Is Dan Futterman Gay? Come and disver what has been stated lately about this and what is Dan Futterman sayg about this.
Contents:
- 25 YEARS AGO, GAY FAI JT WEREN'T TALKED ABOUT. THEN 'THE BIRDGE' H THE SCREEN
- 5 STRAIGHT ACTORS WHOSE CAREERS FLOPPED AFTER PLAYG GAY
- IS DAN FUTTERMAN GAY?
25 YEARS AGO, GAY FAI JT WEREN'T TALKED ABOUT. THEN 'THE BIRDGE' H THE SCREEN
This week marks the 25th anniversary of "The Birdge, " the smash h directed by Mike Nichols wh a screenplay by Elae May, starrg Rob Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wit, Hank Azaria, Dan Futterman and Calista years ago, gay marriage was not only illegal, was banned most stat. But on March 8, 1996, dienc flocked to see somethg unual movie theaters: a lighthearted movie where openly gay men were the hero and a fay wh gay parents was lovg, happy and film not only gave Lane, Flockhart and Azaria their first big Hollywood breaks, may have helped make mastream the ia of a non-heterosexual plot of "The Birdge" is simple.
But wh a few years after "The Birdge" there was "In & Out, " "Will & Grace, " "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, " "The L Word, " "Queer as Folk, " "Brokeback Mounta, " "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and more, all brgg more gay people to mastream entertament. "When me out, the gay prs was very hard on , " said Lane, who had e out to iends and fay as gay his 20s but had not ma public at the time of the movie, even duckg Oprah's qutns about durg an for the most part "The Birdge" was well-received for s portrayals for a lovg gay fay. The Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) said, "We have seen so many films wh very one-dimensnal stereotypil characters.
Hank Azaria worried about his portrayal of Agador"I thk whenever you have straight or gay actors portrayg gays a humoro way, you are makg fun of what you also are treatg lovgly at the same time, " Azaria said an terview wh The Daily News. I certaly n unrstand gay or Lat people havg a problem wh what I did… but I felt was thentic s own way. 3 ln on s openg weekend, the hight-grossg openg of a movie wh openly gay lead characters until Sascha Baron Cohen's "Bno" 2009, and stayed at #1 for four total box office for "The Birdge" was over $185 ln worldwi, makg Mike Nichols' most fancially succsful movie.
5 STRAIGHT ACTORS WHOSE CAREERS FLOPPED AFTER PLAYG GAY
But wasn’t long ago that playg gay was a ath sentence for a leadg man. Even for straight actors, a gay role uld fe their reer the worst way. Granted Hollywood still isn’t que the diverse taptry we serve, was once even more fe and limg for gay men and the straight men who portrayed them.
The straight actors once starred some of our favore gay tl, and their reers suffered.
IS DAN FUTTERMAN GAY?
One of our earlit memori of Futterman was as Rob Williams’ son om a prev hetero relatnship the gay classic, The Birdge. After that, he starred the timate drama, Urbania, about a gay man seekg revenge after his partner was killed a hate crime. But he might be more known for his lighthearted role Will & Grace as Barry, the newly out gay that Will and Jack took unr their wgs to transform him to a f and fab cliché.
A classic for any gay kid or theater nerd (or both), he played the only straight kid at a performg arts mp who was qutng his sexualy as he rried on a flirtatn wh another mper (Rob J). Although he seemed to be the next big thg for gay di, he hasn’t done a film sce. He gave TV’s first gay male kiss, and dog so, gave gay kids certa feelgs.
Likely most known for his groundbreakg gay role on the Creek, he’s never progrsed to leadg man material. Another inic name gay televisn, Gale Harold sparked our sexual awakengs as the btally sexy Brian Kney the Amerin versn of Queer as Folk.