELY REMBLED THE 20-SOMETHG (AND SOMETIM 30-SOMETHG) ADULTS AND THEIR PLEX, SCTIVE MACHATNS. STILL, I PERSONALLY VOURED ANY AND EVERY HT OF QUEERNS THEM, INTIFYG WH CHARACTERS THAT BRIEFLY POPPED UP TO ASSUAGE MY OWN SENSE OF VISIBILY. THEY WERE UALLY FUNNY AND ATTRACTIVE, AND HAD AT LEAST ONE GOOD LE OR SCENE. THEIR PRENCE FELT CREDIBLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO, HONOR OF THE POLICIAN'S EFFORTLS QUEERNS, HERE ARE 10 CEMATIC TEENS WHO PAVED THE GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHRISTIAN STOVZ CLUELS (1995){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PLAYED BY JT WALKER, THIS DIS-DANCG, OSR WIL–READG, STREISAND TICKET–HOLDG IEND OF DOROTHY WAS THE KEBOY OF MANY A MID-'90S GAY DREAM. POOR CHER (ALICIA SILVERSTONE) JT DON'T SEE THE SIGNS—AS BTIE DNNE (STACEY DASH) OBSERV, "THE BOY N DRS"—BUT SOMEHOW DNNE'S BOYIEND MURRAY (DONALD FAISON) IS MORE WORLDLY THOSE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COURTNEY SHAYNE JAWBREAKER (1999){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY WRER-DIRECTOR DARREN STE'S CULT CLASSIC BASILLY KICKED OFF A YEARLONG N OF FILMS THAT PATED THE SISTER SI OF TEEN LIFE WHEN H THEATERS FEBARY 1999. THOUGH FEATURG NO OVERTLY QUEER CHARACTERS, FEWER THGS NEAR THE LENNIUM'S END WERE AS KNOWGLY MP AS ROSE MCGOWAN'S PERFORMANCE OF REMORSELS BCH ON WHEELS—AND HEELS—{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BLAE TUTTLE CEL INTENTNS (1999){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROSTED HIGHLIGHTS REACHED THEIR CULTURAL PEAK WHEN PACEY OM DAWSON'S CREEK—A.K.A. JOSHUA JACKSON—GOT HIS GIGGL AS THE NNIVG BLAE, WHO LEVERAG HIS SECRET AFFAIR WH FOOTBALL STAR GREG (ERIC MABI) SERVICE OF THE GREATER PLOT: ALL THAT 18TH-CENTURY-SPIRED TRIGUE AND BACKSTABBG AMONG S STRAIGHT MA CHARACTERS (PLAYED BY SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR, RYAN PHILLIPPE, AND REE WHERSPOON).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TAMMY METZLER ELECTN (1999){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REE WHERSPOON WAS HAVG QUE THE GENUE'S YEAR BETWEEN THIS AND CEL INTENTNS, BUT ELECTN SHOWED THE CHOPS WE'D ALL E TO ADMIRE AND FEAR TWO S LATER BIG LTLE LI. MATCHG TRACY FLICK WH HER THLS TENACY, TAMMY (JSI CAMPBELL) THROWS HER HAT TO THE RACE FOR STUNT BODY PRINT (AND A WRENCH TO TRACY'S PLANS) AFTER HER GIRLIEND LISA (FRANKIE INGRASSIA) STARTS DATG HER DIMW BROTHER AND TRACY'S POLIL OPPONENT PL (CHRIS KLE).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PETER SWENSON DROP DEAD GEO (1999){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH ONLY SEEN PICTUR, PETER (JAMIE OLSEN) LOOMS LARGE FOR LISA SWENSON (R.I.P. BRTANY MURPHY). PETER IS HER BIG GAY BROTHER WHO RAN AWAY TO THE CY THE FIRST CHANCE HE GOT, LIKE MANY A SMALL-TOWN HOMOSEXUAL. HIS DAD, HOWEVER, IS NIAL ABOUT HIM AND HIS PENCHANT FOR DRSG UP LIKE LIZA MNELLI—UNTIL LISA GIV HIM A , AND RATHER LOUD, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEGAN BUT I'M A CHEERLEAR (1999){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AN ANOMALY FOR 1999, BUT I'M A CHEERLEAR HAD A QUEER HEROE, AND THE PLOT REVOLVED AROUND HER QUEERNS. NATASHA LYONNE STARS AS HAPPY-GO-LUCKY MEGAN, WHO IS FORCED TO A NVERSN-THERAPY MP