Are We Really Gog to Pretend the Gay Kiss The Rise of Skywalker Matters? | Vany Fair

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• YOUNG GAY MEN KISSG STOCK VIOS
• FELLAS, IS IT GAY TO SAY GOOD MORNG TO ANOTHER MAN?
• LGBT REPRENTATN ON TV THROUGH THE AG – OM EASTENRS’ FIRST GAY KISS TO TRANSGENR SUPERHERO
• SHOP 'GMA3' POWER HOUR ALS FOR LABOR DAY!OPEN MENUVIOSHOPCULTUREFAYWELLNSFOODLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICYYOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTSCHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICYINTERT-BASED ADSTERMS OF USEDO NOT SELL MY INFOCONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHCULTURE'80 FOR BRADY' DIRECTOR TALKS SUPER BOWL, WHY FILM'S GAY KISS WAS CUT1:00THE BT OF TOM BYDANIELLE LONG AND JASON NATHANSONVIO BYBRTANY BERKOWZFEBARY 09, 2023, 2:06 PMFANS SEEM TO BE LOVG THE NEW FILM "80 FOR BRADY" -- 'S CURRENTLY AT 90% H ON ROTTEN TOMATO -- AND THIS WEEKEND NS TO SOME STIFF PETN WH THE SUPER BOWL SELF.SUPER BOWL WEEKEND IS UALLY NOT A GREAT TIME FOR MOVIE ATTENDANCE, BUT DIRECTOR KYLE MARV TOLD ABC AUD THE FILM IS A GOOD WAY TO GET THE MOOD FOR THE BIG GAME.MORE: JANE FONDA, LILY TOML, SALLY FIELD AND RA MORENO STAR '80 FOR BRADY' TRAILER"LIKE, WHAT A OL THG TO WATCH A MOVIE ABOUT THE SUPER BOWL AND THEN WATCH THE SUPER BOWL," HE SAID. "SO I'M HOPG DO GOOD THGS JT THE FACT THAT 'S THE NVERSATN, 'S THE ZEGEIST."EDOR’S PICKSJANE FONDA, LILY TOML, SALLY FIELD AND RA MORENO STAR '80 FOR BRADY' TRAILERNOV 17, 2022GISELE BüNDCHEN REACTS TO TOM BRADY’S RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENTFEB 01, 2023WHY TOM BRADY WANTS HIS 3 KIDS TO FAIL, FACE ADVERSYJAN 25, 2023"I THK PEOPLE N SHOW UP, HAVE FUN, ENJOY THAT AND THEN AND STILL ENJOY THE SUPER BOWL," HE ADD. "I THK THERE'S ROOM FOR ."ONE THG THERE WASN'T ROOM FOR WHEN TO THE FILM, HOWEVER, WAS A GAY KISS SCENE WH OLYMPIC SKIER G KENWORTHY AND ACTOR BRIAN JORDAN ALVAREZ, WHO APPEARS THE RECENT HORROR FILM "M3GAN."G KENWORTHY ATTENDS THE LOS ANGEL PREMIERE OF PARAMOUNT PICTUR "80 FOR BRADY" AT THE REGENCY VILLAGE THEATRE ON JAN. 31, 2023 LOS ANGEL.PHILLIP FARAONE/GETTY IMAG, FILEKENWORTHY TOLD VARIETY A RECENT TERVIEW THAT THEIR SCENE WAS CUT OM THE FILM, THEORIZG THAT WAS LEFT OUT TO APPEASE POTENTIAL MOVIEGOERS WHO DON'T WANT TO SEE A SAME-SEX KISS ON THE BIG SCREEN AND CLAIMG WAS CUT "FOR MIDDLE AMERI."MARV, HOWEVER, SISTS WAS CUT FOR TIME AND NO OTHER REASON.MORE: GISELE BüNDCHEN REACTS TO TOM BRADY’S RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT"I LOVE G, AND HE DID GREAT WORK," THE DIRECTOR TOLD ABC AUD. "UNFORTUNATELY, I THK 'S JT A PRODUCT OF A MOVIE GETTG CUT DOWN FOR PACE AND