Straight For Pay: Ten Gay Actors Who Played It Straight | Decir

Contents:

• THE 25 HOLLYWOOD STARS WHO WENT GAY FOR PAY
• THE STARS WHO WENT GAY FOR PAY
• RYAN MURPHY’S GAY-FOR-PAY ACTORS, RANKED
• TWELVE STRAIGHT ACTORS WHO WENT GAY-FOR-PAY ... AND HAD US DEMANDG {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY SNICKSMAY 16, 2011/4:54 PMBY SNICKSMAY 16, 2011 / 4:54 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TWELVE STRAIGHT ACTORS WHO WENT GAY-FOR-PAY ... AND HAD US DEMANDG REFUNDS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-05-16T20:54:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-05-16T20:54:35.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SNICKS","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OUR POST ABOUT GAY ACTORS PLAYG STRAIGHT CHARACTERS GOT THKG ABOUT THE FLIPSI, STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT A LIST OF STRAIGHT ACTORS SUCCSFULLY PLAYG GAY WOULD BE OBV (TOM HANKS, HEATH LEDGER, PHILLIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN) AND ANKLY DULL. SO WE CID STEAD TO SHARPEN OUR KNIV AND MAKE A LIST THAT'S A HELL OF A LOT MORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STRAIGHT ACTORS WHO CRASHED AND BURNED ATTEMPTG TO PLAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOST OF THE PERFORMANC RELY ON CLICHE AND STEREOTYPE, AND TO BE FAIR, A LOT OF OUR FAVORE GAY PERFORMANC OM STRAIGHT ACTORS DO LEAN HEAVILY ON THE FLAMBOYANT. BUT ACTORS SUCH AS ERIC STONTREET (MORN FAY) MANAGE TO JECT WARMTH, HEART, AND SCERY TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ACTORS, ON THE OTHER HAND, EHER TRY WAY TOO HARD, OR NOT HARD ENOUGH, AND EMBARRASS THEMSELV ... AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARK ADAIR-RS AND PETER OLDRG, LOVE THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN TV-ONE'S BUT S LOVE THAT GIRL, YOU SHOULD FELY CHECK OUT, IF ONLY SO YOU N SAY YOU WERE WNS TO ONE ONE OF THE WORST SHOWS THE HISTORY OF TV (AND G OM SOMEONE WHO MANAGED TO SEE THE GOOD SMALL WONR, SHE'S THE SHERIFF, AND WOOPS!, THAT'S SAYG SOMETHG).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}APPALLG EVERY REGARD (THIS SHOW IS SO LAZY THAT THE SAME LGHTRACK IS APPLIED TO EVERY SGLE JOKE), LOVE THAT GIRL MANAG TO UP THE ANTE BY FEATURG A PAIR OF NOSY GAY NEIGHBORS NAMED ADONIS (MARK ADAIR-RS) AND FABIAN (PETER OLDRG), WHO ARE LENNY & SQUIGGY CIR IN LIVG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEERG AND LEWD , THEY WOULD NEED TO TONE DOWN JT TO GET TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}// {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VAR SO = NEW SWFOBJECT('','MPL','480','360','9');SO.ADDPARAM('ALLOWFULLSCREEN','TE');SO.ADDPARAM('ALLOWSCRIPTACCS','ALWAYS');SO.ADDPARAM('WMO','OPAQUE');SO.ADDVARIABLE('ONTLOR','FFFFFF');SO.ADDVARIABLE('IMAGE','');SO.ADDVARIABLE('FILE',"");SO.ADDVARIABLE('SK','');SO.ADDVARIABLE('STREAMER','RTMP://');('LOVETHATGIRL_EP208_1');{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}// ]]>{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOHN C. MCGLEY WAGONS EAST AND