Token Gay of the Day: Tony om "Bend Like Beckham"
Contents:
- 'BEND LIKE BECKHAM' IS THE GAYT LOVE STORY NEVER TOLD
- TOKEN GAY OF THE DAY: TONY OM “BEND LIKE BECKHAM”
'BEND LIKE BECKHAM' IS THE GAYT LOVE STORY NEVER TOLD
This queer dg is magnified by their fai’ fears of them never settlg down wh a man, and even outright fears of their child beg gay. The fear that Js’s fay has about her possible homosexualy is more unrstated than that of Jul’ fay, and foc more on the fact that she won’t end up wh a hband rather than the fact that she may end up wh a girl.
Her fay is steeped tradnal Indian culture, and one scene particular highlights the stggl of beg queer an Indian fay, when Tony out as gay to Js. The exchange reveals that to be gay would be unacceptable their fai, and that Js is all too aware of this fact. But both Js and Tony know there is an expectatn that they marry an Indian person of the oppose genr, and that to e out as gay would e more ser nsequenc even than Js’s fay disverg that she’s datg a whe man.
TOKEN GAY OF THE DAY: TONY OM “BEND LIKE BECKHAM”
Pla’s fears regardg her dghter are culmatg this moment, when she believ her dghter is gay. Clearly, spe earlier claims, Pla is not okay wh her dghter beg gay.