TIME. AND I'M SORRY THAT DIDN'T MAKE AS WELL... BUT THERE'S NOTHG MORE TO THAN THAT.""80 FOR BRADY" STARS JANE FONDA, LILY TOML, RA MORENO AND SALLY FIELD AS FOUR BT IENDS WHO LOVE TOM BRADY AND CI TO TRAVEL TO THE SUPER BOWL TO WATCH HIM PLAY.EDOR’S PICKSJANE FONDA, LILY TOML, SALLY FIELD AND RA MORENO STAR '80 FOR BRADY' TRAILERNOV 17, 2022GISELE BüNDCHEN REACTS TO TOM BRADY’S RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENTFEB 01, 2023WHY TOM BRADY WANTS HIS 3 KIDS TO FAIL, FACE ADVERSYJAN 25, 2023UP NEXT CULTURE—STEVE HARWELL, FORMER LEAD SGER OF SMASH MOUTH, DI AT 56SEPTEMBER 4, 2023'BACHELOR PARADISE' ALUMS SERENA PT AND JOE AMABILE HAVE 2ND WEDDG CHARLTON: SEE THE SWEET PHOTOSSEPTEMBER 4, 2023KRIST CHENOWETH MARRI JOSH BRYANT TEXAS WEDDGSEPTEMBER 4, 2023CO GFF MAK HISTORY AT US OPEN AS SHE HEADS TO THE QUARTERFALSSEPTEMBER 4, 2023UP NEXT CULTURE—STEVE HARWELL, FORMER LEAD SGER OF SMASH MOUTH, DI AT 56SEPTEMBER 4, 2023'BACHELOR PARADISE' ALUMS SERENA PT AND JOE AMABILE HAVE 2ND WEDDG CHARLTON: SEE THE SWEET PHOTOSSEPTEMBER 4, 2023KRIST CHENOWETH MARRI JOSH BRYANT TEXAS WEDDGSEPTEMBER 4, 2023CO GFF MAK HISTORY AT US OPEN AS SHE HEADS TO THE QUARTERFALSSEPTEMBER 4, 2023
• ARE WE REALLY GOG TO PRETEND THAT GAY KISS THE RISE OF SKYWALKER MATTERS?STAR WARS DIRECTOR J.J. ABRAMS TALKED A GOOD GAME ABOUT REPRENTATN—AND THEN GAVE TWO SENDS OF LIP SERVICE BETWEEN MOR CHARACTERS. THAT'S PANRG, NOT PROGRS.BY K. AT COLLSDECEMBER 20, 2019BY JONATHAN OLLEY/LUSFILM LTD./DISNEY.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEANOTHER H MOVIE, ANOTHER CMB OF GAY PANRG, ANOTHER ROUND OF THE UAL PLATS.THE FIRST THG I DID AFTER SEEG J.J. ABRAMS’S STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER—THE NTH FILM THE STORIED STAR WARS SAGA, AND A SURE-FIRE BOX OFFICE H, PER MICKEY MOE’S GRAND SIGN—WAS GOOGLE “STAR WARS GAY KISS.” NOT BEE I NEED TO VERIFY THAT THE MOMENT QUTN REALLY HAPPENED—I’D SEEN FOR MYSELF: A BRIEF FLASH OF TWO WOMEN KISSG LATE THE MOVIE, AMONG A CROWD OF CHARACTERS, HUMANOID AND NOT, ALL OF THEM HUGGG, KISSG, AND CHEERG AWAY. SO: NFIRMED.I WAS LOOKG, STEAD, FOR THE PROMISE. AS SOON AS THOSE WOMEN APPEARED ONSCREEN I KNEW, STCTIVELY, THAT AT SOME POT, SOMEONE ASSOCIATED WH SKYWALKER MT ALREADY HAVE HTED AT THE FILM’S “LGBT REPRENTATN” EARLY S PRS CYCLE. I KNEW THAT THE TWO-SEND PECK BETWEEN TWO WOMEN THAT I SAW—JT BARELY, I ALMOST BLKED AND MISSED —WAS A MOMENT THAT SOME PEOPLE MT HAVE GONE TO THE FILM EXPECTG TO SEE, BEE THE STUD AND/OR FILMMAKERS HAD ALREADY PATTED THEMSELV ON THE BACK FOR .WELL, THAT WAS EASY. EARLIER THIS MONTH VARIETY, ABRAMS DASHED STAR WARS FANS’ LONG-NNG HOP FOR A ROMANCE BETWEEN POE DAMERON (OSR ISAAC) AND