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• FRANK MILLER AND "300"'S ASSLT ON THE GAY {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 SARAH WARNMARCH 5, 2007/12:00 AMBY SARAH WARNMARCH 5, 2007 / 12:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FRANK MILLER AND \"300\"'S ASSLT ON THE GAY PAST","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-03-05T05:00:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-03-05T05:00:00.000+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":"SARAH WARN","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;}NOTE: THIS ARTICLE WAS -WRTEN WH FRANçOIS {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;}WHAT SHOULD GAY FANS OF HISTORIL DRAMA EXPECT OM THE UPG ACTN-ADVENTURE EPIC 300 BASED ON FRANK MILLER'S GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME? THE FILM, WHICH OPENS ON MARCH 9, REUNTS THE 480 B.C. BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE, WHERE 300 GREEK WARRRS OM SPARTA MANAGED TO LAY THE 60,000-STRONG PERSIAN VADG ARMY. HISTORILLY, THE SPARTAN ARMY WAS MA UP PART BY SOLDIERS BOUND ROMANTILLY TO OTHER SOLDIERS FIGHTG ON THE SAME {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;}JUDGG OM CLIPS AND STILLS RELEASED OM 300, FILMGOERS N EXPECT AN EXTREMELY FAHFUL REWORKG OF MILLER'S NOVEL. UNFORTUNATELY, HOT, SHIRTLS, MCLE-BOUND ACTORS ASI, THAT ISN'T LIKELY TO BE A GOOD THG. AS MANY OTHER HISTORIC FILMS — PECIALLY THOSE ABOUT THE ANCIENT WORLD OR HEROIC WARRRS — GAY HISTORY HAS BEEN ERASED OM 300 AND REPLACED WH NEGATIVE STEREOTYP. FROM TROY TO SPARTAC TO BEN HUR, QUEER HISTORY IS UALLY DOWNPLAYED AND HAS OFTEN GONE MISSG {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;}ONE OF THE FEW NOTABLE EXCEPTNS IS OLIVER STONE'S ALEXANR, WHICH ACTUALLY DID REFLECT THE ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP BETWEEN ALEXANR (COL FARRELL) AND HEPHAISTN (JARED LETO). AT LEAST, REFLECTED ACCURATELY THE THEATRIL RELEASE. AFTER THE FILM BOMBED AT THE U.S. BOX OFFICE — A SUATN BLAMED PART ON THE FILM'S ANK PORTRAYAL OF ALEXANR'S BISEXUALY — STONE RELEASED A DIRECTOR'S CUT LETG SOME OF THE FILM'S HOMOSEXUALY. (STONE RELEASED YET A THIRD VERSN OF THE MOVIE RTORG MUCH OF THAT ON FEB. 27.){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;}OTHER HISTORIL EPICS HAVEN'T EVEN HAD THE CHANCE TO BACKTRACK ON HOMOSEXUALY. IN THE 2004 FILM TROY, STARRG BRAD PT, ACHILL (PT) AND PATROCL (GARRETT HEDLUND) WERE MOTED OM LOVERS TO MERE S. NO DOUBT WARRRS UALLY BEE MAD WH GRIEF EVERY TIME ONE OF THEIR S IS KILLED, AS ACHILL DID WHEN PATROCL WAS SLA BY THE TROJAN WARRR HECTOR (ERIC BANA).{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;}IT SEEMS THAT FOR HOLLYWOOD, BEG GAY AND BEG A WARRR ARE STILL ANTHETIL. CALL A "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL, DON'T 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;}THE MAN BEHD 300 {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;}JT WHO IS FRANK MILLER? HE IS ONE OF THE BT-KNOWN THORS NTEMPORARY GRAPHIC NOVELS, AND RIGHTFULLY SO. REJUVENATG THE CHARACTER OF DAREVIL THE EARLY '80S FOR MARVEL, HE ALSO CREATED ELEKTRA — A FEMALE ASSASS WHO HAD A TUMULTUO LOVE AFFAIR WH THE BLD SUPERHERO — ICS THAT BORE MILLER'S STRONG SENSE OF {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 1986, MILLER CREATED BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, THE DYSTOPIAN TALE OF A BATMAN WHO, 20 YEARS THE FUTURE, BATTL A JOKER WHO LOOKS LIKE AN AGED