WILD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S NOT OFTEN AN ACTOR N LAY CLAIM TO PLAYG BOTH ENDS OF THE GAY CLICHE SPECTM, BUT SCBS STAR JOHN C. MCGLEY MANAGED THAT ... {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE ABYSMAL 1994 EDY WAGONS EAST (WHICH WAS SO BAD JOHN CANDY DIED DURG FILMG), HE PLAYED JULIAN, A BLATANT RITURE WHOSE CRGEWORTHS MAY HAVE STOOD OUT MORE S OFFENSIVENS IF THE MOVIE SELF WEREN'T SO OFFENSIVELY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN WORSE WAS HIS PERFORMANCE WILD HOGS, WHICH HE PLAYED THAT OTHER CHTNUT, THE PREDATORY GAY. EACH TIME HIS P CHARACTER MET UP WH THE LEAD FOURSOME (TIM ALLEN, MART LAWRENCE, JOHN TRAVOLTA, AND WILLIAM MACY), CREEPS ENSUED, THANKS TO HIS MERA MUGGG AND BIZARRE LE READGS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL HE WAS GOG FOR, BUT IF WAS "SK CRAWL EXPERT," HE SUCCEED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEV BISHOP FOOD OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEV BISHOP PLAYED PL THIS 2002 G-OF-AGE DRAMA, A TALENTED MIC STUNT WORKG AS THE PAGE TURNER FOR A NCERT PIANIST. HE AND THE PIANIST EMBARK ON A RELATNSHIP, WHICH LEADS TO PLITNS, OF URSE, PECIALLY WHEN PL'S NUTTY MOTHER (JULIET STEVENSON A ENTERTAGLY OVER-THE-TOP PERFORMANCE) FDS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNFORTUNATELY, KEV IS WOON AND BLAND, AND PLAYS THE GAY LOVE SCEN AS IF HE'S HOLDG HIS BREATH WAG FOR TO BE OVER. EVEN THE OCSNAL BUTT SHOTS LOSE THEIR TERT, AS WE'RE TOO BY LOOKG FOR THE STICK UP HIS ASS TO REALLY APPRECIATE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEIR O'DONNELL WEDDG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LOOK, ANOTHER PREDATORY GAY! BUT THE CHARACTER OF TODD THE EXPLIBLY POPULAR 2005 EDY WEDDG CRASHERS ALSO ADD MENTAL ILLNS TO THE MIX. IN ONE OF THE LOW POTS OF FILM EDY RECENT YEARS, HIS ATTEMPTED RAPE OF THE VCE VGHN CHARACTER WAS TREATED AS A IC SET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAKG MATTERS WORSE IS THE PERFORMANCE OM KEIR O'DONNELL, WHOSE MOTTO SEEMS TO BE, "WHEN DOUBT, TWCH." INED, HIS TICS AND TENSE MUGGG BRG ANOTHER DIMENSN OF CREEPY TO THE CHARACTER. HE MT HAVE MISSED THE LSON AT THE JIM CARREY SCHOOL FOR COMEDIC ACTG THAT VERED, "WHEN TO TURN DOWN A NOTCH."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REX HARRISON AND RICHARD BURTON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS 1969 MM CUR PIECE FEATUR TWO LEGENDARY ACTORS THOROUGHLY EMBARRASSG THEMSELV AS GAY HAIRDRSERS CHARLIE AND HARRY, A BICKERG BRISH UPLE WHO TRY TO OUT-SHRILL EACH OTHER. ESPECIALLY BAD IS BURTON, WHO WALKS AROUND WH HIS HEAD BANDAGED, LIKE A LOBOTOMIZED NORMA DMOND LOOKG FOR HER CLOSP. I THK ROGER EBERT SUMMED UP BT:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE'RE NOT ASKED TO WATCH A MOVIE ABOUT HOMOSEXUALS, BUT A MOVIE ABOUT HARRISON AND BURTON PLAYG HOMOSEXUALS. THEY PLAY THEM WH EMBARRASSG CLUMSS. I WONR IF THAT WAS LIBERATE. HARRISON MC ABOUT A PARODY OF HOMOSEXUAL MANNERISMS -- NOT THAT MANY (OR PERHAPS ANY) HOMOSEXUALS EVER ACTED AS HE PORTRAYS THEM. MAYBE HE'S TRYG TO