FN (JOHN BOYEGA) BY NFIRMG THAT NO SUCH ROMANCE BLOSSOMS SKYWALKER—SORRY. “THAT RELATNSHIP TO ME IS A FAR EPER ONE THAN A ROMANTIC ONE,” SAID ABRAMS. “IT IS A EP BOND THAT THE TWO HAVE, NOT JT BEE OF THE TRIAL BY FIRE WHICH THEY MET, BUT ALSO BEE OF THEIR WILLGNS TO BE AS TIMATE AS THEY ARE, AS AAID AS THEY, AS UNSURE AS THEY ARE, AND STILL BE BOLD, AND STILL BE DARG AND BRAVE.” A LOT OF WORDS. BUT DON’T ET—HERE’S THE IMPORTANT B: “IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME THAT PEOPLE WHO GO TO SEE THIS MOVIE FEEL THAT THEY’RE BEG REPRENTED THE FILM.”REPRENTED. IT’S A FAIAR WORD. EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE RSO BROTHERS TOLD DEADLE THAT THEIR THEN UPG FILM, AVENGERS: ENDGAME, WOULD SIARLY FEATURE A GAY CHARACTER— “LGBT REPRENTATN,” OTHER WORDS. THE CHARACTER AMOUNTS TO A SGLE SCENE—REALLY, A LE—AND IS PLAYED BY DIRECTOR JOE RSO HIMSELF, WHICH ON S FACE MAK THE ENTIRE ENAVOR FEEL MORE LIKE A MATTER OF SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT THAN A REAL STAB AT BRGG A QUEER CHARACTER TO THE FOLD. THE RSOS GOT A HANDSOME B OF PRS OUT OF THE MATTER REGARDLS.“REPRENTATN IS REALLY IMPORTANT,” JOE RSO TOLD DEADLE, RECG THE LYRICS TO A SONG I’VE GROWN VERY WARY OF HEARG. “IT WAS IMPORTANT TO AS WE DID FOUR OF THE FILMS, WE WANTED A GAY CHARACTER SOMEWHERE THEM…IT IS A PERFECT TIME, BEE ONE OF THE THGS THAT IS PELLG ABOUT THE MARVEL UNIVERSE MOVG FORWARD IS S FOC ON DIVERSY.”THAT GAY CHARACTER WAS HERALD AS THE FIRST LGBT CHARACTER THE (ADMTEDLY SHORT) HISTORY OF THE MARVEL MOVI, JT AS THE BRIEF LBIAN KISS SKYWALKER WAS HERALD AS THE FIRST OF S KD FOR STAR WARS. THE BENCHMARKS FELY UNT AS “REPRENTATN.” BUT DO THEY—SHOULD THEY—UNT AS BENCHMARKS?MOST POPULARSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHHOW LILY JAM AND JOE KEERY BEME OLD HOLLYWOOD INS FALLY DAWNBY DAVID CANFIELD25 PERFECT TV EPISOS FROM THE LAST 25 YEARSBY HILLARY BISTHAT PENDS ON HOW YOU LOOK AT . IT IS UNNIABLE THAT ANCHISE FARE HAS TAKEN OVER THE WORLD OF MOVI, AND HARDLY ONLY THE U.S. AND YET THERE’S A WARPED UNRTONE TO THIS ENTIRE NVERSATN—ONE WHICH TWO SENDS OF TWO WOMEN KISSG IS, SOMEHOW, SIGNIFINT. SURE, ’S SIGNIFINT FOR STAR WARS—JT AS ENDGAME’S GAY RSO IS “SIGNIFINT” FOR S MOVIE, BEE THE THGS HAD NEVER HAPPENED THOSE NTEXTS BEFORE.BUT THE MOVI WERE RELEASED 2019—AND THAT, IF NO OTHER REASON, SUGGTS THAT WE NEED A NEW, BETTER NTEXT. ONE GAY KISS STAR WARS IS ONLY AN ADVANCEMENT THE WORLD OF STAR WARS. BUT LOOK HOW FAR LAGS BEHD THE RT OF THE VAST HISTORY OF QUEER REPRENTATN THE VISUAL ARTS, BROADLY SPEAKG, WORLDWI: OM MOVI GOG BACK AS FAR AS SILENT CEMA (CARL THEODOR DREYER’S MICHAEL, OM 1924) AND ENPASSG THE