He Jt Went Gay All of a Sudn: Cary Grant and the Screwball Comedy

Contents:

• WAS CARY GRANT THE FIRST ACTOR TO SAY "GAY" ONSCREEN?
• BRGG UP BABY AND INHERENT VICE: DID JOAQU PHOENIX GO ‘GAY ALL OF A SUDN’?
• BEE I JT WENT GAY ALL OF A SUDN CROSSWORD CLUE
• I JT WENT GAY ALL OF A SUDN!
• HE JT WENT GAY ALL OF A SUDN: CARY GRANT AND THE SCREWBALL COMEDY
• BRGG UP BABY – I JT WENT GAY ALL OF A SUDN
• SCIENTISTS MAY HAVE FALLY UNLOCKED PUZZLE OF WHY PEOPLE ARE GAY

WAS CARY GRANT THE FIRST ACTOR TO SAY "GAY" ONSCREEN?

The term Gay had fely bee a sexualized term by the 17th century to mean "unhibed by moral nstrats" and was then attached to homosexualy by the early 1900s. Grant's explanatn for wearg women's cloth the film, "I jt went gay all of a sudn, " was improvised on set, which may expla how slipped by the Productn Co Admistratn (PCA), Hollywood's self-censorship group. Between 1934, when the PCA began strict Co enforcement, and 1961, when the Co was amend, any mentn of homosexualy was strictly forbidn on screen.

This marks the only e of "gay" to mean "homosexual" a Hollywood film of that era. Some historians have suggted that 's the screen's first e of "gay" a sexual ntext. Sce this was a mastream movie at a time when the e of the word to mean homosexual would be unfaiar to most film-goers, the le uld also be terpreted to mean, “I jt cid to do somethg ivolo.

BRGG UP BABY AND INHERENT VICE: DID JOAQU PHOENIX GO ‘GAY ALL OF A SUDN’?

[As a pot of tert, a reliance on lgual obscury helped wrers slip another gay term past censors The Malte Faln 3 years later by scribg Wilmer, a character nsired by many to be gay, as a 'gunsel', a Yiddish word for a young homosexual pann:].

TIL Carry Grant's ad-libbed le “Bee I jt went GAY all of a sudn! ” the movie "Brgg Up Baby" is arguably first e of the word “gay” the homosexual ntext on film. While gay characters were equently ed for lghs or not explicly stated to be queer most early mastream Hollywood films, a brief relaxatn Germany's film productn the early 20th century allowed for LGBTQ+ classics like Anrs als die Anren and Mädchen Hollywood, the strict Hays Co forba explic pictns of homosexualy on film for three s, durg which there were a slew of queer-d villas.

Afterwards, gay characters appeared more, but often tragic stori like 1961's The Children's Hour. Later, the New Queer Cema the 1990s flourished, as many pennt filmmakers (many of whom were gay) told fluid, empathetic stori about queer dividuals.

BEE I JT WENT GAY ALL OF A SUDN CROSSWORD CLUE

The film, which featur an all-Black st, was one big step toward makg gay cema that isn't whewashed, featur a range of inti, and don't make s queer characters one-note or vehicl of sufferg.

The history starts 1894, wh the very first gay film, and ends 2021 wh a mastream children's movie featurg a ma character who is may also like: Bt Emmy-nomated shows of all time1894: 'The Dickson Experimental Sound Film' as first gay filmAlso known as "The Gay Brothers, " this short film showed two men dancg together. 1916: 'Behd the Curta' employs the first gay gagIn the Charlie Chapl edy, a stagehand mocks the actor's character for supposedly kissg another man. 1919: 'Anrs als die Anren' advot for LGBTQ acceptanceAnrs als die Anren (a German film whose tle translat to Different om the Others) is one of the olst survivg movi wh a gay protagonist and was ma durg a rare perd where German film censorship was relaxed after World War I.

It centers on a vlist who ms suici after gettg blackmailed for his sexualy and ends wh an appeal for gay tolerance by German gay rights activist Magn Hirschfeld.

I JT WENT GAY ALL OF A SUDN!

