Gam for those terted gay characters, storyl, and player optns
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- FAMO GAY PEOPLE
- IS "FAME"'S GAY CHARACTER GAY OR NOT?{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;}MOVIBY MICHAEL JENSENSEPTEMBER 23, 2009/5:23 PMBY MICHAEL JENSENSEPTEMBER 23, 2009 / 5:23 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IS \"FAME\"'S GAY CHARACTER GAY OR NOT?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-09-23T21:23:24.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-09-23T21:23:24.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","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":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{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;}IN THE ORIGAL 1980 VERSN OF FAME, THE GAY CHARACTER OF MONTGOMERY (PL CRANE) IS A PRSED, SHY YOUNG MAN TORTURED BY HIS SEXUALY. GIVEN THAT NEARLY THIRTY YEARS HAVE PASSED SCE THEN — MARKED BY HUGE STRIS GAY VISIBILY AND GAY RIGHTS — 'S TO BE EXPECTED THAT THE REMAKE OF FAME WOULD DROP THE TORTURED GAY STORYLE FOR S GAY TEEN {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;}BUT THE NEW VERSN OF FAME STILL HAS A GAY CHARACTER, RIGHT? NOT ACRDG TO PL MCGILL (PICTURED BELOW), THE ACTOR PLAYG THE PART OF KEV, A STUNT ATTENDG THE PERFORMG ARTS HIGH SCHOOL WHICH MUCH OF THE MOVIE TAK {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;}DURG AN EXCLIVE TERVIEW WH MCGILL, ASKED ABOUT KEV BEG GAY. SAID MCGILL, "ORIGALLY, THE ORIGAL SIS, 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;}SCRIPT, HE WAS GAY. BUT ’S NOT THE SE ANYMORE. THAT'S NOT {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;}MOVIE. THAT’S FALSE RMATN, ACTUALLY, THAT’S ON YOUR WEBSE."{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 NEWS KEV WASN'T GAY ME AS A B OF A SHOCK AS WE'D REPORTED THE NEWS THE CHARACTER WAS GAY AS FAR BACK AS FEBARY, AND WAS SOMETHG WE HAD NFIRMED WH THE STUD'S PUBLICY {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;}BUT WOULDN'T THE ACTOR KNOW, PECIALLY SCE THE MOVIE WAS DONE FILIMG? WANTG TO MAKE SURE I WAS ABSOLUTELY UNRSTANDG MCGILL, I PRSED HIM ASKG AGA, "SO HE'S NOT A GAY CHARACTER?"{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;}SAID MCGILL:{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;}{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 KD OF TOOK, WHEN I WAS DOG THIS CHARACTER, I TOOK OM PEOPLE THAT I KNOW AND EXPERIENC THAT I’VE HAD, YOU KNOW, JT GROWG UP A DANCE STUD WH TEACHERS WHO WEREN’T GREAT TO ME, AND WH MAKG IENDS AT THE PERFORMG ARTS HIGH SCHOOL THAT I WENT TO, AND I KD OF TOOK OM THAT, SORT OF…ABOUT MY CHARACTER. BUT ’S NEVER MENTNED THE MOVIE. ...{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;}{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;}WAS THE CHARACTER GAY WHEN HE DNED FOR THE PART? "ORIGALLY, HE WAS," SAID MCGILL, WHO EXPLAED THAT THE CHARACTER ALSO STARTED OUT AS "MPY" AND "SUPERFICIAL" BUT EVOLVED REWR SO HE NOW HAS "... THE DARKT MOMENTS THE MOVIE. THE MOST …EMOTNAL SCEN THE MOVIE."{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;}ASKED IF KEV HAS A ROMANTIC TERT OF ANY KD, GAY OR STRAIGHT, MCGILL EXPLAED, "HIS STORYLE IS REALLY ABOUT THE WORK AND ABOUT THE ARE TWO DIFFERENT LOVE STORI BETWEEN THE TEN CHARACTERS. BUT, YOU KNOW, DENISE AND JOY AND NEIL AND MALIK AND KEV, ALL ARE REALLY, THEY DON’T HAVE THAT SORT OF ROMANTIC FLAIR TO THEM."