PASSNATE POLIL WORK MA AT THE HEIGHT OF THE AIDS CRISIS, TO EVERY PHOTO YOU’VE EVER SEEN OF GAY SAILORS, TO THE RADIL QUEER FEMISM OF ARTISTS LIKE BARBARA HAMMER, TO—OF URSE—THE OVERWHELMG AMOUNT OF QUEER ART THE FANTASY GENRE, ALL OF IMPLICLY K TO STAR WARS.AND THAT’S MERELY IF WE’RE STARTG OM THE 20TH CENTURY—I ULD GO ON AND ON, FURTHER AND FURTHER BACK. FOR ALL S ABSENC AND IMPOSSIBILI, THE VISUAL HISTORY OF QUEER REPRENTATN REMAS VAST. TLY, I AM NOT SURE WE GIVE ENOUGH CRED. ALL OF THIS—THE WARPED STUD PRODUCTS DOWN TO THE MOST MCULE EPHEMERA—UNTS TOWARD THE HISTORY OF QUEER REPRENTATN. AND OUT OF ALL OF THIS, TWO SENDS OF TWO WOMEN KISSG A STAR WARS MOVIE IS SUPPOSED TO BE MEANGFUL? IT’S ASSUMED THAT BEE STAR WARS IS SO POPULAR, A MOMENT LIKE THIS MIGHT “CHANGE ATTUS.” BUT, FACT, THE CLNS REFLECT ATTUS: THEY REFLECT A DISNEY THAT’S FALLY WILLG TO LET TWO PEOPLE OF THE SAME SEX KISS--OR, THE ENDGAME SE, REFER TO EACH OTHER AS PARTNERS. AND THE SAME MOMENT, THEY REFLECT HOW FAR DISNEY IS, OR ISN’T, WILLG TO GO. ABOUT TWO SENDS, ONE MOVIE. A THROWAWAY LE THE OTHER.WHEN I HEAR ANCHISE FILMMAKERS CLAIM THAT THEIRS WILL BE THE FIRST FILM OF THEIR ANCHISE TO DO THIS OR THAT WH LGBT REPRENTATN, WHAT I HEAR IS HUBRIS, OR AT LEAST A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND NTEXT. I DON’T HEAR THOSE FILMMAKERS POTG OUT HOW LATE THEY ARE—HOW ULD THEY PAT THEMSELV ON THE BACK AND SELF-CRIQUE AT ONCE?—OR HOW LTLE THE FX-RADIL ACTS OF REPRENTATN MEAN THE SCHEME OF THGS, HOW LTLE THEY ACTUALLY DO TO ENLIVEN, REFLECT, OR EXPLORE THE LIV OF QUEER PEOPLE OR, JT AS URGENTLY, CHALLENGE THE NORMS THAT HAVE MA THIS REPRENTATN NECSARY.NO, THE FILMMAKERS ARE STEAD NTENT TO GET JT BEFORE THE FISH LE, WAG UNTIL THE VERY LAST MOVI THEIR RPECTIVE ANCHIS TO THROW THE DOGS A BONE. THE ONLY WAY TO TALK ABOUT THE BENCHMARKS IS DISMISSIVELY: TOO LTLE, TOO LATE. BUT WE’RE OF URSE SUPPOSED TO CELEBRATE. NEVER MD THE CREDIBLE TROVE OF LGBT REPRENTATN YOU DO SEE , SAY, FAN FICTN; NEVER MD ALL THE WAYS FANS HAVE TAKEN THE MERE IA OF FN AND POE AS LOVERS AND DONE MORE WH , WH MORE CREATIVY AND SYMPATHY, THAN ANY DISNEY PROPERTY WILL LIKELY EVER DO. NEVER MD THE FACT THAT, ACRDGLY, LGBT REPRENTATN DISNEY’S ART DO EXIST—AMONG S FANS, NOT S CREATORS.MOST POPULARSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHHOW LILY JAM AND JOE KEERY BEME OLD HOLLYWOOD INS FALLY DAWNBY DAVID CANFIELD25 PERFECT TV EPISOS FROM THE LAST 25 YEARSBY HILLARY BISTHE IA THAT THE LGHABLY MOR WS ARE SOMETHG TO CELEBRATE GO HAND HAND WH DISNEY’S BROAR ATTU TOWARD FILM HISTORY, WHICH THE PANY HAS LONG SEEMED TO THK IS SOMETHG BETTER OFF LOCKED UP A VLT SOMEWHERE—THE BETTER TO EXPLO THE