QUEEN. BEHAVG LIKE ONE, HE LLS HIS OLD ADVERSARY "DARLG" AND QUIR WHETHER ROB HAS STARTED SHAVG YET. TH, MILLER WAS ALREADY PLAYG ON THE CLICHéD SEXUAL TERPRETATN OF BATMAN AS A PEDOPHILE, WHILE GIVG A NOT VERY SUBTLE EXPLANATN OF THE JOKER'S FASCATN WH THE MAN THE FLYG RONT {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 1990, MILLER WROTE THE MISERI GIVE ME LIBERTY FOR ARTIST DAVE GIBBONS. THE STORY IS SET A NEAR FUTURE WHERE THE UNED STAT HAS SPL ALONG POLIL L. THE MA CHARACTER, A YOUNG BLACK FEMALE SOLDIER, FIGHTS AGAST VAR MENAC, AMONG THEM GAY WHE SUPREMACISTS. NO OTHER GAY CHARACTER IS PRENT THE STORY. POLIL SATIRE AND OVER-THE-TOP IMAGERY ARE CERTALY GREDIENTS OF THIS SERI, BUT G GAY NAZIS IS NEHER CLEVER NOR {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 1991, THE FIRST S CY WAS PUBLISHED. THIS BLACK-AND-WHE, NOIR SERI BLEND VLENCE AND STRONG VISUALS SUCCSFULLY — AT LEAST FOR MILLER'S GOALS. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS S CY IS THE PRENCE OF YET MORE ADLY FEMAL, PREFERABLY LBIAN PROSTUT S/M GEAR — NOT EXACTLY A GAY-POSIVE {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;}MILLER DID E HIS TALENTS A MORE GAY-IENDLY WAY 1988. "ROBOHOMOPHOBE" IS MILLER'S NTRIBUTN TO A.A.R.G.H.! (ARTISTS AGAST RAMPANT GOVERNMENT HOMOPHOBIA), A MAGAZE ANTHOLOGY EDED BY ALAN MOORE DURG THE FIGHT AGAST THE BRISH ANTI-GAY CLSE 28. LARGELY UNKNOWN EVEN TO MILLER FANS, THE THREE-PAGE STRIP PORTRAYS A GAY-BASHER TRANSFORMED TO A QUADRIPLEGIC AFTER A R {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 TRMA TURNS THE HOMOPHOBE GAY, AND HE IS THEN TRANSFORMED TO A HOMOPHOBIC VERSN OF ROBOP WH A HEAD THAT LOOKS LIKE A GIANT PENIS. MILLER'S HEART IS THE RIGHT PLACE, BUT G SUCH BLUNRG HUMOR SIMPLY SEEMS {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;}"ROBOHOMOPHOBE" NOTWHSTANDG, MILLER'S MERCIAL WORK EHER LEAV OUT POSIVE REPRENTATNS OF GAY CHARACTERS OR CLUS NEGATIVE GAY CHARACTERS AND D REPRENTATNS OF HOMOSEXUALY — FOR EXAMPLE, PLENTY OF FEY CHARACTERISTICS — THAT MAKE VILLAS THAT MUCH MORE {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;}300 LOST OPPORTUNI TO DO SOMETHG DIFFERENT {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;}300 IS AN UNUAL IC BOOK MORE WAYS THAN ONE. IT IS TOLD ENTIRELY DOUBLE-PAGE SPREADS WH A LIMED BUT HIGHLY EFFECTIVE E OF PANELS. THE ART IS BOLD, EMPLOYG STRONG SILHOUETT AND PLEMENTARY RATIVE TAILS. LYNN VARLEY'S PATED LORS ARE BETIFUL, AS THEY PROVI PTH AND WEIGHT TO MILLER'S CEPTIVELY SIMPLE L. VISUALLY, 300 IS A PLETE SUCCS. PSYCHOLOGILLY AND HISTORILLY, THAT'S ANOTHER MATTER. {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;}SEVERAL THGS ARE E FOR NCERN THE GRAPHIC NOVEL AND, IF CLUD FAHFULLY, 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;}THE FIRST IS THE WAY THE PERSIAN KG XERX IS PORTRAYED THE GRAPHIC NOVEL. CONTUG A SHAMEFUL TRADN OF PERSIANS AS PERVERTS, MILLER GIV A KG WHO'S ALL PIERCGS AND ELS FASHN ACCSORI, HIS HEAD AND FACED SHAVED, BG TO CREATE AN AIR OF EFFEMACY. IN PARISON, LEONIDAS IS HYPERMASCULE AND APPEARS TO BE STEREOTYPILLY STRAIGHT, WH BROAD SHOULRS AND A FULL BEARD AND MTACHE. EXCEPT FOR A PREDATOR'S TOOTH STNG ON A LEATHER THONG AROUND HIS NECK, NO JEWELRY ADORNS HIS PHYSIQUE, ONLY WEAPONS AND A FEW PIEC OF ARMOR. {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;}AS SEEN THIS PHOTO TAKEN OM 300 PROMOTNAL MATERIALS, XERX (RODRIGO SANTORO) IS A JEWEL-CLAD EFFETE SPORTG WHAT APPEAR TO BE MANICURED NAILS