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.
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ENOLA GAY
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. * plan b gay *
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.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER IT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB
* plan b gay *
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. This attu then be nstcted wh them beg shown to feel far ls fortable about the ia of actually beg gay or bi for each other, pecially when they don't have a ready exce of beg dnk or jt humorg iends. 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.
IS PLAN B GAY
It Don't Mean Anythg: Bno and Pablo play off their first two kiss as jt Gay Bravado done to ame their iend Ana and their third kiss as jt practice to help Bno for an actg role that will not affect their iendship any way.
There's also the larger example of Bno jtifyg his creasgly homoerotic teractns wh Pablo as all jt part of his Plan B; he's gog to all this effort to kiss and sce him not bee he's actually attracted to him but bee he jt wants to get his girliend back... Kissg Unr the Influence: Bno and Pablo's first few kiss occur when they're dnk and beg egged on by their female iend to keep up their Gay Bravado. Bno refers to him as "betiful" durg his Gay Bravado scen wh him and half-jokgly asks Lra if she thks Pablo is prettier than him.