AFTER HER FAY AND IENDS SPECT SHE'S A LBIAN. AT THE MP, N BY NONE OTHER THAN RUPL, MEGAN FALLS FOR FELLOW MPER GRAHAM (CLEA DUVALL). EVEN MORE REMARKABLY, THOSE TWO CRAZY KIDS GET THE KD OF HAPPY ENDG THAT STILL FEELS LIKE A RARY 20 YEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RAY WILKS SRY MOVIE (2000){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL RIGHT, BEAR WH ME. SRY MOVIE WAS A PARODY OF SCREAM AND ALL THOSE SUBSEQUENT TEEN SLASHER FLICKS THAT ME OUT THE LATE-'90S, AND SO SHAWN WAYANS PLAYED A PARODY OF THE "CLOSETED JOCK" ARCHETYPE. AFTER ALL, BILLY AND STU WERE TOTALLY GAY. RAY JT TAK THE ARCHETYPE TO THE EXTREME—LIKE, A DICK THE EAR EXTREME. BUT AT THAT POT (AND UP UNTIL RATHER RECENTLY) REPRENTATN OF QUEER PEOPLE OF LOR ON SCREEN BARELY EXISTED, SO THIS WAS PRETTY MUCH THE BT WE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}L BRG IT ON (2000){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CIZEN KANE OF CHEERLEAR MOVI (ROGER EBERT'S WORDS, NOT ME… BUT ALSO ME), BRG IT ON GAVE SO MUCH: A POST–DROP DEAD GEO KIKI DUNST AT HER BT; GABBY UNN NVCGLY MASQUERADG AS A TEENAGER, WHICH SHE STILL ULD DO TO THIS DAY; A STAKE-LS ELIZA FUCKG DHKU BRANCHG OUT OM BUFFY; BLAQUE! BUT MOST OF ALL (OR AT LEAST FOR ME), GAVE HUNKY MALE CHEERLEAR L (HUNTLEY RTER). WHILE STRAIGHT CHEERLEAR JAN (NATHAN WT) HAS A CHIP ON HIS SHOULR FOR ALWAYS HAVG TO FEND HIS SEXUALY, L RMS NEW GIRL MISSY (DHKU) THAT HE'S MORE "NTROVERSIAL." FLUENTLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PL DENTON RUL OF ATTRACTN (2002){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I TEND TO LUMP THIS MOVIE TO THE LATE-1990S AND EARLY-2000S TEEN-MOVIE BLZ EVEN IF THE KIDS ARE DOG TERRIBLE THGS LLEGE RATHER THAN HIGH SCHOOL. THE SAME SPIR PREVAILS, THOUGH. BASED ON THE 1987 BRET EASTON ELLIS NOVEL, ROA FOLLOWS THE LOVE TRIANGLE BETWEEN DG ALER SEAN (JAM VAN DER BEEK), VIRG LRA (SHANNYN SOSSAMON), AND HER BISEXUAL BOYIEND PL (IAN SOMERHALR), WHO HAS THE HOTS FOR SEAN. PL TRI AND FAILS TO GET WH HIM, WHICH IS PROBABLY FOR THE BT SCE SEAN BATEMAN'S BROTHER PATRICK IS QUE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAMIAN LEIGH MEAN GIRLS (2004){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FIVE YEARS AFTER THE TEEN MOVIE BONANZA BT, MEAN GIRLS PROVED THE GENRE STILL HAD SOME KICK. HOWEVER, CHRISTIAN'S SPIRUAL KEBOY DAMIAN (DANIEL FRANZE) GETS MORE TO DO THAN JT ACT AS A FOIL FOR THE PROTAGONIST. AS ONE HALF OF THE OUTSIR DYNAMIC DUO WH BFF JANIS (LIZZY CAPLAN), DAMIAN IS THE LOGIL END TO THIS ERA OF TEEN-MOVIE QUEERS. HE'S MORE VELOPED THAN MOST OF HIS PRECSORS AND RPONSIBLE FOR MANY OF THE MOVIE'S BT LGHS—BUT HE'S NOT THE TARGET. AND NOT FOR NOTHG, BUT DAMIAN LOOKS LIKE YOUR AVERAGE GUY, NOT SOME IAL OF WHAT A GAY TEEN SHOULD LOOK LIKE. THAT SELF WAS—AND STILL IS—CREDIBLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- IS HUNTLEY RTER GAY?
BRG IT ON DIRECTOR EXPLAS 'INTENTNAL' USE OF GAY SLUR
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The director of Brg It On has addrsed the e of a gay slur the classic teen cheerleadg an terview whInsir markg the movie's 20th anniversary, Peyton Reed said the utterg of "fag" was "tentnal terms of alg wh the sexualy and the genr polics the movie.
