Interviews around the untry show that gay men have been flockg to “Magic Mike” numbers not seen sce “Brokeback Mounta” 2005.
Contents:
- ‘MAGIC MIKE’ IS BIG DRAW FOR GAY MEN
- MAGIC MIKE'S MATT BOMER TALKS ABOUT BEG OUT AS GAY: WHAT BROUGHT HIM TO TEARS?
- MAGIC MIKE XXL’S PERFECTLY SCULPTED GAY PANRG
‘MAGIC MIKE’ IS BIG DRAW FOR GAY MEN
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Clearview Chelsea Cemas, a ceplex Manhattan, had bee a makhift gay bar. “It’s a fun night out wh a bunch of gay iends to go see a movie about hot boys, ” said Aaron Rhyne, 32, a theatril projectn signer who saw the film wh about 10 iends. While the scene at Chelsea Cemas may have been more r than most, terviews around the untry dited that gay men have been flockg to “Magic Mike” numbers not seen sce the release of “Brokeback Mounta” 2005.
MAGIC MIKE'S MATT BOMER TALKS ABOUT BEG OUT AS GAY: WHAT BROUGHT HIM TO TEARS?
But unlike that film, about two wboys love, there’s nothg explicly gay about “Magic Mike. Venne, 49, who liv Mneapolis and saw “Magic Mike” on Sunday wh 16 gay men and one straight woman. A middle-aged gay guy the dience might as well be wearg a trench at.
” The movie has been on the gay radar sce the productn was announced this year.
Tatum, one of s producers, appeared on the ver of the gay magaze Out, and the trailer has been posted on gay blogs.
MAGIC MIKE XXL’S PERFECTLY SCULPTED GAY PANRG
The film was also promoted at gay pri events across the untry last month, like the Wt Hollywood, Calif., para that featured a “Magic Mike” float. At the Chelsea Clearview over the weekend, where a stripper-theme photo exhibn was on display, giveaways clud “Magic Mike” clothg, posters and dog Kroll, print for worldwi marketg for Warner Brothers Pictur, said the stud ordated a “well-ncentrated and tailored” mpaign tend to pture gay moviegoers’ attentn. Kroll said, once beme clear there was tert among gay men.
“Every sgle one of my gay iends was talkg about how they uldn’t wa to see and how geo Matt Bomer is, ” she said, referrg to the gay actor who plays a stripper the film. Cltte Bari/Warner Brothers PicturWarner Brothers hired the Karpel Group, a New York entertament marketg agency, to generate buzz onle and at gay bars and clubs.
“It’s somethg that ptur gay men’s attentn and imagatns.