BY NATHANIEL ROGERS One of the most tertg trends of this year's Sundance Film Ftival is nontatnal stori about people beg phed out of or willfully steppg away om their sexual fort zon. THE DIARY OF A TEENAGER GIRL has earned the bt reviews and the most prs but let's discs two films wh more LGBT appeal. I AM MICHAEL, a drama about relign and homosexualy, and THE D TRAIN, a edy about a high school rnn, feature grown men whose liv spiral out of ntrol when they stray om their te selv. How many gay kids growg up nfed about what they were feelg wh relig environments ed this Bible verse ways that would horrify fundamentalists? Ask, and shall be given you; seek, and you shall fd; knock, and shall be opened to you:-Matthew 7:7 It's a lovely sentiment whether you're relig or not. Everyone needs to know themselv and fd their own way. Those who've e before lay down tracks for to follow but we all still have to choose which to take or nstct our own. But Matthew's promise won't work for everyone. What if you don't know what to ask, don't know what you're lookg for or, like the protagonists of the movi, are totally unsatisfied wh the knowledge you already have about your te character? CONTINUED, AFTER THE JUMP...
Contents:
- THE D TRA: WHEN BROMEDY MEETS GAY PANIC
- 'THE D TRA' REVIEW: JACK BLACK TAK ON GAY THEME
- TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE SETS SOCIAL MEDIA ALIGHT AFTER THE ACTOR SAID PLAYG THE ROLE ‘BROKE HIM’
THE D TRA: WHEN BROMEDY MEETS GAY PANIC
But never fear: A remptive, upliftg ncln of Oprah-que proportns is a mere ten mut D Tra fundamentally fails as black edy bee, apart om s central, morately homophobic twist, has nothg to offer except for a stereotypil bromedy plot (the nerd and the Hollywood star!
Its out-of-left-field twist remas jt that; the movie mak no effort to me for any eper meang than a kd of low-gra gay panic.
They’re gay! Go to gaybros. r/gaybros.
'THE D TRA' REVIEW: JACK BLACK TAK ON GAY THEME
Gaybros is a work built for gay men who aren't nfed to a media stereotype. The D Tra (Gay Scene) Jack Black & Jam Marsn.
“You’re gay? He don’t sudnly nclu that he’s gay, but he reils at the ia of havg been a meangls one-night stand for Oliver.
And the sex scene, but before Oliver arriv for the rnn, when starts to look as if Dan is panickg bee he thks the rnn will be ed if the other alumni fd out Oliver is gay. I would have enjoyed the story much more if Dan had turned out to actually be gay.
TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE SETS SOCIAL MEDIA ALIGHT AFTER THE ACTOR SAID PLAYG THE ROLE ‘BROKE HIM’
I thought the movie did a good job of not turng the storyle to a gay joke — never mak fun of the experience self.
The least awkward part of the movie was the gay sex. When Oliver arriv Ptsburgh for the rnn, Dan worri that his wife (a very good Kathryn Hahn) will disver his s nng theme of gay shame, "The D Tra" bears a remblance to 2000's "Chuck & Buck" (whose wrer and star, Mike Whe, has a small role here). Their nnectn, let alone their attractn, isn't believable; 's a ntrivance that allows the movie to liver s trailer for "The D Tra" don't mentn homosexualy at all, which prov how strong the taboo still is.
I AM MICHAEL, a drama about relign and homosexualy, and THE D TRAIN, a edy about a high school rnn, feature grown men whose liv spiral out of ntrol when they stray om their te selv. How many gay kids growg up nfed about what they were feelg wh relig environments ed this Bible verse ways that would horrify fundamentalists? In the openg scene of wrer/director Jt Kelly's provotive I AM MICHAEL, Michael Glatze is troduced as an "ex-gay" pastor warng a prsed teenager away om his same-sex sir.