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Contents:

• ARE BLACK MASK AND MISTER ZSASZ GAY?
• EWAN MCGREGOR AND CHRIS MSA SAY THEIR ‘BIRDS OF PREY’ VILLAS ARE PROBABLY GAY
• DC'S BIRDS OF PREY MOVIE WH MARGOT ROBBIE'S HARLEY QUN STS GAY SUPERHERO TECTIVE THE QUTN
• DC ICS “BIRDS OF PREY” MOVIE WILL HAVE GAY AND LBIAN CHARACTERS

ARE BLACK MASK AND MISTER ZSASZ GAY?

Not only is one of DC's most joyfully r films to date but, by the tips of Schumacher's nippled Batsu, 's DC's gayt film to date.

What we have is the broast range of tersectnal LGBTQ reprentatn ever seen a superhero film, wh not only gay, bisexual and queer men and women, but LGBTQ men and women of lor, too. Like post-racial narrativ, fictnal worlds that are parallel to our own, and ee om homophobia, n the risk of playg to the false ia that this kd of hate no longer exists realy, which uld enurage apathy where there should be activism. On the red rpet of one premiere event, a Variety reporter asked McGregor and Msa outright: Are the two villas gay?

Rosie Perez isn’t the only actor playg a gay character “Birds of Prey.

EWAN MCGREGOR AND CHRIS MSA SAY THEIR ‘BIRDS OF PREY’ VILLAS ARE PROBABLY GAY

Are they gay? While Snis and Zsasz’s relatnship remas somewhat ambiguo, Perez’s character, police officer Renee Montoya, is fely gay “Birds of Prey.

In his apartment, he has a statue of himself and unrgo several (rather accurate) jectns of Botox, all playg to the stereotyp of gay men as va, wealthy, and overly-foced on their appearance. As a rult, many villas have been gay favor, and many queer-d femme characters have siarly been more femist as they break wh genr rol other ways.

DC'S BIRDS OF PREY MOVIE WH MARGOT ROBBIE'S HARLEY QUN STS GAY SUPERHERO TECTIVE THE QUTN

After, however, filmmakers were forced to signal that characters were queer through visual cu and stereotyp, leang to “the sissy, ” g an effemate voice and mannerisms for gay men. The tenncy to show queer characters as morally rpt and then kill them off is the genis of both Queer Cod Villas and the Bury Your Gays trop.

DC ICS “BIRDS OF PREY” MOVIE WILL HAVE GAY AND LBIAN CHARACTERS

In advance of the film’s release, Ewan MacGregor and Chris Msa were asked if their characters the movie are gay, given some ter chatter to that effect, which was self fueled by the movie’s own marketg. For some, set off an excg prospect of more reprentatn and, ankly, two licly weird gay villas. It’s yet another way to toy wh queer dienc, and when lookg onle for discsn of whether Black Mask is gay, there are jt as many fans showg tratn that they were misled by the marketg and this terview as there are those pickg up on the cu McGregor’s performance.

While might seem like keepg Zsasz and Snis’s sexualy unspoken is more polilly rrect, sce would be better than havg a pair of gay villas, the realy is more plex. He’s already a “charismatic fancy daddy of a villa” – jt own already and let him be gay for real! For a film wh so much fun gay energy, feels surprisgly out of step to engage an outdated, flailg nod toward queer reprentatn.