{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;}{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;}{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;}SEEKG CLARIFITN ON THE MATTER, I ARRANGED TO SPEAK WH THE MOVIE'S TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR OLD DIRECTOR, KEV TANCHAROEN. AFTER EXPLAG WHAT MCGILL HAD TOLD ME, TANCHAROEN SAID, "THAT’S WEIRD. I HAVEN’T SPOKEN TO HIM [MCGILL] A WHILE, BUT THAT’S PLETELY RRECT. HIS CHARACTER IS FELY GAY, AND IS VERY CLEARLY OBVLY GAY THE MOVIE. I MEAN, HE WAS ST AS A GAY CHARACTER THE FILM AND WE NEVER CHANGED THAT."{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;}PRSED AS TO HOW THE ACTOR ULD NOT KNOW SOMETHG SO BASIC ABOUT HIS CHARACTER, TANCHAROEN EXPLAED SOME SCEN HAD BEEN EDED OUT OF THE MOVIE SAYG, "WE CUT OUT A LOT OF SCEN, BUT WE CUT OUT A LOT OF SCEN FOR TIME."{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;}TANCHAROEN CUT ONE SCENE PARTICULAR THAT HE THOUGHT MIGHT ACUNT FOR MCGILL'S {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;}{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 THK THE SCENE THAT HE’S TALKG ABOUT, WE REMOVED THE FILM BEE, ONE FOR TIMG, AND TWO, BEE QUE HONTLY I FELT LIKE DID CROSS THE LE OF BEG TOO MPY. IT WAS A SCENE WHERE HIS [KEV'S] BT GIRLIEND NFS THAT SHE’S ABSOLUTELY LOVE WH HIM, AND THAT SHE’S ALWAYS BEEN LOVE WH HIM. AND HIS REPLY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, “IF YOU WERE A GUY, THEN WE WOULD BE TOGETHER.” I JT FELT WAS TOO CHEEKY. SO I TOOK OUT. BUT THAT DON’T MEAN HE’S NOT GAY THE FILM {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;}{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;}{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;}MCGILL A SCENE OM 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;}WHEN ASKED HOW DIENC WOULD KNOW KEV WAS GAY, TANCHAROEN (PICTURED BELOW) SAID, "WELL, I MEAN, ’S LIKE, ’S JT BEE ’S CLEARLY OBV. NOT SAYG THAT HE’S FLAMBOYANT, BUT… HE JT IS. I DON’T REALLY KNOW HOW I N FE CHARACTERISTICS OF A GAY PERSON. BUT I THK ANYONE WH AN APPROPRIATE GAYDAR N REALLY JT KNOW THAT HE IS. I MEAN, I DON’T WANT TO SAY CLICHé THGS LIKE, 'OH, WELL, HE WANTS TO BE A BALLET DANCER,' WHICH MEANS HE’S GAY. THAT DON’T MAKE ANY SENSE."{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;}TANCHAROEN, WHO GREW UP THE DANCG WORLD, ADD HE BELIEV THE MOVIE'S LOW-KEY APPROACH TO KEV'S GAYNS IS A POSIVE THG. "AND I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT WAS QUE PROGRSIVE. AND I KNOW I MIGHT END UP GETTG A LTLE B OF BACKLASH BEE I FEEL LIKE SOMETIM, IF I DON’T TALK ABOUT ENOUGH, THEN I’VE IGNORED . BUT IF I TALK ABOUT TOO MUCH, THEN I'M BEG MPY AND STEREOTYPIL."{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;}TANCHAROEN CED NICK AND NORAH'S INFE PLAYLIST AS A MOVIE THAT HANDLED S GAY CHRATERS A SIARLY MATTER-OF-FACT {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;}{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 THOUGHT NICK AND NORAH WAS A VERY GOOD MOVIE, AND I DON’T THK ANYONE REALLY KNEW THAT THE WHOLE BAND THAT MICHAEL CERA WAS WAS A GAY BAND. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD THG TO DO. ESPECIALLY FOR A MOVIE THAT’S FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. JT PORTRAY THEM AS EVERYONE IS FORTABLE, EVERYONE JT SIMPLY IS. YOU KNOW, I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS MOVIE, NO ONE GO, “WELL, THAT’S THE BLACK CHARACTER, THERE’S THE ASIAN CHARACTER, THERE’S THE GAY CHARACTER, THERE’S THE WHE CHARACTER.” I HOPE PEOPLE REALLY DON’T LOOK AT THAT WAY. AND REALLY KD OF JT LOOK AT THEIR PROBLEMS AS HUMAN {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;}{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;}UNLIKE KEV FAME, HOWEVER, MOVIEGOERS KNEW THE GAY CHARACTERS NICK AND NORAH WERE GAY BEE THEY WERE BOYIENDS, RMATN MUNITED TO 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;}WHEN THAT WAS POTED OUT TO TANCHAROEN, HE SAID:{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;}{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;}AND TO BE HONT, I ACTUALLY TRIED TO KEEP THE — TO ME — FORMULAIC TEENAGE RELATNSHIP STORI OUT OF THE MOVIE AS MUCH AS I ULD, JT BEE I FELT LIKE I DIDN’T WANT TO MAKE A TRADNAL TEENAGE MOVIE THAT’S UALLY CENTERED AROUND LOVE TRIANGL OR “I LOVE YOU. YOU BROKE UP WH ME.”{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;}WE DO HAVE A LTLE B OF THAT WH ONE RELATNSHIP. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, ALL OF THE DRAMA IS REALLY FOCED ON THE ART OF THE CRAFT. OF BEG A PERFORMG ARTIST, SO… I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU SEE THE MOVIE, YOU’LL PLETELY GET , BUT I N’T REALLY GIVE YOU SPECIFICS ON WHAT MAK HIM GAY OTHER THAN HE JT {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;}{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 MOVIE SELF MAY NOT HAVE MUCH THE WAY OF ACTUAL HETEROSEXUAL ROMANCE, BUT IAL PUBLICY STILLS SHOW THOSE STORYL ARE FELY PRENT FOR TWO UPL. THAT BEG SAID, WHILE TRAILERS AND MIC VIOS FOR THE MOVIE DO SHOW THE UPL KISSG AND EMBRACG, THEY ARE NOT THE FOC OF MOST OF THE MOVIE'S {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;}KEV'S MA PERSONAL RELATNSHIP IS WH HIS BT IEND JOY. SAID TANCHAROEN ABOUT KEV, "HE'S A YOUNG GUY WHO MOV OM IOWA. HE ME HERE TO BE A PROFSNAL BALLET DANCER. HIS BT IEND IS JOY MOY WHO’S THIS HILAR ASIAN GIRL, AND THEY’RE BT IENDS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FILM."{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;}TANCHAROEN ALSO SAID HE FELT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THE MOVIE HAVE A 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;}{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;}NOW, G OM A PERFORMG ARTS BACKGROUND MYSELF, AND BEG KD OF — YOU KNOW, I GREW UP THE DANCER WORLD AND CHOREOGRAPHERS. I’VE ALWAYS BEEN AROUND PERFORMERS AND DANCERS. I FELT WAS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULO NOT TO HAVE A GAY CHARACTER A PERFORMG ARTS HIGH SCHOOL, BEE, YOU KNOW, PECIALLY WHEN I GREW UP, BEE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO A PERFORMG ARTS HIGH SCHOOL THERE’S A LOT OF GAY PEOPLE, A LOT OF STRAIGHT PEOPLE, A LOT OF BI PEOPLE. YOU HAVE A WHOLE ECLECTIC MIX OF PEOPLE AT HIGH SCHOOLS LIKE THAT, SO I FELT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO CLU A GAY CHARACTER 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;}{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;}BUT TANCHAROEN REALLY WANTED TO GET AWAY OM HOW THE GAY CHARACTER WAS PORTRAYED THE ORIGAL {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;}{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;}THEY PORTRAYED THE GAY CHARACTER AS A PRSED, TORTURED, SOUL THAT NO ONE LOV, AND HE’S VERY SHY AND TIMID. WELL, THAT’S NOTHG LIKE THE [PEOPLE] I GREW UP WH. IT’S 2009 AND THAT KD OF TORTURED GAY, PATG THAT KD OF PICTURE IS SO IRRELEVANT. ESPECIALLY NEW YORK CY. I MEAN, E ON. SO I NEVER WANTED TO SHE A LIGHT ON 