TELL HE'S SO STRAIGHT HE N'T EVEN PLAY A HOMOSEXUAL. BUT HE DON'T EVEN PLAY A CHARACTER. NEHER HE NOR BURTON IS BELIEVABLE FOR MORE THAN SENDS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JASON ALEXANR LOVE, VALOUR, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS HEART WAS THE RIGHT PLACE, BUT JASON ALEXANR'S PERFORMANCE AS BUZZ WAS THE WEAKT LK 1997'S LOVE, VALOUR, COMPASSN. ALL SURFACE MANNERISMS, JASON WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF TRYG TO DIG A LTLE EPER STEAD OF TRYG TO APE NATHAN LANE (WHO ORIGATED THE ROLE ON STAGE).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TRACY MAN THE LONGT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WELL, DUH. WHEN YOU THK, "TRACY MAN AS A GAY PRISON MATE," THIS IS PROBABLY WHAT YOU PICTURE, AND HE CERTALY DIDN'T {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHG TO HIS MS. TUCKER THAT WAS ORIGAL, CREATIVE, OR AMG. THE SCRIPT HAD, "TRACY MAN AS A GAY PRISON MATE," AND THEY DIDN'T BOTHER WRG ANYTHG AFTER THAT BEE HEY, THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF HE HAD PUT A MUTE OF EFFORT TO THE PERFORMANCE, MAY HAVE RISEN TO OFFENSIVE, BUT HE ULDN'T EVEN MANAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GREG KNEAR AS GOOD AS IT GETS AND TOMMY LEE JON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND NOW WE E TO A TEGORY WE'RE LLG "UNSERVED OSR NOD." BOTH MICHAEL JENSEN AND BRENT HARTGER NOMATED GREG KNEAR FOR THIS HONOR, FOR HIS PERFORMANCE AS GAY ARTIST SIMON AS GOOD AS IT GETS. AS BRENT PUT , "HE GAVE A GREAT PERFORMANCE AS A STRAIGHT GUY ACTG LIKE A GAY GUY. IT WAS ALL SURFAC MANNERISMS, SHOWY AND OBV, AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHG REAL. AND I NFS REALLY CHAPS MY LIPS THAT HE WAS NOMATED FOR AN OSR THE SAME YEAR THAT RUPERT EVERETT, AN ACTUAL GAY MAN GIVG ONE OF THE BT, MOST MEMORABLE 'GAY' PERFORMANC THE HISTORY OF FILM, WAS NOT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO THAT PERFORMANCE I'LL ADD TOMMY LEE JON JFK. THE DUB HISTORY-TELLG OF OLIVER STONE ASI, JON' PERFORMANCE AS CLAY SHAW WAS GIMMICKY AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WHY DID THE TWO PERFORMANC GET OSR NODS? IN KNEAR'S SE, HE RO THE WAVE OF ACLAS THAT AS GOOD AS IT GETS RECEIVED THAT YEAR, AND AS FOR JON, HE WAS A MACHO LEADG MAN PLAYG GAY. THAT WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MICKEY ROURKE BALLS OF STEEL: THE GARETH THOMAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I KNOW I'M JUMPG THE GUN ... BUT TST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ARE ARE JT A UPLE OF EXAMPL OF CLUELSNS. I KNOW A LOT OF YOU WOULD PROBABLY NAME WILL SMH SIX DEGRE OF SEPARATN, BUT ASI OM THE WHOLE KISSG BACLE, I DIDN'T THK HIS ACTUAL PERFORMANCE WAS THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WHAT ARE YOUR LEAST FAVORE GAY-FOR-PAY PERFORMANC? THE AFOREMENTNED WILL SMH? AL PACO PERHAPS? WHO HAD YOU SAYG, "NICE TRY ... BUT NO SALE?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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THE 25 HOLLYWOOD STARS WHO WENT GAY FOR PAY