Their prence felt credibly, honor of The Polician's effortls queerns, here are 10 cematic teens who paved the gay way. Christian Stovz Cluels (1995)Played by Jt Walker, this dis-dancg, Osr Wil–readg, Streisand ticket–holdg iend of Dorothy was the keboy of many a mid-'90s gay dream. Courtney Shayne Jawbreaker (1999)Gay wrer-director Darren Ste's cult classic basilly kicked off a yearlong n of films that pated the sister si of teen life when h theaters Febary 1999.
Peter is her big gay brother who ran away to the cy the first chance he got, like many a small-town homosexual. After all, Billy and Stu were totally gay.
10 TEEN MOVIE GAYS WHO INSPIRED THE INFE QUEERNS OF "THE POLICIAN"FROM CHRISTIAN "CLUELS" TO MEGAN "BUT I'M A CHEERLEAR" TO DAMIAN "MEAN GIRLS," PAYTON HOBART AND CO. STAND ON THE SHOULRS OF GIANTS. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEOCTOBER 3, 2019/9:39 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2874PX;WIDTH:4274PX;}PARAMOUNT PICTUR/GETTY IMAGJT WALKER AND ALICIA SILVERSTONE A SCENE OM THE FILM 'CLUELS', 1995. (PHOTO BY PARAMOUNT PICTUR/GETTY IMAG)BY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEOCTOBER 3, 2019 / 9:39 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"10 TEEN MOVIE GAYS WHO INSPIRED THE INFE QUEERNS OF \"THE POLICIAN\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-10-03T13:39:11.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-10-03T13:39:11.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE POLICIAN IS AN AMALGAMATN OF A LOT TO THGS, MOSTLY THE EXPLOSN OF TEEN FILMS THE LATE '90S. THE NEW NETFLIX SERI IS EQUAL PARTS ELECTN, CEL INTENTNS, AND JAWBREAKER, SERVG AS BOTH AN O TO THOSE TOUCHSTON AND A PARODY OF THEM, THANKS TO CREATOR RYAN MURPHY'S WELL-DOCUMENTED REVERENCE FOR FLAMBOYANCE AND NOSTALGIA. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHOW'S CENTRAL CHARACTER, PAYTON HOBART (BEN PLATT), IS AN OVERACHIEVER WH POLIL ASPIRATNS THE VE OF TRACY FLICK, MA FAMO BY REE WHERSPOON HER BREAKOUT ROLE. MEANWHILE, THE DALLIANC WH MURR AND BLACKMAIL—AS WELL AS THE VERY ADULT POSTURG OF S TEEN PROTAGONISTS AGAST THE BACKDROP OF AN AFFLUENT HIGH SCHOOL—SMACK OF JAWBREAKER, DROP DEAD GEO, AND CEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL THE FILMS HAD AN UNNIABLY QUEER ATHETIC, BUT IF THEY HAD QUEER CHARACTERS, THEY WERE OFTEN RELEGATED TO SUPPORTG OR ANCILLARY ROL. THE POLICIAN, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS SO ABUNDANTLY AND SEAMLSLY QUEER THAT PRACTILLY NO ONE IS 100% {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PAYTON IS BI, HIS RIVAL ASTRID (LUCY BOYNTON) IS SEXUALLY FLUID, HIS ONE-TIME NNG MATE SKYE (RAHNE JON) IS GENR NONNFORMG, AND HIS MPAIGN MANAGER, JAM, IS PLAYED BY TRANS ACTOR THEO GERMAE, THOUGH THE CHARACTER'S GENR INTY IS NEVER DISCSED. EVEN PAYTON'S MOM, GEA (GWYH PALTROW), IS HAVG AN AFFAIR WH HER HORSE TRAER BRIGTE (LBIAN TENNIS LEGEND MARTA NAVRATILOVA).