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;}VERY MUCH SO LIKE I DIDN’T WANT TO SHE A LIGHT ON, REALLY, ANY OF THOSE KDS OF SOCIAL ISSU. SO I FELT LIKE I DIDN’T WANT TO SPOTLIGHT . IT’S NOT LIKE YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF STRAIGHT PEOPLE THE MOVIE TALKG ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GETTG GIRLS, OR A GUY, OR “I’M STRAIGHT.” I DIDN’T FEEL WE NEED TO PARA AROUND, BEE I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE IS VERY FORTABLE WH THEIR INTY. EVERYONE IS EXTREMELY FORTABLE WH THEIR SEXUALY. WHY, WHY HAVE TO SHE A SPOTLIGHT ON SO MUCH?{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;}{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;}WHILE 'S MENDABLE TANCHAROEN DIDN'T WANT TO PERPETUATE OUTDATED STEREOTYP, IS FAIR TO POT OUT A WRER NEED NOT "PARA AROUND" A CHARACTER'S GAYNS ORR TO MUNITE THAT RMATN. IT'S ALSO FAIR TO ASK IF TANCHAROEN'S VERSN OF FAME IS TLY THAT MUCH MORE PROGRSIVE THAN S {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;}FOR A MOVIE SET A PERFORMG ARTS HIGH SCHOOL TO HAVE A ST OF TEN STUNTS AND FIVE TEACHERS WH ONLY ONE GAY PERSON AMONGST THEM SEEMS LS THAN {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;}AND IF THE ACTOR PLAYG THE PART DON'T THK HIS CHARACTER IS GAY, AND IF THE GAY CHARACTER'S ONLY PERSONAL RELATNSHIP IS WH HIS BT FEMALE IEND (SOMETHG SEEN MANY TIM BEFORE) AND EVEN THE DIRECTOR N'T EXPLA HOW DIENC WILL KNOW THE CHARACTER IS GAY, ONE HAS TO ASK IF THAT'S ANY GAY VISIBILY AT {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;}DO FAME HAVE A GAY CHARACTER? IF KEV TANCHAROEN SAYS DO, THEN DO. TOO BAD 'S LIKELY ONLY DIENCE MEMBERS WH FELY TUNED GAYDAR WILL KNOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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IS "FAME"'S GAY CHARACTER GAY OR NOT?{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;}MOVIBY MICHAEL JENSENSEPTEMBER 23, 2009/5:23 PMBY MICHAEL JENSENSEPTEMBER 23, 2009 / 5:23 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IS \"FAME\"'S GAY CHARACTER GAY OR NOT?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-09-23T21:23:24.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-09-23T21:23:24.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","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":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{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;}IN THE ORIGAL 1980 VERSN OF FAME, THE GAY CHARACTER OF MONTGOMERY (PL CRANE) IS A PRSED, SHY YOUNG MAN TORTURED BY HIS SEXUALY. GIVEN THAT NEARLY THIRTY YEARS HAVE PASSED SCE THEN — MARKED BY HUGE STRIS GAY VISIBILY AND GAY RIGHTS — 'S TO BE EXPECTED THAT THE REMAKE OF FAME WOULD DROP THE TORTURED GAY STORYLE FOR S GAY TEEN {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;}BUT THE NEW VERSN OF FAME STILL HAS A GAY CHARACTER, RIGHT? NOT ACRDG TO PL MCGILL (PICTURED BELOW), THE ACTOR PLAYG THE PART OF KEV, A STUNT ATTENDG THE PERFORMG ARTS HIGH SCHOOL WHICH MUCH OF THE MOVIE TAK {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;}DURG AN EXCLIVE TERVIEW WH MCGILL, ASKED ABOUT KEV BEG GAY. SAID MCGILL, "ORIGALLY, THE ORIGAL SIS, 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;}SCRIPT, HE WAS GAY. BUT ’S NOT THE SE ANYMORE. THAT'S NOT {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;}MOVIE. THAT’S FALSE RMATN, ACTUALLY, THAT’S ON YOUR WEBSE."