AND PLUCKED EYEBROWS. HIS HANDS, ADORNED WH GOLD RGS ON EVERY FGER, LIE SUGGTIVELY ON THE SHOULRS OF KG LEONIDAS (GERARD BUTLER), A HIRSUTE, ROUGH-HEWN MAN WHO LOOKS EVERY B THE OPPOSE OF XERX. {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;}IT IS HARD TO ENVISN HOW XERX ULD EVEN FIGHT, BEG SO ENSED GOLD BRACELETS, GOLD CHAS AND GOLD LLARS. NO, THE REAL FIGHTG IS TO BE LEFT TO MEN LIKE KG LEONIDAS. WHOUT KNOWG THE FIRST THG ABOUT 300, WOULD BE EASY TO GUS WHO PLAYED THE HERO AND WHO PLAYED THE VILLA BASED ON THIS PHOTO ALONE. {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 FEW KNOWN IMAG OF THE REAL KG XERX SHOW A MAN WH LTLE OR NO JEWELRY, A FULL HEAD OF HAIR AND A BEARD AND MTACHE TO MATCH KG LEONIDAS'. THIS XERX LOOKS QUE PABLE OF FENDG HIMSELF AND ISN'T THE LEAST B EFFEMATE. {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;}OF URSE, WHIFFS OF EFFEMACY VILLAS ARE NOTHG NEW HOLLYWOOD FILMS. THK OF THE PETER LORRE CHARACTER THE MALTE FALN , FOR EXAMPLE, OR THE VILLAS ROPE, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, IN COLD BLOOD AND THE PASSN OF THE CHRIST, TO NAME ONLY A FEW. XERX IS JT ANOTHER THAT SHAMEFUL LE OF EFFETE VILLAS. {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 SEND PROBLEMATIC ISSUE THE GRAPHIC NOVEL VERSN OF 300 OCCURS THE FIRST PART OF THE STORY. A PERSIAN ENVOY TO SPARTA TO TALK TO THE KG, TELLG HIM THAT A SIMPLE TOKEN OF SUBMISSN OM THE SPARTANS TO THE PERSIAN KG WOULD SOLVE THE MATTER. BUT LEONIDAS ANSWERS THAT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE ATHENIANS HAVE ALREADY REFED, AND HE N'T DO LS THAN "THOSE BOY-LOVERS." ACRDG TO A RECENT REVIEW VARIETY, THAT LE IS ALSO 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;}DURG THE ORIGAL MISERI, A REAR TOOK MILLER TO TASK FOR THAT REMARK, AND THE THOR GAVE A RATHER STRANGE ANSWER: "BEG A WARRR CLASS, THE SPARTANS ALMOST CERTALY DID PRACTICE HOMOSEXUALY. THERE'S ALSO EVINCE THEY TEND TO LIE ABOUT . IT'S NOT A BIG LEAP TO POSTULATE THAT THEY RIDICULED THEIR HEDONISTIC ATHENIAN RIVALS FOR SOMETHG THEY THEMSELV DID. 'HYPOCRISY' IS, AFTER ALL, A WORD WE GOT OM THE GREEK." {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;}MILLER IS RRECT THAT SPARTAN SOCIETY WAS A ARISTIC ONE. EVERY EE MALE CIZEN WAS NSIRED A SOLDIER FOR LIFE (THE EXCEPTN BEG THE OLR MEN WHO HAD BEEN ELECTED TO POLIL SEATS), WH PLOTS OF LAND GIVEN TO HIM TO BE CULTIVATED BY SERFS. IT IS WELL-KNOWN THAT THE SPARTANS PRACTICED HOMOSEXUALY (OR MORE PRECISELY, PERASTY) AS AN TNAL STUTN. INED, THE HN OF THE ARMY PEND ON THE BOND BETWEEN LOVERS. TH, LIKE THE ATHENIANS, SPARTANS N ALSO BE LLED "BOY-LOVERS." {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;}THAT BEG SAID, THE WORD "BOY" MT BE NSIRED A GENERIC TERM. ANCIENT TEXTS STATE THAT SPARTAN SOLDIERS/LOVERS WERE DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE BATTLEFIELD, AS OPPOSED TO SI-BY-SI THE WAY OF OTHER CI, SO THE "BOYS" ON THE BATTLEFIELD HAD TO BE OLD ENOUGH TO FIGHT AND FEND THEMSELV. THE RELATNSHIPS WERE THEREFORE BETWEEN TWO (YOUNG OR NOT SO YOUNG) MEN, WH SOME AGE GAP BETWEEN THE TWO. "YOUTH-LOVG" WOULD PROBABLY BE A MORE RRECT TERM, AS WELL AS A LS CHARGED ONE FOR MORN REARS. {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;}WHAT'S INCLUD AND WHAT ISN'T {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 ISSUE ISN'T REALLY THAT KG LEONIDAS "BOY-LOVG" AS AN SULT TOWARD THE GREEKS. THIS IS A WORK OF FICTN, AFTER ALL (ALTHOUGH MILLER CLAIMS IS