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STARTG 1999, HOLLYWOOD CHURNED OUT AN IMPRSIVE SLATE OF TEEN FILMS THAT WERE FAR DARKER AND SEXIER THAN THE JOHN HUGH CLASSICS OF THE PREV . WHILE MY ADOLCENT SELF AND MY PEERS SOUGHT VERSNS OF OURSELV ON SCREEN BACK THEN, WE BARELY REMBLED THE 20-SOMETHG (AND SOMETIM 30-SOMETHG) ADULTS AND THEIR PLEX, SCTIVE MACHATNS. STILL, I PERSONALLY VOURED ANY AND EVERY HT OF QUEERNS THEM, INTIFYG WH CHARACTERS THAT BRIEFLY POPPED UP TO ASSUAGE MY OWN SENSE OF VISIBILY. THEY WERE UALLY FUNNY AND ATTRACTIVE, AND HAD AT LEAST ONE GOOD LE OR SCENE. THEIR PRENCE FELT CREDIBLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO, HONOR OF THE POLICIAN'S EFFORTLS QUEERNS, HERE ARE 10 CEMATIC TEENS WHO PAVED THE GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHRISTIAN STOVZ CLUELS (1995){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PLAYED BY JT WALKER, THIS DIS-DANCG, OSR WIL–READG, STREISAND TICKET–HOLDG IEND OF DOROTHY WAS THE KEBOY OF MANY A MID-'90S GAY DREAM. POOR CHER (ALICIA SILVERSTONE) JT DON'T SEE THE SIGNS—AS BTIE DNNE (STACEY DASH) OBSERV, "THE BOY N DRS"—BUT SOMEHOW DNNE'S BOYIEND MURRAY (DONALD FAISON) IS MORE WORLDLY THOSE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COURTNEY SHAYNE JAWBREAKER (1999){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY WRER-DIRECTOR DARREN STE'S CULT CLASSIC BASILLY KICKED OFF A YEARLONG N OF FILMS THAT PATED THE SISTER SI OF TEEN LIFE WHEN H THEATERS FEBARY 1999. THOUGH FEATURG NO OVERTLY QUEER CHARACTERS, FEWER THGS NEAR THE LENNIUM'S END WERE AS KNOWGLY MP AS ROSE MCGOWAN'S PERFORMANCE OF REMORSELS BCH ON WHEELS—AND HEELS—{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BLAE TUTTLE CEL INTENTNS (1999){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROSTED HIGHLIGHTS REACHED THEIR CULTURAL PEAK WHEN PACEY OM DAWSON'S CREEK—A.K.A. JOSHUA JACKSON—GOT HIS GIGGL AS THE NNIVG BLAE, WHO LEVERAG HIS SECRET AFFAIR WH FOOTBALL STAR GREG (ERIC MABI) SERVICE OF THE GREATER PLOT: ALL THAT 18TH-CENTURY-SPIRED TRIGUE AND BACKSTABBG AMONG S STRAIGHT MA CHARACTERS (PLAYED BY SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR, RYAN PHILLIPPE, AND REE WHERSPOON).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TAMMY METZLER ELECTN (1999){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REE WHERSPOON WAS HAVG QUE THE GENUE'S YEAR BETWEEN THIS AND CEL INTENTNS, BUT ELECTN SHOWED THE CHOPS WE'D ALL E TO ADMIRE AND FEAR TWO S LATER BIG LTLE LI. MATCHG TRACY FLICK WH HER THLS TENACY, TAMMY (JSI CAMPBELL) THROWS HER HAT TO THE RACE FOR STUNT BODY PRINT (AND A WRENCH TO TRACY'S PLANS) AFTER HER GIRLIEND LISA (FRANKIE INGRASSIA) STARTS DATG HER DIMW BROTHER AND TRACY'S POLIL OPPONENT PL (CHRIS KLE).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PETER SWENSON DROP DEAD GEO (1999){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH ONLY SEEN PICTUR, PETER (JAMIE OLSEN) LOOMS LARGE FOR LISA SWENSON (R.I.P. BRTANY MURPHY). PETER IS HER BIG GAY BROTHER WHO RAN AWAY TO THE CY THE FIRST CHANCE HE GOT, LIKE MANY A SMALL-TOWN HOMOSEXUAL. HIS DAD, HOWEVER, IS NIAL ABOUT HIM AND HIS PENCHANT FOR DRSG UP LIKE LIZA MNELLI—UNTIL LISA GIV HIM A , AND RATHER LOUD, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEGAN BUT I'M A CHEERLEAR (1999){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AN ANOMALY FOR 1999, BUT I'M A CHEERLEAR HAD A QUEER HEROE, AND THE PLOT REVOLVED AROUND HER QUEERNS. NATASHA LYONNE STARS AS HAPPY-GO-LUCKY MEGAN, WHO IS FORCED TO A NVERSN-THERAPY MP AFTER HER FAY AND IENDS SPECT SHE'S A LBIAN. AT THE MP, N BY NONE OTHER THAN RUPL, MEGAN FALLS FOR FELLOW MPER GRAHAM (CLEA DUVALL). EVEN MORE REMARKABLY, THOSE TWO CRAZY KIDS GET THE