{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 NEWS KEV WASN'T GAY ME AS A B OF A SHOCK AS WE'D REPORTED THE NEWS THE CHARACTER WAS GAY AS FAR BACK AS FEBARY, AND WAS SOMETHG WE HAD NFIRMED WH THE STUD'S PUBLICY {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;}BUT WOULDN'T THE ACTOR KNOW, PECIALLY SCE THE MOVIE WAS DONE FILIMG? WANTG TO MAKE SURE I WAS ABSOLUTELY UNRSTANDG MCGILL, I PRSED HIM ASKG AGA, "SO HE'S NOT A GAY CHARACTER?"{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;}SAID MCGILL:{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;}{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 KD OF TOOK, WHEN I WAS DOG THIS CHARACTER, I TOOK OM PEOPLE THAT I KNOW AND EXPERIENC THAT I’VE HAD, YOU KNOW, JT GROWG UP A DANCE STUD WH TEACHERS WHO WEREN’T GREAT TO ME, AND WH MAKG IENDS AT THE PERFORMG ARTS HIGH SCHOOL THAT I WENT TO, AND I KD OF TOOK OM THAT, SORT OF…ABOUT MY CHARACTER. BUT ’S NEVER MENTNED THE MOVIE. ...{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;}{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;}WAS THE CHARACTER GAY WHEN HE DNED FOR THE PART? "ORIGALLY, HE WAS," SAID MCGILL, WHO EXPLAED THAT THE CHARACTER ALSO STARTED OUT AS "MPY" AND "SUPERFICIAL" BUT EVOLVED REWR SO HE NOW HAS "... THE DARKT MOMENTS THE MOVIE. THE MOST …EMOTNAL SCEN THE MOVIE."{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;}ASKED IF KEV HAS A ROMANTIC TERT OF ANY KD, GAY OR STRAIGHT, MCGILL EXPLAED, "HIS STORYLE IS REALLY ABOUT THE WORK AND ABOUT THE ARE TWO DIFFERENT LOVE STORI BETWEEN THE TEN CHARACTERS. BUT, YOU KNOW, DENISE AND JOY AND NEIL AND MALIK AND KEV, ALL ARE REALLY, THEY DON’T HAVE THAT SORT OF ROMANTIC FLAIR TO THEM."{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;}{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;}{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;}SEEKG CLARIFITN ON THE MATTER, I ARRANGED TO SPEAK WH THE MOVIE'S TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR OLD DIRECTOR, KEV TANCHAROEN. AFTER EXPLAG WHAT MCGILL HAD TOLD ME, TANCHAROEN SAID, "THAT’S WEIRD. I HAVEN’T SPOKEN TO HIM [MCGILL] A WHILE, BUT THAT’S PLETELY RRECT. HIS CHARACTER IS FELY GAY, AND IS VERY CLEARLY OBVLY GAY THE MOVIE. I MEAN, HE WAS ST AS A GAY CHARACTER THE FILM AND WE NEVER CHANGED THAT."{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;}PRSED AS TO HOW THE ACTOR ULD NOT KNOW SOMETHG SO BASIC ABOUT HIS CHARACTER, TANCHAROEN EXPLAED SOME SCEN HAD BEEN EDED OUT OF THE MOVIE SAYG, "WE CUT OUT A LOT OF SCEN, BUT WE CUT OUT A LOT OF SCEN FOR TIME."{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;}TANCHAROEN CUT ONE SCENE PARTICULAR THAT HE THOUGHT MIGHT ACUNT FOR MCGILL'S {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;}{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 THK THE SCENE THAT HE’S TALKG ABOUT, WE REMOVED THE FILM BEE, ONE FOR TIMG, AND TWO, BEE QUE HONTLY I FELT LIKE DID CROSS THE LE OF BEG TOO MPY. IT WAS A SCENE WHERE HIS [KEV'S] BT GIRLIEND NFS THAT SHE’S ABSOLUTELY LOVE WH HIM, AND THAT SHE’S ALWAYS BEEN LOVE WH HIM. AND HIS REPLY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, “IF YOU WERE A GUY, THEN WE WOULD BE TOGETHER.” I JT FELT WAS TOO CHEEKY. SO I TOOK OUT. BUT THAT DON’T MEAN HE’S NOT GAY THE FILM {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;}{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;}{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;}MCGILL A SCENE OM 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;}WHEN ASKED HOW DIENC WOULD KNOW KEV WAS GAY, TANCHAROEN (PICTURED BELOW) SAID, "WELL, I MEAN, ’S LIKE, ’S JT BEE ’S CLEARLY OBV. NOT SAYG THAT HE’S FLAMBOYANT, BUT… HE JT IS. I DON’T REALLY KNOW HOW I N FE CHARACTERISTICS OF A GAY PERSON. BUT I THK ANYONE WH AN APPROPRIATE GAYDAR N REALLY JT KNOW THAT HE IS. I MEAN, I DON’T WANT TO SAY CLICHé THGS LIKE, 'OH, WELL, HE WANTS TO BE A BALLET DANCER,' WHICH MEANS HE’S GAY. THAT DON’T MAKE ANY SENSE."