Enola Gay, the B-29 heavy bomber that was ed by the Uned Stat on Augt 6, 1945, to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first time the explosive vice had been ed on an enemy target, and stroyed most of the cy. The aircraft was named after the mother of pilot Pl Warfield Tibbets, Jr.
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ENOLA GAY
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Ambiguoly Bi: Bno, who clearly nsirs himself to be straight and only pretendg to be terted Pablo to get back together wh Lra but begs gettg a ltle too to his Gay Bravado wh Pablo.
Sce this is jt them engagg Gay Bravado, we don't learn if 's actually te. He am as Bno beg like a 12-year-old iend that he wants to keep to himself, but the parallels between and a closeted man havg a secret gay affair are unmistakable. Female Gaze: Or Queer Male Gaze, nsirg that the director is a gay man.
Gay Bravado: Bno and Pablo's flirtatns wh each other are ially done a jokey, "hey let's show how macho we are by not eakg out about this kd of stuff" manner wh them claimg to be boyiends and kissg each other ont of their iends.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER IT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB
After the Enola Gay beme the first plane to drop an atomic bomb — on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945 — the B-29 bomber stayed airborne. * plan b gay *
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IS PLAN B GAY
The director said an terview that this was a reflectn of how Argentean culture views two guys sleepg next to each other their unrwear as a perfectly normal act of two guys secure their heterosexualy but has yet to fully accept actual homosexualy.
Gayngst: It's subtler than many other queer films due to the film focg more on the general (b)romance than a Comg-Out Story, but fely there. : Pablo ially plays along wh Bno's Gay Bravado antics ont of their iends, but as he gets creasgly nfed about his feelgs for Bno, he starts actg like this rponse to Bno's ntued overtur, sistg that he's never thought of makg out wh another guy even after agreeg to kiss Bno unr credibly flimsy pretens.
Homosocial Heterosexualy: Even though the ultimate goal of Bno's plan is to get back together wh Lra, the entire film is really about his velopg relatnship wh Pablo.