HISTORIL FICTN). IT IS NOT EVEN THAT MILLER DIDN'T CLU ANY DITN OF SPARTAN SAME-SEX PRACTIC AMONGST THE SOLDIERS FIGHTG AT THERMOPYLAE. THIS IS AN ACTN-ADVENTURE IC AND MOVIE AIMED AT YOUNG STRAIGHT MEN, MEANT TO PILE UP BOOK SAL AND BOX-OFFICE SH BY PILG UP AD BODI AS GRAPHILLY AND ARTISTILLY AS POSSIBLE. THAT IS AN DIENCE NOT LIKELY SHELL OUT $9 TO SEE EVEN A MERE IMPLITN OF SAME-SEX LOVE. {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 REAL ISSUE IS THAT MILLER (AND APPARENTLY HOLLYWOOD, ADAPTG HIS WORK) DID CLU HOMOSEXUALY, BUT NEGATIVELY. IF NEHER THE EFFEMACY OF XERX NOR THE SULT WERE CLUD, OR IF BY SOME MIRACLE THEY WERE BALANCED OUT WH THE OTHER HALF OF THE HISTORIL EQUATN, GAY VIEWERS WOULD HAVE LS REASON TO FEEL SULTED BY YET AGA MORE HISTORIL ACCURACI. {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;}THERE IS ONE SMALL REASON TO HOPE FOR SOMETHG BETTER OM 300. DIRECTOR ZACK SNYR ADD A GAY CHARACTER TO HIS REMAKE OF DAWN OF THE DEAD, ALTHOUGH THAT CHARACTER'S MOST TERTG SCENE WOUND UP ON THE CUTTG ROOM FLOOR. PERHAPS SNYR WILL DO SOMETHG TO UNTERACT MILLER'S LS THAN GAY-IENDLY STORY LE. IF NOT, GAY VIEWERS N EXPECT YET ANOTHER HISTORIL EPIC THAT FLUNKS THE ACCURACY TT. {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;}JOE PALMER DISVERED SPANX ICS AND MYTHOLOGY (AT THE AGE OF 9) 1967. THIS DOUBLE FASCATN SPIRED HIM TO DRAW AND EVENTUALLY LED HIM TO CHIGO'S ART INSTUTE, WHERE HE GRADUATED WH A B.F.A. HIV-POSIVE SCE 1996, PALMER CURRENTLY DIVIS HIS TIME BETWEEN NNG , A WEBSE FOR LGBT IC FANS, ART, WRG, AND PROMOTG ART-MAKG OPPORTUNI FOR THE HIV-POSIVE MUNY. {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;}FRANçOIS PENED IS A TEACHER, ICS CRIC AND OCSNAL TRANSLATOR WHO LIV THE SOUTHWT OF FRANCE WH HIS PARTNER. HE NS THE SE, AND NEXT SPRG WILL SEE HIS FIRST PUBLISHED STORI THE BT DATE EVER ANTHOLOGY OM ALYSON AND A LLECTN OF THE TIM FISH-EDED YOUNG BOTTOMS LOVE WEBICS. {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;}WH THANKS TO MICHAEL JENSEN AND HIS UNNNY REWRG SIXTH SENSE. {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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FRANK MILLER AND "300"'S ASSLT ON THE GAY {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 SARAH WARNMARCH 5, 2007/12:00 AMBY SARAH WARNMARCH 5, 2007 / 12:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FRANK MILLER AND \"300\"'S ASSLT ON THE GAY PAST","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-03-05T05:00:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-03-05T05:00:00.000+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":"SARAH WARN","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;}NOTE: THIS ARTICLE WAS -WRTEN WH FRANçOIS {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;}WHAT SHOULD GAY FANS OF HISTORIL DRAMA EXPECT OM THE UPG ACTN-ADVENTURE EPIC 300 BASED ON FRANK MILLER'S GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME? THE FILM, WHICH OPENS ON MARCH 9, REUNTS THE 480 B.C. BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE, WHERE 300 GREEK WARRRS OM SPARTA MANAGED TO LAY THE 60,000-STRONG PERSIAN VADG ARMY. HISTORILLY, THE SPARTAN ARMY WAS MA UP PART BY SOLDIERS BOUND ROMANTILLY TO OTHER SOLDIERS FIGHTG ON THE SAME {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;}JUDGG OM CLIPS AND STILLS RELEASED OM 300, FILMGOERS N EXPECT AN EXTREMELY FAHFUL REWORKG OF MILLER'S NOVEL. UNFORTUNATELY, HOT, SHIRTLS, MCLE-BOUND ACTORS ASI, THAT ISN'T