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In straight porn, the pay for men is notorly lower than the pay for women, so "gay porn [actors] general make a lot more than straight porn, " Damian McKnight, the CEO and producer of the succsful gay-for-pay se Broke Straight Boys, told the Daily Dot last year. "Bee of ternalized homophobia (which typilly looms large before and durg the early g-out procs), they're more often lookg for men who act mascule, " thor Joe Kort wrote 2013 for the Huffgton Post.

Max Greenfield — Ronnie Halston, Amerin Crime Story: The Assassatn of Gianni Versace / Gabriel?, Amerin Horror Story: Hotel I don’t know if he specifilly played gay wh the flashy hero-addict who gets drilled to ath and sown to a mattrs AHS: Hotel, but he fely gave a ltle b ACS: Versace. Fn Wtrock — Albert, The Normal Heart / Dandy Mott?, Amerin Horror Story / Tristan Duffy and Rodolfo Valento?, Amerin Horror Story, Hotel Fn Wtrock is part of Murphy’s five gay-for-pay try (Wtrock, Peters, and Darren Criss, specifilly), but he seems strongly dited to playg MLM that ually won’t adm to beg such.

THE STARS WHO WENT GAY FOR PAY

I don’t know if I pletely believe that, given some of his history sce the role (stg his Normal Heart -star Matt Bomer as a trans woman Anythg (2017) and fendg MCU -star Chris Pratt over his anti-gay church ti, specifilly). That said, the strength of his performance as Ned Weeks has rved out his place among gay-for-pay greats like Trevante Rhos, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Johnny Rapid, and earned him the top spot Ryan Murphy’s wretched roster. Thanks to the shownners drivg thentic stori, filmmakers buckg s-old heteronormative paradigms, actors embolned to live more hontly and platforms bankrollg so much of , beg gay, queer, transgenr or any other other has never been more wily embraced the entertament s gural Pri issue, The Hollywood Reporter homed on the talent and makers helpg boost visibily and creatg opportuni for members of the extend LGBTQ muny.

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RYAN MURPHY’S GAY-FOR-PAY ACTORS, RANKED

