Gay characters Vietname films: Any exaggeratn? | Tuoi Tre News

Contents:

• WATCH: SOLDIERS FALL LOVE THE JUNGL OF VIETNAM THIS MOVG GAY WAR DRAMA
• GAY CHARACTERS VIETNAME FILMS: ANY EXAGGERATN?
• ‘MONSOON’ REVIEW: HENRY GOLDG DO SOME SEXY, UNRSTATED, GAY SOUL SEARCHG VIETNAM
• GAY VIETNAM: QUEER CULTURE, LOL LIFE, AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW! ??
• VIETNAM GAY-THEMED FILM
• GAY VIETNAM: THE MOST BETIFUL PLAC VIETNAM FOR DISCERNG GAY TRAVELLERS
• "COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS

WATCH: SOLDIERS FALL LOVE THE JUNGL OF VIETNAM THIS MOVG GAY WAR DRAMA

The “war movie” is a genre as old as the medium of film self, but the new drama Love In Country still manag to liver somethg unexpected and rare: A war movie about gay men.

GAY CHARACTERS VIETNAME FILMS: ANY EXAGGERATN?

Admtedly, ’s not the most romantic of settgs, but Love In Country still mak time to explore the relatnship of two gay soldiers, Sgt.

‘MONSOON’ REVIEW: HENRY GOLDG DO SOME SEXY, UNRSTATED, GAY SOUL SEARCHG VIETNAM

Well before “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, ” this was a world where servicemen uld be discharged simply for beg homosexual, but reports have shown that the Army was so short on personnel durg the Vietnam War that some gay men were admted to serve. Love In Country is -wrten and -directed by Richard Gayton, who has non-bat ary experience durg the Vietnam War, and then spent many years workg as a Navy psychologist.

Gayton felt pelled to brg this story to life as a way to honor the queer people who have served the ary throughout history, many of whom ma the ultimate sacrifice for a untry that refed to let them live their liv openly.

The relatnship between a gay nightclub owner and his drag queen partner be plited when their son be engaged to a girl om a nservative fay. The first gay pri para took place Hanoi 2012 and a ban on same-sex marriage was repealed 2014.

GAY VIETNAM: QUEER CULTURE, LOL LIFE, AND WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW! ??

In 2001, 82% of Vietname said homosexualy was never acceptable, but 2014, nearly half were favor of legalizg same-sex marriage. His short film “We Are Comg Home” reunts the story of a gay uple livg Hanoi and clus terviews wh neighbors and fay members, all of whom have different views on LGBTQ issu. But I try to avoid the limed terpretatn that “Roommate” is about gay or bisexual issu.

In 2012, the web seri “My Bt Gay Friends” ma a huge splash upon s release—each episo currently has around 2 ln views on YouTube. It featur three gay men their 20s who live together an apartment Ho Chi Mh Cy. The webseri “My Bt Gay Friends” gaed quick populary for s humoro take on LGBTQ inty.

VIETNAM GAY-THEMED FILM

“In our films we have turned our stori of homosexual love to normal love stori to better elic the emotns of the dience, ” she creasg number of pennt LGBTQ films Vietnam suggts that more people are terted the stori.

Cast & crew200929mPlay clip2:02Watch XY Anatomy of a BoyCan you be a virg, gay and to girls? It is not difficult to fd gay characters on Vietname screens nowadays, but the way filmmakers pict them has bee a bone of ntentn. In the last , lol cemas have screened a wi range of movi featurg gay characters such as “Gai Nhay” (Bar Girls), “Hot Boy Noi Loan” (Lost Paradise), and “Lac Gi” (Paradise Heart).

GAY VIETNAM: THE MOST BETIFUL PLAC VIETNAM FOR DISCERNG GAY TRAVELLERS

The most recent film, “De Hoi Th” (Let Hoi Take Care of It), has created mixed opns over the e of gay characters on the silver screen.

In lol movi, most gay characters are ed for humor, which means creatg lgh-worthy moments, helpg dienc to relax between dramatic scen. Gays are often scribed as hilar, jovial people who say and act a funny way. However, some s, the characters overact while flirtg, gropg other men, sayg dirty words or beg too effemate, leavg a bad imprsn on viewers over both the film and gay people.

In 2011, “Cam Hung Hoan Hao” (Perfect Inspiratn) was also cricized as gave an rrect fn of homosexualy, llg a “sickns” while g bad words that discrimated agast the gay muny. In “De Hoi Th, ” Pham Huong Hoi, the ma character, who do not hate to ll himself “bong” (gay) ont of other people and act an offensive way, ed backlash om the Vietname LGBT (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr) muny immediately after s official release on December 13. On a Facebook page named “Toi Dong Y” (I Agree) which aims to support LGBT rights and has around 82, 000 fans, many people ed the hashtag “Hoikhongtheth” (Hoi Cannot Take Care of It) to prott agast the film, accg of huiatg and smearg gay people through overacted actns and exprsns.

"COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS

There are, however, movi that have received posive feedback om viewers for creatg a good imprsn of gay people.

In 2012 the film “Lost Paradise” about Khoi (played by Ho Vh Khoa), an nocent 20-year-old gay man who travels to Ho Chi Mh Cy om the untrysi to beg a new life, helped lol dienc ga a new, empathetic viewpot toward gay people and won praise om the LGBT muny.

Although “De Hoi Th” has not been supported by LGBT people, the film still attracts many viewers and is able to touch the dienc’ hearts by showsg the image of a kd gay man who sacrific his own feelgs for the happs of his love. "Thua Me Con Di" (Goodbye Mother), a btersweet gay-themed Vietname movie, will premiere cemas across Taiwan on March 14. Personally hont, socially important and mercially sexy, morn movi about gay and transgenr people are among the better works of ntemporary Vietname cema.

The movie, one of two Vietname entri shown at Ban Internatnal Film Ftival 2019, ptur the tensn between a gay uple, who are returng home to Vietnam after livg the US, and a typil patriarchal Vietname fay.