LIKELY TO BE A GOOD THG. AS MANY OTHER HISTORIC FILMS — PECIALLY THOSE ABOUT THE ANCIENT WORLD OR HEROIC WARRRS — GAY HISTORY HAS BEEN ERASED OM 300 AND REPLACED WH NEGATIVE STEREOTYP. FROM TROY TO SPARTAC TO BEN HUR, QUEER HISTORY IS UALLY DOWNPLAYED AND HAS OFTEN GONE MISSG {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;}ONE OF THE FEW NOTABLE EXCEPTNS IS OLIVER STONE'S ALEXANR, WHICH ACTUALLY DID REFLECT THE ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP BETWEEN ALEXANR (COL FARRELL) AND HEPHAISTN (JARED LETO). AT LEAST, REFLECTED ACCURATELY THE THEATRIL RELEASE. AFTER THE FILM BOMBED AT THE U.S. BOX OFFICE — A SUATN BLAMED PART ON THE FILM'S ANK PORTRAYAL OF ALEXANR'S BISEXUALY — STONE RELEASED A DIRECTOR'S CUT LETG SOME OF THE FILM'S HOMOSEXUALY. (STONE RELEASED YET A THIRD VERSN OF THE MOVIE RTORG MUCH OF THAT ON FEB. 27.){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;}OTHER HISTORIL EPICS HAVEN'T EVEN HAD THE CHANCE TO BACKTRACK ON HOMOSEXUALY. IN THE 2004 FILM TROY, STARRG BRAD PT, ACHILL (PT) AND PATROCL (GARRETT HEDLUND) WERE MOTED OM LOVERS TO MERE S. NO DOUBT WARRRS UALLY BEE MAD WH GRIEF EVERY TIME ONE OF THEIR S IS KILLED, AS ACHILL DID WHEN PATROCL WAS SLA BY THE TROJAN WARRR HECTOR (ERIC BANA).{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;}IT SEEMS THAT FOR HOLLYWOOD, BEG GAY AND BEG A WARRR ARE STILL ANTHETIL. CALL A "DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL, DON'T 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;}THE MAN BEHD 300 {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;}JT WHO IS FRANK MILLER? HE IS ONE OF THE BT-KNOWN THORS NTEMPORARY GRAPHIC NOVELS, AND RIGHTFULLY SO. REJUVENATG THE CHARACTER OF DAREVIL THE EARLY '80S FOR MARVEL, HE ALSO CREATED ELEKTRA — A FEMALE ASSASS WHO HAD A TUMULTUO LOVE AFFAIR WH THE BLD SUPERHERO — ICS THAT BORE MILLER'S STRONG SENSE OF {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 1986, MILLER CREATED BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, THE DYSTOPIAN TALE OF A BATMAN WHO, 20 YEARS THE FUTURE, BATTL A JOKER WHO LOOKS LIKE AN AGED QUEEN. BEHAVG LIKE ONE, HE LLS HIS OLD ADVERSARY "DARLG" AND QUIR WHETHER ROB HAS STARTED SHAVG YET. TH, MILLER WAS ALREADY PLAYG ON THE CLICHéD SEXUAL TERPRETATN OF BATMAN AS A PEDOPHILE, WHILE GIVG A NOT VERY SUBTLE EXPLANATN OF THE JOKER'S FASCATN WH THE MAN THE FLYG RONT {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 1990, MILLER WROTE THE MISERI GIVE ME LIBERTY FOR ARTIST DAVE GIBBONS. THE STORY IS SET A NEAR FUTURE WHERE THE UNED STAT HAS SPL ALONG POLIL L. THE MA CHARACTER, A YOUNG BLACK FEMALE SOLDIER, FIGHTS AGAST VAR MENAC, AMONG THEM GAY WHE SUPREMACISTS. NO OTHER GAY CHARACTER IS PRENT THE STORY. POLIL SATIRE AND OVER-THE-TOP IMAGERY ARE CERTALY GREDIENTS OF THIS SERI, BUT G GAY NAZIS IS NEHER CLEVER NOR {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 1991, THE FIRST S CY WAS PUBLISHED. THIS BLACK-AND-WHE, NOIR SERI BLEND VLENCE AND STRONG VISUALS SUCCSFULLY — AT LEAST FOR MILLER'S GOALS. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS S CY IS THE PRENCE OF YET MORE ADLY FEMAL, PREFERABLY LBIAN PROSTUT S/M GEAR — NOT EXACTLY A GAY-POSIVE {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;}MILLER DID E HIS TALENTS A MORE GAY-IENDLY WAY 1988. "ROBOHOMOPHOBE" IS MILLER'S NTRIBUTN TO A.A.R.G.H.! (ARTISTS AGAST RAMPANT GOVERNMENT HOMOPHOBIA), A MAGAZE ANTHOLOGY EDED BY ALAN MOORE DURG THE FIGHT AGAST THE BRISH ANTI-GAY CLSE 28. LARGELY UNKNOWN EVEN TO MILLER FANS, THE THREE-PAGE STRIP PORTRAYS A GAY-BASHER TRANSFORMED TO A QUADRIPLEGIC AFTER A R {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 TRMA TURNS THE HOMOPHOBE GAY, AND HE IS THEN TRANSFORMED TO A HOMOPHOBIC VERSN OF ROBOP WH A HEAD THAT LOOKS LIKE A GIANT PENIS. MILLER'S HEART IS THE RIGHT PLACE, BUT G SUCH BLUNRG HUMOR SIMPLY SEEMS {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;}"ROBOHOMOPHOBE" NOTWHSTANDG, MILLER'S MERCIAL WORK EHER LEAV OUT POSIVE REPRENTATNS OF GAY CHARACTERS OR CLUS NEGATIVE GAY CHARACTERS AND D REPRENTATNS OF HOMOSEXUALY — FOR EXAMPLE, PLENTY OF FEY CHARACTERISTICS — THAT MAKE VILLAS THAT MUCH MORE {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;}300 LOST OPPORTUNI TO DO SOMETHG DIFFERENT {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;}300 IS AN UNUAL IC BOOK MORE WAYS THAN ONE. IT IS TOLD ENTIRELY DOUBLE-PAGE SPREADS WH A LIMED BUT HIGHLY EFFECTIVE E OF PANELS. THE ART IS BOLD, EMPLOYG STRONG SILHOUETT AND PLEMENTARY RATIVE TAILS. LYNN VARLEY'S PATED LORS ARE BETIFUL, AS THEY PROVI PTH AND WEIGHT TO MILLER'S CEPTIVELY SIMPLE L. VISUALLY, 300 IS A PLETE SUCCS. PSYCHOLOGILLY AND HISTORILLY, THAT'S ANOTHER MATTER. {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;}SEVERAL THGS ARE E FOR NCERN THE GRAPHIC NOVEL AND, IF CLUD FAHFULLY, 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;}THE FIRST IS THE WAY THE PERSIAN KG XERX IS PORTRAYED THE GRAPHIC NOVEL. CONTUG A SHAMEFUL TRADN OF PERSIANS AS PERVERTS, MILLER GIV A KG WHO'S ALL PIERCGS AND ELS FASHN ACCSORI, HIS HEAD AND FACED SHAVED, BG TO CREATE AN AIR OF EFFEMACY. IN PARISON, LEONIDAS IS HYPERMASCULE AND APPEARS TO BE STEREOTYPILLY STRAIGHT, WH BROAD SHOULRS AND A FULL BEARD AND MTACHE. EXCEPT FOR A PREDATOR'S TOOTH STNG ON A LEATHER THONG AROUND HIS NECK, NO JEWELRY ADORNS HIS PHYSIQUE, ONLY WEAPONS AND A FEW PIEC OF ARMOR. {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;}AS SEEN THIS PHOTO TAKEN OM 300 PROMOTNAL MATERIALS, XERX (RODRIGO SANTORO) IS A JEWEL-CLAD EFFETE SPORTG WHAT APPEAR TO BE MANICURED NAILS AND PLUCKED EYEBROWS. HIS HANDS, ADORNED WH GOLD RGS ON EVERY FGER, LIE SUGGTIVELY ON THE SHOULRS OF KG LEONIDAS (GERARD BUTLER), A HIRSUTE, ROUGH-HEWN MAN WHO LOOKS EVERY B THE OPPOSE OF XERX. {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;}IT IS HARD TO ENVISN HOW XERX ULD EVEN FIGHT, BEG SO ENSED GOLD BRACELETS, GOLD CHAS AND GOLD LLARS. NO, THE REAL FIGHTG IS TO BE LEFT TO MEN LIKE KG LEONIDAS. WHOUT KNOWG THE FIRST THG ABOUT 300, WOULD BE EASY TO GUS WHO PLAYED THE HERO AND WHO PLAYED THE VILLA BASED ON THIS PHOTO ALONE. {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 FEW KNOWN IMAG OF THE REAL KG XERX SHOW A MAN WH LTLE OR NO JEWELRY, A FULL HEAD OF HAIR AND A BEARD AND MTACHE TO MATCH KG LEONIDAS'. THIS XERX LOOKS QUE PABLE OF FENDG HIMSELF AND ISN'T THE LEAST B EFFEMATE. {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;}OF URSE, WHIFFS OF EFFEMACY VILLAS ARE NOTHG NEW HOLLYWOOD FILMS. THK OF THE PETER LORRE CHARACTER THE MALTE FALN , FOR EXAMPLE, OR THE VILLAS ROPE, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, IN COLD BLOOD AND THE PASSN OF THE CHRIST, TO NAME ONLY A FEW. XERX IS JT ANOTHER THAT SHAMEFUL LE OF EFFETE VILLAS. {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 SEND PROBLEMATIC ISSUE THE GRAPHIC NOVEL VERSN OF 300 OCCURS THE FIRST PART OF THE STORY. A PERSIAN ENVOY TO SPARTA TO TALK TO THE KG, TELLG HIM