KD OF HAPPY ENDG THAT STILL FEELS LIKE A RARY 20 YEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RAY WILKS SRY MOVIE (2000){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL RIGHT, BEAR WH ME. SRY MOVIE WAS A PARODY OF SCREAM AND ALL THOSE SUBSEQUENT TEEN SLASHER FLICKS THAT ME OUT THE LATE-'90S, AND SO SHAWN WAYANS PLAYED A PARODY OF THE "CLOSETED JOCK" ARCHETYPE. AFTER ALL, BILLY AND STU WERE TOTALLY GAY. RAY JT TAK THE ARCHETYPE TO THE EXTREME—LIKE, A DICK THE EAR EXTREME. BUT AT THAT POT (AND UP UNTIL RATHER RECENTLY) REPRENTATN OF QUEER PEOPLE OF LOR ON SCREEN BARELY EXISTED, SO THIS WAS PRETTY MUCH THE BT WE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}L BRG IT ON (2000){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CIZEN KANE OF CHEERLEAR MOVI (ROGER EBERT'S WORDS, NOT ME… BUT ALSO ME), BRG IT ON GAVE SO MUCH: A POST–DROP DEAD GEO KIKI DUNST AT HER BT; GABBY UNN NVCGLY MASQUERADG AS A TEENAGER, WHICH SHE STILL ULD DO TO THIS DAY; A STAKE-LS ELIZA FUCKG DHKU BRANCHG OUT OM BUFFY; BLAQUE! BUT MOST OF ALL (OR AT LEAST FOR ME), GAVE HUNKY MALE CHEERLEAR L (HUNTLEY RTER). WHILE STRAIGHT CHEERLEAR JAN (NATHAN WT) HAS A CHIP ON HIS SHOULR FOR ALWAYS HAVG TO FEND HIS SEXUALY, L RMS NEW GIRL MISSY (DHKU) THAT HE'S MORE "NTROVERSIAL." FLUENTLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PL DENTON RUL OF ATTRACTN (2002){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I TEND TO LUMP THIS MOVIE TO THE LATE-1990S AND EARLY-2000S TEEN-MOVIE BLZ EVEN IF THE KIDS ARE DOG TERRIBLE THGS LLEGE RATHER THAN HIGH SCHOOL. THE SAME SPIR PREVAILS, THOUGH. BASED ON THE 1987 BRET EASTON ELLIS NOVEL, ROA FOLLOWS THE LOVE TRIANGLE BETWEEN DG ALER SEAN (JAM VAN DER BEEK), VIRG LRA (SHANNYN SOSSAMON), AND HER BISEXUAL BOYIEND PL (IAN SOMERHALR), WHO HAS THE HOTS FOR SEAN. PL TRI AND FAILS TO GET WH HIM, WHICH IS PROBABLY FOR THE BT SCE SEAN BATEMAN'S BROTHER PATRICK IS QUE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAMIAN LEIGH MEAN GIRLS (2004){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FIVE YEARS AFTER THE TEEN MOVIE BONANZA BT, MEAN GIRLS PROVED THE GENRE STILL HAD SOME KICK. HOWEVER, CHRISTIAN'S SPIRUAL KEBOY DAMIAN (DANIEL FRANZE) GETS MORE TO DO THAN JT ACT AS A FOIL FOR THE PROTAGONIST. AS ONE HALF OF THE OUTSIR DYNAMIC DUO WH BFF JANIS (LIZZY CAPLAN), DAMIAN IS THE LOGIL END TO THIS ERA OF TEEN-MOVIE QUEERS. HE'S MORE VELOPED THAN MOST OF HIS PRECSORS AND RPONSIBLE FOR MANY OF THE MOVIE'S BT LGHS—BUT HE'S NOT THE TARGET. AND NOT FOR NOTHG, BUT DAMIAN LOOKS LIKE YOUR AVERAGE GUY, NOT SOME IAL OF WHAT A GAY TEEN SHOULD LOOK LIKE. THAT SELF WAS—AND STILL IS—CREDIBLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
And not for nothg, but Damian looks like your average guy, not some ial of what a gay teen should look like. The film never explicly says that Missy is gay, but also never explicly says she isn't. She is sulted multiple tim by Courtney (I'll e back to the language choic), whose only cricism of Missy seems to be that she might be gay -- later the film Courtney says that Missy is a "big, d-key loser.
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IS HUNTLEY RTER GAY?
And that tth mak the e of homophobic language throughout the film at once both out of place and tertg.
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