The dtry has no problem makg a genre out of gay romanc, and yet you never hear the term "heterosexual romance."
Contents:
- XAVIER DOLAN ON FILM’S GAY DOUBLE STANDARD: ‘WE NEVER TALK ABOUT HETEROSEXUAL FILMS’
- XAVIER DOLAN ON SEX, GAY IENDSHIP AND PARIS HILTON
- IS GAY DIRECTOR XAVIER DOLAN HIDG HIS BOYIEND? HAD A COUPLE-LIKE RELATNSHIP WH ANYONE?
XAVIER DOLAN ON FILM’S GAY DOUBLE STANDARD: ‘WE NEVER TALK ABOUT HETEROSEXUAL FILMS’
* is xavier dolan gay *
Speakg at the “Matthias & Maxime” prs nference, Dolan lled out an dtry double standard which films centered around queer characters are almost always labeled “gay films” or “queer films” while movi about relatnships between men and women are never fed by their sexualy. While “Matthias & Maxime” als wh a gay storyle, Dolan’s ey ’s as much a film and love story as one wh heterosexual characters. “This film is not gay, It’s life, ” Dolan told prs.
XAVIER DOLAN ON SEX, GAY IENDSHIP AND PARIS HILTON
’ For me, ’s not a story of homosexualy or gay love. Ultimately, I don’t thk that the two protagonists are aware that is gay love.
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IS GAY DIRECTOR XAVIER DOLAN HIDG HIS BOYIEND? HAD A COUPLE-LIKE RELATNSHIP WH ANYONE?
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