Zac Eon has been addrsg gay mors wh class and style for years, so why has taken him so long to get around to talkg to The Advote? Fally, the actor has a chance to lay all out and give thanks.
Contents:
- HOW THE GAY TWIST NEIGHBORS 2 TURNS THE “BROMANCE” ON ITS HEAD
- ZAC EON GAY? FALLY, HE TELLS ALL TO THE ADVOTE
HOW THE GAY TWIST NEIGHBORS 2 TURNS THE “BROMANCE” ON ITS HEAD
“I n’t thk of a movie that has more male nudy asi om gay porn. Comedy about male iendship wasn’t new, but the movi and their mutually adorg hero felt like a shift after a of vilently homophobic at-pack flicks—Weddg Crashers, Dodgeball, etc. Before long, they beme a b of an assembly le themselv, and they brought their own problems, but they seemed at least to reject many of Amerin edy’s most toxic gay-panic stcts favor of newly trospective male relatnships.
There are probably some jok Superbad that are borrg on blatantly homophobic at tim. Or The Interview, wh s tly idtic scen where Emem out as gay and Jam Fran kiss Kim Jong-un. Neighbors self toggl between gay bag and gay panic, as when two at bros grasp each other’s balls durg a fight but then have a near breakdown when one of them gets an erectn.
But even as they relied on the sometim-homophobic ctch, the movi really were gettg at somethg new.
ZAC EON GAY? FALLY, HE TELLS ALL TO THE ADVOTE
It uldn’t be a cince that the bromance h a zegeisy high at the same time Amerin pop culture began to qutn s ias about male closens and kneejerk ridiculg of gayns.
Gay panic didn’t disappear om Hollywood edi, but this gentle progrs certaly ma a difference. Goldberg was apparently the one who suggted that Pete “should jt be gay, ” sce he basilly was already.
But the moment is still worth celebratg, bee shows how the movie’s homosocial progenors really did open up new possibili.