1922: 'Manslghter' clus film's first 'erotic' gay kissThe moment occurs durg an y scene the silent Cecil B. 1922: Gay llaboratn durg the filmg of 'Salome'Charl Bryant's adaptatn of gay wrer Osr Wil's play of the same name reportedly featured several queer llaborators—namely, bisexual lead actrs Alla Nazimova and set signer Natacha Rambova (her mored lover). The movie drew ntroversy om New York censors for suggtg that two of s male characters were gay.

One taboo was homosexualy, meang that any stanc of queerns on film had to be refully d.

"]1938: 'Brgg Up Baby' 'gay' a queer ntextIn one scene om the 1938 screwball edy Brgg Up Baby, the word "gay" was ed a queer ntext for likely the first time (possibly thanks to queer performers' e of "gay" as a slang term). When a woman asks reputedly bisexual actor Cary Grant's character why he's wearg a feathery bathrobe, he rponds, "Bee I jt went gay all of a sudn! "1941: A newly queer-d villa 'The Malte Faln'"For all s efforts, the Productn Co didn't erase homosexuals om the screen; jt ma them harr to fd, " The Celluloid Closet stat.

HE JT WENT GAY ALL OF A SUDN: CARY GRANT AND THE SCREWBALL COMEDY

1948: Gayns and murr lli Hchock's 'Rope'Loosely based on the Leopold and Loeb murr se, Aled Hchck's Rope tells the story of two heavily d gay men who murr one of their classmat for the sheer thrill of . 1955: 'Rebel Whout a Cse' featur the 'first onscreen gay teenager'The well-known drama clus clear, d gay subtext between troublemakg teen protagonist Jim Stark (supposedly queer actor Jam Dean) and his new classmate, Plato (Sal Meo). Meo was one of the first Hollywood actors to publicly e out as gay, and he later even referred to Plato as the first gay teenager on film.

1961: 'Victim' criciz Brish homophobiaVictim opens 1960s London, where a man's ath leads the film's gay ma character (played by proment actor Dirk Bogar) to disver a blackmail scheme agast several gay men. Homosexual relatns between nsentg adults were illegal England and Wal until 1967, makg the film a radil cry agast Brish homophobia. While The Children's Hour is notable for prentg a sympathetic queer ma character a time when that was rare, has also been cricized for rercg the "tragic gay endg" stereotype.

1967: 'Portra of Jason' explor '60s Black gay intyPortra of Jason was shot over 12 hours, as experimental filmmaker Shirley Clarke terviewed Jason Holliday—a Black gay sex worker and aspirg baret dancer.

BRGG UP BABY – I JT WENT GAY ALL OF A SUDN

Although one uld argue that such a gelg terview procs was exploative, Holliday's mgs about his life, dreams, and art the face of societal anti-Blackns and homophobia provi the kd of tersectnal look at LGBTQ+ inty that '60s media sorely may also like: 30 Stunng Photos From the Goln Age of Jazz1968: 'The Killg of Sister Gee'Produced durg the fal months of the Hays Co, Robert Aldrich's film about the breakdown of an agg lbian TV actrs clud a lbian sex scene that broke down a major taboo associated wh the Co's erasure of gay characters onscreen.

SCIENTISTS MAY HAVE FALLY UNLOCKED PUZZLE OF WHY PEOPLE ARE GAY

]1969: 'Funeral Para of Ros' explor Tokyo's gay sceneFuneral Para of Ros retells the "Oedip Rex" myth wh Tokyo's unrground gay scene of the 1960s, followg a young trans woman named Eddie.

1970: 'The Boys the Band' centers on a gay iend groupOrigally an Off-Broadway play by Mart Crowley, the film explor the unrlyg tensns that surface when a iend group of gay New Yorkers gather for a birthday party. The film's timate foc on the relatnships between multiple gay characters was unprecented at the time. "1975: 'Dog Day Afternoon' brgs a real-life gay crime to the OsrsSidney Lumet's award-wng crime drama Dog Day Afternoon is based on a real bank robbery by a man attemptg to pay for his partner's genr affirmatn surgery.