Turns out, Barbieland isn't as gay as s queer fans had hoped

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• MAN WS WORLD'S LONGT GAME OF "GAY CHICKEN": {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;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 29, 2013/4:22 PMBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 29, 2013 / 4:22 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MAN WS WORLD'S LONGT GAME OF \"GAY CHICKEN\": WATCH","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-09-29T20:22:11.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-09-29T20:22:11.000+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":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{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 CHICKEN ISN'T SOMETHG YOU ORR AT A FE BOYSTOWN, 'S AN HEAD-SCRATCHG "GAME" PLAYED BY PRUMABLY STRAIGHT GUYS TO SHOW HOW HETEROSEXUAL THEY ARE. HOW? BY KISSG ANOTHER {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 EDY CLIP ABOVE, OM THE NORWEGIAN EDY SHOW KOLLEKTIVET, EXPLAS THE LOGIL GYMNASTICS BEHD THE GAME'S THKG AND TAK THEM TO THEIR ILLOGIL {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
• TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
• LIST: 'STRANGE WORLD' REVIEWS ABOUT DISNEY'S FIRST OUT GAY, CHARACTER, BIRACIAL QUEER TEEN
• IS BARBIE GAY AND WHY IS THE NEW MOVIE RATED PG-13?
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

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Yet Dunn remas an outsir, longg to be clud, and when certa events occur wh Perry (Perry urg Dunn to put on his mother's weddg drs the secrecy of the barn and then progrs to havg Dunn perform sexual acts wh him, clarg all the while that he, Perry, is not gay... At odds wh what to do wh his strange actg son, Edgar forc Dunn to work at meangls jobs on the farm, help wh the hayg, and mak Dunn observe the burng of the mother's cloth and seeks Perry's nsolatn after the above events and spe Perry's homophobic ments, Dunn manag to ga the kiss om Perry that he so sir as a rurrectn of affectn sperately missg his life. It uld be seen as gay, stupid, mean.

Is Dunn gay?

He also begs to realize he's gay and attracted to another guy. I am put off by the qutn so often raised of whether this is a "gay film, " or whether Dunn and/or Perry are gay.

TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED

The plot le and characters are all the same, but the story is flhed out The Mudge Fishbelly Whe, Dunn's character is more homo-erotic; the unr-the-track-scene is more liberate and graphic and explas much of what is left out of The Mudge Boy. That's the se here: 's obv to viewers om fairly early on that Dunn Mudge has some signifint homoerotic attractns. When he would turn out to be "gay" or not when his adolcence is over we don't know, and 's really irrelevant (except that he seems a ltle on the old si for still beg that sexually termate stage).

Hntg look at ral gay life and attus.

LIST: 'STRANGE WORLD' REVIEWS ABOUT DISNEY'S FIRST OUT GAY, CHARACTER, BIRACIAL QUEER TEEN

It ro the th le between paful and warm/fuzzy, wh perfect balance, never beg sacchare nor is one of the better gay films i have seen some time, even if the end is a b disturbg.

Is he gay or is he jt an unual boy? Though The Mudge Boy may wd up beg classified as some kd of gay g of age movie, this isn't an environment which a "g out" procs is possible or even sirable.

If he's gay, which isn't que a sure thg yet, who is he gog to dramatilly e out to? When Dunn tells Perry ont of the other tck crew `I'm not a faggot!, ' is that jt bee the word is rogatory or is he really not gay and aware of that? Although this film is prented as a gay film, and even won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2003 Los Angel Gay and Lbian Film Ftival, this is much more a father and son film, and a story about how ultimately lost masculy n be whout fully veloped and receptive this film's settg, the gentle, rg heart of the Mudge boy uld be nsired feme and weak by those who nfe such quali wh the homosexual, but I thk the boy's sire was only for tenrns and unrstandg, as was his father's sire.

IS BARBIE GAY AND WHY IS THE NEW MOVIE RATED PG-13?

While my experience wasn't necsarily an easy one, after seeg this movie, angers me to thk that there are other gay men (and women) who are (or have) had to endure the pa, bigotry and huiatn that the ma character did. This is the bt ever movie about a post-pubcent gay boy alone his world and surround by straights, all of whom are olr and non supportive. He reach out to a slightly olr youth, but the age old nflict between straight and gay mal aris, and is alt wh by a wrer-director who is able to touch a nerve and show an sight that no other film maker has ever done this tense suatn.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

The ma problem is the film's termatn to change the character of Perry om a mysterly handsome romantic hero to a btish homophobe. The performanc are sublime: Ee Hirsch and Tom Guiry playg their rol as realistilly and movgly (wh the specific characteristics of their role) who manage to make this film an emotnal journey that will get more than one reflect on the plight which still face many gay guys around the world. I would like to have seen his relatnship wh Perry properly velop and get a b down and jiggy wh to make a proper "R" film, but fdg happs and lastg gay romance seems to be passé the days?

YOUR FAVORITE LOGO TV SHOWS ARE ON PARAMOUNT+By Dan AverySeptember 29, 2013 / 4:22 PMGay Chicken isn't somethg you orr at a fe Boystown, 's an head-scratchg "game" played by prumably straight guys to show how heterosexual they are.