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TWELVE STRAIGHT ACTORS WHO WENT GAY-FOR-PAY ... AND HAD US DEMANDG {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY SNICKSMAY 16, 2011/4:54 PMBY SNICKSMAY 16, 2011 / 4:54 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TWELVE STRAIGHT ACTORS WHO WENT GAY-FOR-PAY ... 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SO WE CID STEAD TO SHARPEN OUR KNIV AND MAKE A LIST THAT'S A HELL OF A LOT MORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STRAIGHT ACTORS WHO CRASHED AND BURNED ATTEMPTG TO PLAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOST OF THE PERFORMANC RELY ON CLICHE AND STEREOTYPE, AND TO BE FAIR, A LOT OF OUR FAVORE GAY PERFORMANC OM STRAIGHT ACTORS DO LEAN HEAVILY ON THE FLAMBOYANT. BUT ACTORS SUCH AS ERIC STONTREET (MORN FAY) MANAGE TO JECT WARMTH, HEART, AND SCERY TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ACTORS, ON THE OTHER HAND, EHER TRY WAY TOO HARD, OR NOT HARD ENOUGH, AND EMBARRASS THEMSELV ... AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARK ADAIR-RS AND PETER OLDRG, LOVE THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN TV-ONE'S BUT S LOVE THAT GIRL, YOU SHOULD FELY CHECK OUT, IF ONLY SO YOU N SAY YOU WERE WNS TO ONE ONE OF THE WORST SHOWS THE HISTORY OF TV (AND G OM SOMEONE WHO MANAGED TO SEE THE GOOD SMALL WONR, SHE'S THE SHERIFF, AND WOOPS!, THAT'S SAYG SOMETHG).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}APPALLG EVERY REGARD (THIS SHOW IS SO LAZY THAT THE SAME LGHTRACK IS APPLIED TO EVERY SGLE JOKE), LOVE THAT GIRL MANAG TO UP THE ANTE BY FEATURG A PAIR OF NOSY GAY NEIGHBORS NAMED ADONIS (MARK ADAIR-RS) AND FABIAN (PETER OLDRG), WHO ARE LENNY & SQUIGGY CIR IN LIVG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEERG AND LEWD , THEY WOULD NEED TO TONE DOWN JT TO GET TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}// {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VAR SO = NEW SWFOBJECT('','MPL','480','360','9');SO.ADDPARAM('ALLOWFULLSCREEN','TE');SO.ADDPARAM('ALLOWSCRIPTACCS','ALWAYS');SO.ADDPARAM('WMO','OPAQUE');SO.ADDVARIABLE('ONTLOR','FFFFFF');SO.ADDVARIABLE('IMAGE','');SO.ADDVARIABLE('FILE',"");SO.ADDVARIABLE('SK','');SO.ADDVARIABLE('STREAMER','RTMP://');('LOVETHATGIRL_EP208_1');{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}// ]]>{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOHN C. MCGLEY WAGONS EAST AND WILD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S NOT OFTEN AN ACTOR N LAY CLAIM TO PLAYG BOTH ENDS OF THE GAY CLICHE SPECTM, BUT SCBS STAR JOHN C. MCGLEY MANAGED THAT ... {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE ABYSMAL 1994 EDY WAGONS EAST (WHICH WAS SO BAD JOHN CANDY DIED DURG FILMG), HE PLAYED JULIAN, A BLATANT RITURE WHOSE CRGEWORTHS MAY HAVE STOOD OUT MORE S OFFENSIVENS IF THE MOVIE SELF WEREN'T SO OFFENSIVELY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN WORSE WAS HIS PERFORMANCE WILD HOGS, WHICH HE PLAYED THAT OTHER CHTNUT, THE PREDATORY GAY. EACH TIME HIS P CHARACTER MET UP WH THE LEAD FOURSOME (TIM ALLEN, MART LAWRENCE, JOHN TRAVOLTA, AND WILLIAM MACY), CREEPS ENSUED, THANKS TO HIS MERA MUGGG AND BIZARRE LE READGS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL HE WAS GOG FOR, BUT IF WAS "SK CRAWL EXPERT," HE SUCCEED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEV BISHOP FOOD OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEV BISHOP PLAYED PL THIS 2002 G-OF-AGE DRAMA, A TALENTED MIC STUNT WORKG AS THE PAGE TURNER FOR A NCERT PIANIST. HE AND THE PIANIST EMBARK ON A RELATNSHIP, WHICH LEADS TO PLITNS, OF URSE, PECIALLY WHEN PL'S NUTTY MOTHER (JULIET STEVENSON A ENTERTAGLY OVER-THE-TOP PERFORMANCE) FDS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNFORTUNATELY, KEV IS WOON AND BLAND, AND PLAYS THE GAY LOVE SCEN AS IF HE'S HOLDG HIS BREATH WAG FOR TO BE OVER. EVEN THE OCSNAL BUTT SHOTS LOSE THEIR TERT, AS WE'RE TOO BY LOOKG FOR THE STICK UP HIS ASS TO REALLY APPRECIATE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEIR O'DONNELL WEDDG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LOOK, ANOTHER PREDATORY GAY! BUT THE CHARACTER OF TODD THE EXPLIBLY POPULAR 2005 EDY WEDDG CRASHERS ALSO ADD MENTAL ILLNS TO THE MIX. IN ONE OF THE LOW POTS OF FILM EDY RECENT YEARS, HIS ATTEMPTED RAPE OF THE VCE VGHN CHARACTER WAS TREATED AS A IC SET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAKG MATTERS WORSE IS THE PERFORMANCE OM KEIR O'DONNELL, WHOSE MOTTO SEEMS TO BE, "WHEN DOUBT, TWCH." INED, HIS TICS AND TENSE MUGGG BRG ANOTHER DIMENSN OF CREEPY TO THE CHARACTER. HE MT HAVE MISSED THE LSON AT THE JIM CARREY SCHOOL FOR COMEDIC ACTG THAT VERED, "WHEN TO TURN DOWN A NOTCH."