ART’S VALUE, AFTER ALL. LET’S JT SAY STRAIGHT: THE PANY THAT WON’T EVEN LET BABY YODA MEM FLOURISH WHOUT LOSG S SH OVER PYRIGHT WILL NEVER BE A BEAN OF REPRENTATN OF ANY SORT, LET ALONE QUEER REPRENTATN, WHICH, AMONG OTHER THGS, HAS OFTEN MA SPORT OF APPROPRIATG AND MSY-G THE FIRM SEXUAL BOUNDARI OSTENSIBLY STRAIGHT, PYRIGHTED ART. DISNEY IS TOO NCERNED WH REPRENTATN AS PRODUCT TO BE A BEAN OF ANYTHG. AND THE FANS WHO RE WILL STILL, EVEN AS OF THE TWO MOVI, LARGELY BE LEFT TO THEIR OWN CREATIVE, IMAGATIVE VIC—AND THEY ARE PROBABLY BETTER OFF.I’D FEEL A B DIFFERENTLY IF NO ONE VOLVED HAD NGRATULATED THEMSELV OR TREATED THIS LANDMARK B OF CLN LIKE ANYTHG BUT THE SHAME IS. BEE, OBVLY, THE MOMENTS MATTER MOST TO THE QUEER PEOPLE WORLDWI WHO LOVE THE MOVI. THEY UNRSTANDABLY FEEL ACKNOWLEDGED—BY A SCENE THAT, SHOULD ANY OF THE FILM’S TERNATNAL MARKETS BALK, N EASILY BE REMOVED, IF NECSARY. THAT HAS A WAY OF MAKG LOOK LIKE A POTENTIAL LIABILY, RATHER THAN LIKE A PART OF THE FAY. IS THAT WHAT WE’RE CELEBRATG?WHEN DISNEY DO THE BARE MIMUM, ISN’T ACKNOWLEDGG YOU: ’S BUYG YOU. IT’S BUYG EVERYONE, EVERYTHG. AND AMONG THE MANY REASONS ’S WORTH STOMPG OUR FEET OVER DISNEY’S PH TO LE THE WORLD OF MOVI IS THIS: THIS IS THE REPRENTATN YOU GET WHEN DISNEY L THE WORLD. THIS IS WHAT YOU GET: TWO WOMEN, TWO SENDS. TLY, I’M OVERWHELMED. BUT NOT THE WAY DISNEY HOP, OR THKS, I SHOULD BE.K. AT COLLS

YOUNG GAY MEN KISSG STOCK VIOS

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SHOP 'GMA3' POWER HOUR ALS FOR LABOR DAY!OPEN MENUVIOSHOPCULTUREFAYWELLNSFOODLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICYYOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTSCHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICYINTERT-BASED ADSTERMS OF USEDO NOT SELL MY INFOCONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHCULTURE'80 FOR BRADY' DIRECTOR TALKS SUPER BOWL, WHY FILM'S GAY KISS WAS CUT1:00THE BT OF TOM BYDANIELLE LONG AND JASON NATHANSONVIO BYBRTANY BERKOWZFEBARY 09, 2023, 2:06 PMFANS SEEM TO BE LOVG THE NEW FILM "80 FOR BRADY" -- 'S CURRENTLY AT 90% H ON ROTTEN TOMATO -- AND THIS WEEKEND NS TO SOME STIFF PETN WH THE SUPER BOWL SELF.SUPER BOWL WEEKEND IS UALLY NOT A GREAT TIME FOR MOVIE ATTENDANCE, BUT DIRECTOR KYLE MARV TOLD ABC AUD THE FILM IS A GOOD WAY TO GET THE MOOD FOR THE BIG GAME.MORE: JANE FONDA, LILY TOML, SALLY FIELD AND RA MORENO STAR '80 FOR BRADY' TRAILER"LIKE, WHAT A OL THG TO WATCH A MOVIE ABOUT THE SUPER BOWL AND THEN WATCH THE SUPER BOWL," HE SAID. "SO I'M HOPG DO GOOD THGS JT THE FACT THAT 'S THE NVERSATN, 'S THE ZEGEIST."EDOR’S PICKSJANE FONDA, LILY TOML, SALLY FIELD AND RA MORENO STAR '80 FOR BRADY' TRAILERNOV 17, 2022GISELE BüNDCHEN