{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;}TANCHAROEN, WHO GREW UP THE DANCG WORLD, ADD HE BELIEV THE MOVIE'S LOW-KEY APPROACH TO KEV'S GAYNS IS A POSIVE THG. "AND I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT WAS QUE PROGRSIVE. AND I KNOW I MIGHT END UP GETTG A LTLE B OF BACKLASH BEE I FEEL LIKE SOMETIM, IF I DON’T TALK ABOUT ENOUGH, THEN I’VE IGNORED . BUT IF I TALK ABOUT TOO MUCH, THEN I'M BEG MPY AND STEREOTYPIL."{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;}TANCHAROEN CED NICK AND NORAH'S INFE PLAYLIST AS A MOVIE THAT HANDLED S GAY CHRATERS A SIARLY MATTER-OF-FACT {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;}{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 THOUGHT NICK AND NORAH WAS A VERY GOOD MOVIE, AND I DON’T THK ANYONE REALLY KNEW THAT THE WHOLE BAND THAT MICHAEL CERA WAS WAS A GAY BAND. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD THG TO DO. ESPECIALLY FOR A MOVIE THAT’S FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. JT PORTRAY THEM AS EVERYONE IS FORTABLE, EVERYONE JT SIMPLY IS. YOU KNOW, I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS MOVIE, NO ONE GO, “WELL, THAT’S THE BLACK CHARACTER, THERE’S THE ASIAN CHARACTER, THERE’S THE GAY CHARACTER, THERE’S THE WHE CHARACTER.” I HOPE PEOPLE REALLY DON’T LOOK AT THAT WAY. AND REALLY KD OF JT LOOK AT THEIR PROBLEMS AS HUMAN {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;}{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;}UNLIKE KEV FAME, HOWEVER, MOVIEGOERS KNEW THE GAY CHARACTERS NICK AND NORAH WERE GAY BEE THEY WERE BOYIENDS, RMATN MUNITED TO 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;}WHEN THAT WAS POTED OUT TO TANCHAROEN, HE SAID:{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;}{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;}AND TO BE HONT, I ACTUALLY TRIED TO KEEP THE — TO ME — FORMULAIC TEENAGE RELATNSHIP STORI OUT OF THE MOVIE AS MUCH AS I ULD, JT BEE I FELT LIKE I DIDN’T WANT TO MAKE A TRADNAL TEENAGE MOVIE THAT’S UALLY CENTERED AROUND LOVE TRIANGL OR “I LOVE YOU. YOU BROKE UP WH ME.”{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;}WE DO HAVE A LTLE B OF THAT WH ONE RELATNSHIP. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, ALL OF THE DRAMA IS REALLY FOCED ON THE ART OF THE CRAFT. OF BEG A PERFORMG ARTIST, SO… I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU SEE THE MOVIE, YOU’LL PLETELY GET , BUT I N’T REALLY GIVE YOU SPECIFICS ON WHAT MAK HIM GAY OTHER THAN HE JT {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;}{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 MOVIE SELF MAY NOT HAVE MUCH THE WAY OF ACTUAL HETEROSEXUAL ROMANCE, BUT IAL PUBLICY STILLS SHOW THOSE STORYL ARE FELY PRENT FOR TWO UPL. THAT BEG SAID, WHILE TRAILERS AND MIC VIOS FOR THE MOVIE DO SHOW THE UPL KISSG AND EMBRACG, THEY ARE NOT THE FOC OF MOST OF THE MOVIE'S {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;}KEV'S MA PERSONAL RELATNSHIP IS WH HIS BT IEND JOY. SAID TANCHAROEN ABOUT KEV, "HE'S A YOUNG GUY WHO MOV OM IOWA. HE ME HERE TO BE A PROFSNAL BALLET DANCER. HIS BT IEND IS JOY MOY WHO’S THIS HILAR ASIAN GIRL, AND THEY’RE BT IENDS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE FILM."