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REX HARRISON AND RICHARD BURTON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS 1969 MM CUR PIECE FEATUR TWO LEGENDARY ACTORS THOROUGHLY EMBARRASSG THEMSELV AS GAY HAIRDRSERS CHARLIE AND HARRY, A BICKERG BRISH UPLE WHO TRY TO OUT-SHRILL EACH OTHER. ESPECIALLY BAD IS BURTON, WHO WALKS AROUND WH HIS HEAD BANDAGED, LIKE A LOBOTOMIZED NORMA DMOND LOOKG FOR HER CLOSP. I THK ROGER EBERT SUMMED UP BT:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE'RE NOT ASKED TO WATCH A MOVIE ABOUT HOMOSEXUALS, BUT A MOVIE ABOUT HARRISON AND BURTON PLAYG HOMOSEXUALS. THEY PLAY THEM WH EMBARRASSG CLUMSS. I WONR IF THAT WAS LIBERATE. HARRISON MC ABOUT A PARODY OF HOMOSEXUAL MANNERISMS -- NOT THAT MANY (OR PERHAPS ANY) HOMOSEXUALS EVER ACTED AS HE PORTRAYS THEM. MAYBE HE'S TRYG TO TELL HE'S SO STRAIGHT HE N'T EVEN PLAY A HOMOSEXUAL. BUT HE DON'T EVEN PLAY A CHARACTER. NEHER HE NOR BURTON IS BELIEVABLE FOR MORE THAN SENDS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JASON ALEXANR LOVE, VALOUR, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS HEART WAS THE RIGHT PLACE, BUT JASON ALEXANR'S PERFORMANCE AS BUZZ WAS THE WEAKT LK 1997'S LOVE, VALOUR, COMPASSN. ALL SURFACE MANNERISMS, JASON WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF TRYG TO DIG A LTLE EPER STEAD OF TRYG TO APE NATHAN LANE (WHO ORIGATED THE ROLE ON STAGE).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TRACY MAN THE LONGT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WELL, DUH. WHEN YOU THK, "TRACY MAN AS A GAY PRISON MATE," THIS IS PROBABLY WHAT YOU PICTURE, AND HE CERTALY DIDN'T {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHG TO HIS MS. TUCKER THAT WAS ORIGAL, CREATIVE, OR AMG. THE SCRIPT HAD, "TRACY MAN AS A GAY PRISON MATE," AND THEY DIDN'T BOTHER WRG ANYTHG AFTER THAT BEE HEY, THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF HE HAD PUT A MUTE OF EFFORT TO THE PERFORMANCE, MAY HAVE RISEN TO OFFENSIVE, BUT HE ULDN'T EVEN MANAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GREG KNEAR AS GOOD AS IT GETS AND TOMMY LEE JON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND NOW WE E TO A TEGORY WE'RE LLG "UNSERVED OSR NOD." BOTH MICHAEL JENSEN AND BRENT HARTGER NOMATED GREG KNEAR FOR THIS HONOR, FOR HIS PERFORMANCE AS GAY ARTIST SIMON AS GOOD AS IT GETS. AS BRENT PUT , "HE GAVE A GREAT PERFORMANCE AS A STRAIGHT GUY ACTG LIKE A GAY GUY. IT WAS ALL SURFAC MANNERISMS, SHOWY AND OBV, AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHG REAL. AND I NFS REALLY CHAPS MY LIPS THAT HE WAS NOMATED FOR AN OSR THE SAME YEAR THAT RUPERT EVERETT, AN ACTUAL GAY MAN GIVG ONE OF THE BT, MOST MEMORABLE 'GAY' PERFORMANC THE HISTORY OF FILM, WAS NOT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO THAT PERFORMANCE I'LL ADD TOMMY LEE JON JFK. THE DUB HISTORY-TELLG OF OLIVER STONE ASI, JON' PERFORMANCE AS CLAY SHAW WAS GIMMICKY AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WHY DID THE TWO PERFORMANC GET OSR NODS? IN KNEAR'S SE, HE RO THE WAVE OF ACLAS THAT AS GOOD AS IT GETS RECEIVED THAT YEAR, AND AS FOR JON, HE WAS A MACHO LEADG MAN PLAYG GAY. THAT WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MICKEY ROURKE BALLS OF STEEL: THE GARETH THOMAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I KNOW I'M JUMPG THE GUN ... BUT TST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ARE ARE JT A UPLE OF EXAMPL OF CLUELSNS. I KNOW A LOT OF YOU WOULD PROBABLY NAME WILL SMH SIX DEGRE OF SEPARATN, BUT ASI OM THE WHOLE KISSG BACLE, I DIDN'T THK HIS ACTUAL PERFORMANCE WAS THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WHAT ARE YOUR LEAST FAVORE GAY-FOR-PAY PERFORMANC? THE AFOREMENTNED WILL SMH? AL PACO PERHAPS? WHO HAD YOU SAYG, "NICE TRY ... BUT NO SALE?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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As an actor who has worked both gay and straight porn, Riout noted that, while his personal relatnships are straight, he prefers workg gay porn bee the directors and producers are more rpectful of the men. The ttimoni of the panelists certaly go a long way toward dispellg any notns that straight actors performg the gay porn bs are erced to dog so or else dog so miserably for the sake of the extra money.

