Review: 12 Rods: Gay? (1996) | Outsi The Aggregator

Contents:

• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
• GAY SGL
• REVIEW: 12 RODS: GAY? (1996)

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

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Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)The Beatl, The Beatl (1968)Biki Kill, The Sgl (1998)Björk, Homogenic (1997)Björk, Post (1995)Boards of Canada, Mic Has the Right to Children (1998)David Bowie, Hero (1977)David Bowie, Low (1977)Glenn Bran, The Ascensn (1981)Jam Brown, Live at the Apollo (1963)Kate Bh, Hounds of Love (1985)Can, Tago Mago (1971)Capta Beefheart and His Magic Band, Trout Mask Repli (1969)The Clash, London Callg (1979)Cocte Tws, Heaven or Las Vegas (1990)Alice Coltrane, Journey Satchidananda (1971)John Coltrane, A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters (1965)John Coltrane, The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Rerdg (1967)Elvis Costello & The Attractns, This Year's Mol (1978)The Cure, Distegratn (1989)D’Angelo, Voodoo (2000)Mil Davis, Kd of Blue (1959)Mil Davis, Sketch of Spa (1960)Mil Davis, The Complete Birth of the Cool (1957)De La Soul, 3 Feet High and Risg (1989)The Dismemberment Plan, Emergency & I (1999)DJ Shadow, Endtroducg… (1996)Dr. Garigl at least attempt to provi some thematic pth to the tale revolvg around Hunter (Brian Raetz), a young man who returns to his ral Michigan home after rmg his parents and sister that he’s gay.

Queer Aspect: The “secret” is that Hunter is gay. For example, why is Hunter, our gay protagonist, iends wh Matt (Ryan Moore)? He’s a douchebag jock who quips “jt don’t be gay” when Hunter exprs ncern about seeg his homophobic father.

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At first, I thought this le was a iendly joke, but as the film progrsed beme clear that Matt is ed a homophobic (and cheatg) asshole. The realy is that this is a film that s queer protagonist as a ba-and-swch: seems as though Hunter, his challengg g-out storyle and his relatnship wh his homophobic father, unrstandg mother Ruth (Carol Ludwick) and perky “animal whisperer” sister Jenny (Addisyn Wallace) will take center stage. This is the rennectn you mentn: Wayne tells his big gay son that he’s strong, asks him to be “a man”…and kill him (which Hunter, for the rerd, do).

Groupers, on the other hand, is offensive, homophobic trash masqueradg as the cematic versn of an ultimate ally. Here’s my take on why that scene was removed: if we are to believe that Pchfork is gay and hooked up wh Hunter at one pot, the implitn is that Pchfork’s queerns is the rult of the ctuo relatnship he has wh his mother. Gay?

Jason had seen 12 Rods live and was blown away, and he bought the CD of Gay? Dpe the fact that Gay Sgl is Hunx and His Punx's trashy-excellent first full-length, you may be faiar wh the group's ontman Hunx, aka Seth Bogart, whether you know or not.

REVIEW: 12 RODS: GAY? (1996)

If you unt yourself the first tegory, however, you may be que surprised by Gay Sgl. And His Punx make swoong bubblegum-punk, and though they aren't the first group to marry the effortls, sugary pop of 60s girl groups wh the garage-rock revival, they might be the first whose skuzzy "My Boyiend's Back"-like songs are explicly homoerotic.