Kev Smh apologiz for tellg Ben Affleck story about gay kiss 'Chasg Amy'

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• BEN AFFLECK SAID GAY KISS ‘CHASG AMY’ MA HIM A ‘SER ACTOR,’ ACRDG TO KEV SMH
• KEV SMH APOLOGIZ FOR TELLG BEN AFFLECK STORY ABOUT GAY KISS 'CHASG AMY'
• BEN AFFLECK NSIRED HIMSELF A 'SER ACTOR' AFTER GAY KISS, ACRDG TO KEV SMH

BEN AFFLECK SAID GAY KISS ‘CHASG AMY’ MA HIM A ‘SER ACTOR,’ ACRDG TO KEV SMH

“I am fuckg gay! Twenty years after s release, Chasg Amy is “certaly not an important film for the gay muny, ” Smh told me, reflectg on s legacy. " Smh has said over the years that Chasg Amy was spired by his producg partner's csh on lbian filmmaker Guevere Turner, his brother beg gay, and his relatnship wh the film’s star — var personal experienc thrown to a fictnal blenr.

DeGener and others have sce helped to normalize a certa brand of most, whe, domtited homosexualy, while everythg om fan-favore queer web seri like Ltle Horribl to crilly acclaimed romantic dramas like Todd Hayn’ Carol have troduced morn dienc to dozens of different lbian characters (some of whom even manage not to get killed off the end) yet the full breadth of lbianism isn’t that much ls of a cultural mystery — nor is much ls rid and disbelieved — than was 1997, when Kev Smh’s cult classic awkwardly attempted to pict a subculture that few people outsi of re to unrstand.

KEV SMH APOLOGIZ FOR TELLG BEN AFFLECK STORY ABOUT GAY KISS 'CHASG AMY'

But Mosier didn’t thk there was enough there, so Smh cid to take on the storyle himself, even though he “didn’t really know that much about gay culture, and specifilly lbian culture, ” he says “Glazg Amy.

” She noted the unrcurrent of “weird homo stuff” chargg Holn’s relatnship wh his reprsed, bigoted, and seemgly closeted bt iend, Jason Lee’s Banky. ” Queer women, of urse, are not a monolh, jt like any other group; there’s no grand gay nsens on Chasg Amy — or any other film, for that “Glazg Amy, ” Smh poted out the var scen that had some angry lbian viewers “up my ass about this movie. It still looks like obvly someone who’s not a lbian ma this movie, but … My argument would be like, ‘Hey, I’m as gay as you!

I’m as gay as you for women. At the time he ma Chasg Amy, “a lot of dus were very much like, ‘Ew, gay dus! Smh says that addn to basg the script on Mosier’s unrequed csh, he ma Chasg Amy for his olr brother, who is gay and whom he nsirs a personal hero.

BEN AFFLECK NSIRED HIMSELF A 'SER ACTOR' AFTER GAY KISS, ACRDG TO KEV SMH

Smh “hated thkg about my poor brother” gog to see movi that didn’t speak to his personal experience, so now, his films, “I’m always gonna whip a ltle gay ntent there for my brother. ” He mentned the homoeroti that ns through his other films, like Clerks, which is about “dus who love each other and jt don’t fuck. It’s almost gay cema, as far as I’m ncerned.