Footnote 1 He was also named as the send most searched for gay porn star Pornhub’s 2017 “Year Review” annual analytics report (beaten to the top spot by relative new-er William Seed, also a Men exclive)Footnote 2 and was the 2017 recipient of Str8UpGayPorn’s Bt Gay-4-Pay Performer award. Through reflectn, I arrive at the ncln that the time was right for an agg twk performer to be hened-up by a transn to bareback; siar transns of which have bee wispread across the gay porn landspe the years that have ticked over sce the 2015 Johnny Rapid Go Bareback event and our prent day (see Brennan, 2020a)—due to the wispread mastreamg of bareback mercial gay porn, which has been buoyed no small part by advancements HIV preventn technologi.

Johnny Rapid’s bareback but served as the lnch event for Bromo; a se that shared a parent pany (MdGeek) wh Sean Cody and Men, the latter two s that 2018 held the distctn of beg the first and send most equented sourc of gay porn on the web, rpectively (Brennan, 2018).

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I observe that while Rapid’s first-time bareback performance is marketed as a up for viewers, the general nsens among Str8UpGayPorn’s rearship is more my readg of the disurse will show, the largt proportn of those mentg on the mpaign exprsed a cidly negative viewpot. Especially as this trend relat to the Johnny Rapid Go Bareback Barebackg CoupAnalysis of viewer receptivens to the Johnny Rapid Go Bareback mpaign offers particular sights to the functn of ‘bareback event marketg, ’ and wh the impact that the movement towards a “state of ndomlsns” (Brennan, 2020a, 131) gay porn has had on dience expectatns around what nstut a newsworthy performance—together wh dience views on the ethics of ndomls promotn self.

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Jt as the 2010s hered the equent prentatns of acts that would have been nsired extreme pornography a earlier—such as anal creampi—on s that are generally nsired “vanilla” gay porn (Kiss Nielsen & Kiss, 2015, 132), Morris has himself been forced to gravate towards more extreme portrayals orr to mata his radil reputatn. This hook is employed pecially by gay-for-pay (see Mercer, 2011) s such as Broke Straight Boys and Ba B, together wh virgal twk properti such as Boys First Time (which is among Rapid’s first creds).

The ‘hook’ the se of Bromo’s lnch (and Morris’ attempts at ntued relevance an era where ndomls gay porn is the norm once more) is to be able to make some claim that what viewers are seeg is new. The novelty of the Johnny Rapid Go Bareback mpaign, therefore, through the prentatn of a sue of scen pictg a prolific, yet still young, gay-for-pay performer beg perated ‘raw, ’ and perhaps ‘seed’ for the first time on screen. ” (see Florênc, 2018) Also, as John Mercer (2017) not, the “first time” vice is “one of the key disurs of youth that is summoned up gay porn, ” (89) which is an unrstandg of the genre that helps expla the stg of Rapid for this particular re of passage.