THAT A SIMPLE TOKEN OF SUBMISSN OM THE SPARTANS TO THE PERSIAN KG WOULD SOLVE THE MATTER. BUT LEONIDAS ANSWERS THAT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE ATHENIANS HAVE ALREADY REFED, AND HE N'T DO LS THAN "THOSE BOY-LOVERS." ACRDG TO A RECENT REVIEW VARIETY, THAT LE IS ALSO 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;}DURG THE ORIGAL MISERI, A REAR TOOK MILLER TO TASK FOR THAT REMARK, AND THE THOR GAVE A RATHER STRANGE ANSWER: "BEG A WARRR CLASS, THE SPARTANS ALMOST CERTALY DID PRACTICE HOMOSEXUALY. THERE'S ALSO EVINCE THEY TEND TO LIE ABOUT . IT'S NOT A BIG LEAP TO POSTULATE THAT THEY RIDICULED THEIR HEDONISTIC ATHENIAN RIVALS FOR SOMETHG THEY THEMSELV DID. 'HYPOCRISY' IS, AFTER ALL, A WORD WE GOT OM THE GREEK." {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;}MILLER IS RRECT THAT SPARTAN SOCIETY WAS A ARISTIC ONE. EVERY EE MALE CIZEN WAS NSIRED A SOLDIER FOR LIFE (THE EXCEPTN BEG THE OLR MEN WHO HAD BEEN ELECTED TO POLIL SEATS), WH PLOTS OF LAND GIVEN TO HIM TO BE CULTIVATED BY SERFS. IT IS WELL-KNOWN THAT THE SPARTANS PRACTICED HOMOSEXUALY (OR MORE PRECISELY, PERASTY) AS AN TNAL STUTN. INED, THE HN OF THE ARMY PEND ON THE BOND BETWEEN LOVERS. TH, LIKE THE ATHENIANS, SPARTANS N ALSO BE LLED "BOY-LOVERS." {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;}THAT BEG SAID, THE WORD "BOY" MT BE NSIRED A GENERIC TERM. ANCIENT TEXTS STATE THAT SPARTAN SOLDIERS/LOVERS WERE DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE BATTLEFIELD, AS OPPOSED TO SI-BY-SI THE WAY OF OTHER CI, SO THE "BOYS" ON THE BATTLEFIELD HAD TO BE OLD ENOUGH TO FIGHT AND FEND THEMSELV. THE RELATNSHIPS WERE THEREFORE BETWEEN TWO (YOUNG OR NOT SO YOUNG) MEN, WH SOME AGE GAP BETWEEN THE TWO. "YOUTH-LOVG" WOULD PROBABLY BE A MORE RRECT TERM, AS WELL AS A LS CHARGED ONE FOR MORN REARS. {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;}WHAT'S INCLUD AND WHAT ISN'T {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 ISSUE ISN'T REALLY THAT KG LEONIDAS "BOY-LOVG" AS AN SULT TOWARD THE GREEKS. THIS IS A WORK OF FICTN, AFTER ALL (ALTHOUGH MILLER CLAIMS IS HISTORIL FICTN). IT IS NOT EVEN THAT MILLER DIDN'T CLU ANY DITN OF SPARTAN SAME-SEX PRACTIC AMONGST THE SOLDIERS FIGHTG AT THERMOPYLAE. THIS IS AN ACTN-ADVENTURE IC AND MOVIE AIMED AT YOUNG STRAIGHT MEN, MEANT TO PILE UP BOOK SAL AND BOX-OFFICE SH BY PILG UP AD BODI AS GRAPHILLY AND ARTISTILLY AS POSSIBLE. THAT IS AN DIENCE NOT LIKELY SHELL OUT $9 TO SEE EVEN A MERE IMPLITN OF SAME-SEX LOVE. {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 REAL ISSUE IS THAT MILLER (AND APPARENTLY HOLLYWOOD, ADAPTG HIS WORK) DID CLU HOMOSEXUALY, BUT NEGATIVELY. IF NEHER THE EFFEMACY OF XERX NOR THE SULT WERE CLUD, OR IF BY SOME MIRACLE THEY WERE BALANCED OUT WH THE OTHER HALF OF THE HISTORIL EQUATN, GAY VIEWERS WOULD HAVE LS REASON TO FEEL SULTED BY YET AGA MORE HISTORIL ACCURACI. {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;}THERE IS ONE SMALL REASON TO HOPE FOR SOMETHG BETTER OM 300. DIRECTOR ZACK SNYR ADD A GAY CHARACTER TO HIS REMAKE OF DAWN OF THE DEAD, ALTHOUGH THAT CHARACTER'S MOST TERTG SCENE WOUND UP ON THE CUTTG ROOM FLOOR. PERHAPS SNYR WILL DO SOMETHG TO UNTERACT MILLER'S LS THAN GAY-IENDLY STORY LE. IF NOT, GAY VIEWERS N EXPECT YET ANOTHER HISTORIL EPIC THAT FLUNKS THE ACCURACY TT. {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;}JOE PALMER DISVERED SPANX ICS AND MYTHOLOGY (AT THE AGE OF 9) 1967. THIS DOUBLE FASCATN SPIRED HIM TO DRAW AND