Gay romance "Your Name Engraved Here" is a symbol of Taiwan's wing horizons and growg filmmakg creativy.
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- TAIWAN’S GAY ROMANCE ‘YOUR NAME ENGRAVED HERE’ REFLECTS CHANGG TIM
- 'YOUR NAME ENGRAVED HERE' - TAIWAN GAY FILM'S HS AND MISS
TAIWAN’S GAY ROMANCE ‘YOUR NAME ENGRAVED HERE’ REFLECTS CHANGG TIM
Its sensual filmmakg is on par wh recent, acclaimed queer movi om the Wt, but is bogged down by remrs of homophobia Sensualy.
'YOUR NAME ENGRAVED HERE' - TAIWAN GAY FILM'S HS AND MISS
A-Han’s perceptn of the world is important, not jt bee he’s gay, but also bee he’s 1980s Taiwan. Homophobia Remas. Durg the ssn, Father Oliver expectedly reb A-Han’s feelgs for Birdy wh homophobic soundb, while A-Han screams back anguished, self-pretg cri.
While die Wtern cema has largely moved to the post-gay era—gayns fed by a shg of the shoulr, not stggle and ancy—Your Name Engraved Here still has to proclaim loud jtifitns of gayns, still feels the need to argue for the righteons of gay love. While Taiwan pris self on beg the first untry Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, Liu’s urge to fend gayns shows there is still a populace to be the nservative-md are unlikely to tune to an explicly gay romance.