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Consirg first the reactns to the news of Rapid’s bareback performance, the failure of Bromo to stir up tert—and for s tend msage to land wh Str8UpGayPorn rears—is surmised by two them; namely: bareback as self now mundane, and Rapid’s bareback but as dangero. ’” (C55) The more plited of the two them that emerged the wake of the announcement is the healthism 2: As DangeroOf urse, bareback sex was once the norm gay pornography—before the HIV/AIDS era—, and was mpaigns of another kd—namely for safer sex—that have created the opportuni for harsh judgement, even censure, here and more broadly.

A perhaps more nuanced view is that barebackg as a practice and (as of 2021) a now domant ndn of gay pornography, as nsumed and experienced the 21th century, is a se of creasg negotiatn and tst.

Weeks wr that sexual inti are “necsary fictns” (1995, 98) shaped by historil circumstanc: the spread of HIV wh Wtern gay and queer male muni of which is a se pot, and a circumstance om which we vised a “grammar for safer sex.

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Footnote 21 We turn now to viewer asssment of the scen of Rapid’s barebackg but, such asssments that were thored the ments sectns of Str8UpGayPorn’s of the Johnny Rapid Go Bareback CampaignFour scen were released as part of the Johnny Rapid Go Bareback mpaign—one per week begng on Augt 6, 2015. It is a view that regniz the potential of the ter promotg certa sexual practic (see Rosenberger et al., 2011); but also, pots to the “risky bs” of a regrsive trajectory followg a perceived cle the threat of HIV—whereby “agast all good medil advice, ” the porn dtry is puttg profs ahead of muny health by “showg healthy lookg people engagg unhealthy behavr, ” and “sendg a bad msage, pecially to young gay men, ” for many of whom porn, is assumed, plays an important role their inty formatn.

Not only do nfirm abundant e of pornography by gay men (also see Duggan & McCreary, 2004), but also, of the 20 participants who took part the study, three quarters of those terviewed attributed gay pornography as their primary means of learng about gay sex durg adolcence (Elr et al., 2015, 951) foregog viewer ment is ak to what Alex Carballo-Diéguez and José Bermeister (2004) found their paratively early ntent analysis of ments for and agast barebackg. Mercer mak the pot that while a theme of homophobia may be seen to unrsre certa scenars—such as sex prison (and perhaps hazg and gay-for-pay narrative settgs as well)—, to label such scenars as homophobic is “far too simplistic and rctive to acunt for the relatively plex range of disurs at play.

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In addn to offensive signifieds that adjo the performers’ off-screen liv, one mentator also labels the men as probable racists, prumably le wh the whe-washed nature of much of gay porn:Footnote 33 “As much as I dislike both of their personali, and that they both might be potentially racist as well, I’m watchg this maly for Vadim. ” (56; also see Mercer, 2003, for a discsn of gay porn prototyp) A tailed discsn of Rapid and class would be worthwhile as part of a star study, somethg that is outsi the spe of the prent argument.

However, what n be gleamed om the disurse regardg class is that Rapid’s gay-for-pay porn inty, bed wh his reputed treatment of women, merg wh his “power bottom” performanc to create a distctly workg-class nstctn that was central to his narrative at the time.

” (C5) Yet the nsens seems to be that Rapid’s bareback but as an ‘event’ is the scene self together wh the promotnal imag that acpany are cricized as overly staged—“There’s some[thg] cidly unsexy about a group of guys stoppg to pose for the mera mid-fuck” (C14)—, unr erotic—“he’s the most borg and passnls gay porn performer I’ve ever seen, no matter how many dicks he n take at the same time. For Mark Kiss ( Nielsen & Kiss, 2015) the performance of “double anal peratns, ” and even “graphic cream pi, ” while once an ditor of “‘extreme’ gay pornography” and “relegated to shady, dim backrooms studs” such as TIM, “are now somewhat mon place; perhaps even yawn worthy to pecially jad gay porn nnoissrs.