{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;}TANCHAROEN ALSO SAID HE FELT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THE MOVIE HAVE A 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;}{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;}NOW, G OM A PERFORMG ARTS BACKGROUND MYSELF, AND BEG KD OF — YOU KNOW, I GREW UP THE DANCER WORLD AND CHOREOGRAPHERS. I’VE ALWAYS BEEN AROUND PERFORMERS AND DANCERS. I FELT WAS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULO NOT TO HAVE A GAY CHARACTER A PERFORMG ARTS HIGH SCHOOL, BEE, YOU KNOW, PECIALLY WHEN I GREW UP, BEE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO A PERFORMG ARTS HIGH SCHOOL THERE’S A LOT OF GAY PEOPLE, A LOT OF STRAIGHT PEOPLE, A LOT OF BI PEOPLE. YOU HAVE A WHOLE ECLECTIC MIX OF PEOPLE AT HIGH SCHOOLS LIKE THAT, SO I FELT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO CLU A GAY CHARACTER 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;}{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;}BUT TANCHAROEN REALLY WANTED TO GET AWAY OM HOW THE GAY CHARACTER WAS PORTRAYED THE ORIGAL {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;}{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;}THEY PORTRAYED THE GAY CHARACTER AS A PRSED, TORTURED, SOUL THAT NO ONE LOV, AND HE’S VERY SHY AND TIMID. WELL, THAT’S NOTHG LIKE THE [PEOPLE] I GREW UP WH. IT’S 2009 AND THAT KD OF TORTURED GAY, PATG THAT KD OF PICTURE IS SO IRRELEVANT. ESPECIALLY NEW YORK CY. I MEAN, E ON. SO I NEVER WANTED TO SHE A LIGHT ON 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;}VERY MUCH SO LIKE I DIDN’T WANT TO SHE A LIGHT ON, REALLY, ANY OF THOSE KDS OF SOCIAL ISSU. SO I FELT LIKE I DIDN’T WANT TO SPOTLIGHT . IT’S NOT LIKE YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF STRAIGHT PEOPLE THE MOVIE TALKG ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GETTG GIRLS, OR A GUY, OR “I’M STRAIGHT.” I DIDN’T FEEL WE NEED TO PARA AROUND, BEE I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE IS VERY FORTABLE WH THEIR INTY. EVERYONE IS EXTREMELY FORTABLE WH THEIR SEXUALY. WHY, WHY HAVE TO SHE A SPOTLIGHT ON SO MUCH?{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;}{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;}WHILE 'S MENDABLE TANCHAROEN DIDN'T WANT TO PERPETUATE OUTDATED STEREOTYP, IS FAIR TO POT OUT A WRER NEED NOT "PARA AROUND" A CHARACTER'S GAYNS ORR TO MUNITE THAT RMATN. IT'S ALSO FAIR TO ASK IF TANCHAROEN'S VERSN OF FAME IS TLY THAT MUCH MORE PROGRSIVE THAN S {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;}FOR A MOVIE SET A PERFORMG ARTS HIGH SCHOOL TO HAVE A ST OF TEN STUNTS AND FIVE TEACHERS WH ONLY ONE GAY PERSON AMONGST THEM SEEMS LS THAN {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;}AND IF THE ACTOR PLAYG THE PART DON'T THK HIS CHARACTER IS GAY, AND IF THE GAY CHARACTER'S ONLY PERSONAL RELATNSHIP IS WH HIS BT FEMALE IEND (SOMETHG SEEN MANY TIM BEFORE) AND EVEN THE DIRECTOR N'T EXPLA HOW DIENC WILL KNOW THE CHARACTER IS GAY, ONE HAS TO ASK IF THAT'S ANY GAY VISIBILY AT {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;}DO FAME HAVE A GAY CHARACTER? IF KEV TANCHAROEN SAYS DO, THEN DO. TOO BAD 'S LIKELY ONLY DIENCE MEMBERS WH FELY TUNED GAYDAR WILL KNOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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