EVENTUALLY LED HIM TO CHIGO'S ART INSTUTE, WHERE HE GRADUATED WH A B.F.A. HIV-POSIVE SCE 1996, PALMER CURRENTLY DIVIS HIS TIME BETWEEN NNG , A WEBSE FOR LGBT IC FANS, ART, WRG, AND PROMOTG ART-MAKG OPPORTUNI FOR THE HIV-POSIVE MUNY. {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;}FRANçOIS PENED IS A TEACHER, ICS CRIC AND OCSNAL TRANSLATOR WHO LIV THE SOUTHWT OF FRANCE WH HIS PARTNER. HE NS THE SE, AND NEXT SPRG WILL SEE HIS FIRST PUBLISHED STORI THE BT DATE EVER ANTHOLOGY OM ALYSON AND A LLECTN OF THE TIM FISH-EDED YOUNG BOTTOMS LOVE WEBICS. {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;}WH THANKS TO MICHAEL JENSEN AND HIS UNNNY REWRG SIXTH SENSE. {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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As many other historic films — pecially those about the ancient world or heroic warrrs — gay history has been erased om 300 and replaced wh negative stereotyp. Box office — a suatn blamed part on the film's ank portrayal of Alexanr's bisexualy — Stone released a director's cut letg some of the film's homosexualy.

)Other historil epics haven't even had the chance to backtrack on homosexualy.

No doubt warrrs ually bee mad wh grief every time one of their s is killed, as Achill did when Patrocl was sla by the Trojan warrr Hector (Eric Bana) seems that for Hollywood, beg gay and beg a warrr are still anthetil. The ma character, a young black female soldier, fights agast var menac, among them gay whe supremacists. No other gay character is prent the story.

Polil satire and over-the-top imagery are certaly gredients of this seri, but g gay Nazis is neher clever nor 1991, the first S Cy was published. One of the problems S Cy is the prence of yet more adly femal, preferably lbian prostut S/M gear — not exactly a gay-posive did e his talents a more gay-iendly way 1988. "RoboHomophobe" is Miller's ntributn to A.

(Artists Agast Rampant Government Homophobia), a magaze anthology eded by Alan Moore durg the fight agast the Brish anti-gay Clse 28. Largely unknown even to Miller fans, the three-page strip portrays a gay-basher transformed to a quadriplegic after a r trma turns the homophobe gay, and he is then transformed to a homophobic versn of Robop wh a head that looks like a giant penis. "RoboHomophobe" notwhstandg, Miller's mercial work eher leav out posive reprentatns of gay characters or clus negative gay characters and d reprentatns of homosexualy — for example, plenty of fey characteristics — that make villas that much more sister.

Durg the origal miseri, a rear took Miller to task for that remark, and the thor gave a rather strange answer: "Beg a warrr class, the Spartans almost certaly did practice homosexualy.

It is well-known that the Spartans practiced homosexualy (or more precisely, perasty) as an tnal stutn. The real issue is that Miller (and apparently Hollywood, adaptg his work) did clu homosexualy, but negatively. If neher the effemacy of Xerx nor the sult were clud, or if by some miracle they were balanced out wh the other half of the historil equatn, gay viewers would have ls reason to feel sulted by yet aga more historil accuraci.

Director Zack Snyr add a gay character to his remake of Dawn of the Dead, although that character's most tertg scene wound up on the cuttg room floor.

Perhaps Snyr will do somethg to unteract Miller's ls than gay-iendly story le. If not, gay viewers n expect yet another historil epic that flunks the accuracy tt.