REACTS TO TOM BRADY’S RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENTFEB 01, 2023WHY TOM BRADY WANTS HIS 3 KIDS TO FAIL, FACE ADVERSYJAN 25, 2023"I THK PEOPLE N SHOW UP, HAVE FUN, ENJOY THAT AND THEN AND STILL ENJOY THE SUPER BOWL," HE ADD. "I THK THERE'S ROOM FOR ."ONE THG THERE WASN'T ROOM FOR WHEN TO THE FILM, HOWEVER, WAS A GAY KISS SCENE WH OLYMPIC SKIER G KENWORTHY AND ACTOR BRIAN JORDAN ALVAREZ, WHO APPEARS THE RECENT HORROR FILM "M3GAN."G KENWORTHY ATTENDS THE LOS ANGEL PREMIERE OF PARAMOUNT PICTUR "80 FOR BRADY" AT THE REGENCY VILLAGE THEATRE ON JAN. 31, 2023 LOS ANGEL.PHILLIP FARAONE/GETTY IMAG, FILEKENWORTHY TOLD VARIETY A RECENT TERVIEW THAT THEIR SCENE WAS CUT OM THE FILM, THEORIZG THAT WAS LEFT OUT TO APPEASE POTENTIAL MOVIEGOERS WHO DON'T WANT TO SEE A SAME-SEX KISS ON THE BIG SCREEN AND CLAIMG WAS CUT "FOR MIDDLE AMERI."MARV, HOWEVER, SISTS WAS CUT FOR TIME AND NO OTHER REASON.MORE: GISELE BüNDCHEN REACTS TO TOM BRADY’S RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT"I LOVE G, AND HE DID GREAT WORK," THE DIRECTOR TOLD ABC AUD. "UNFORTUNATELY, I THK 'S JT A PRODUCT OF A MOVIE GETTG CUT DOWN FOR PACE AND TIME. AND I'M SORRY THAT DIDN'T MAKE AS WELL... BUT THERE'S NOTHG MORE TO THAN THAT.""80 FOR BRADY" STARS JANE FONDA, LILY TOML, RA MORENO AND SALLY FIELD AS FOUR BT IENDS WHO LOVE TOM BRADY AND CI TO TRAVEL TO THE SUPER BOWL TO WATCH HIM PLAY.EDOR’S PICKSJANE FONDA, LILY TOML, SALLY FIELD AND RA MORENO STAR '80 FOR BRADY' TRAILERNOV 17, 2022GISELE BüNDCHEN REACTS TO TOM BRADY’S RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENTFEB 01, 2023WHY TOM BRADY WANTS HIS 3 KIDS TO FAIL, FACE ADVERSYJAN 25, 2023UP NEXT CULTURE—STEVE HARWELL, FORMER LEAD SGER OF SMASH MOUTH, DI AT 56SEPTEMBER 4, 2023'BACHELOR PARADISE' ALUMS SERENA PT AND JOE AMABILE HAVE 2ND WEDDG CHARLTON: SEE THE SWEET PHOTOSSEPTEMBER 4, 2023KRIST CHENOWETH MARRI JOSH BRYANT TEXAS WEDDGSEPTEMBER 4, 2023CO GFF MAK HISTORY AT US OPEN AS SHE HEADS TO THE QUARTERFALSSEPTEMBER 4, 2023UP NEXT CULTURE—STEVE HARWELL, FORMER LEAD SGER OF SMASH MOUTH, DI AT 56SEPTEMBER 4, 2023'BACHELOR PARADISE' ALUMS SERENA PT AND JOE AMABILE HAVE 2ND WEDDG CHARLTON: SEE THE SWEET PHOTOSSEPTEMBER 4, 2023KRIST CHENOWETH MARRI JOSH BRYANT TEXAS WEDDGSEPTEMBER 4, 2023CO GFF MAK HISTORY AT US OPEN AS SHE HEADS TO THE QUARTERFALSSEPTEMBER 4, 2023

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ARE WE REALLY GOG TO PRETEND THAT GAY KISS THE RISE OF SKYWALKER MATTERS?STAR WARS DIRECTOR J.J. ABRAMS TALKED A GOOD GAME ABOUT REPRENTATN—AND THEN GAVE TWO SENDS OF LIP SERVICE BETWEEN MOR CHARACTERS. THAT'S PANRG, NOT PROGRS.BY K. AT COLLSDECEMBER 20, 2019BY JONATHAN OLLEY/LUSFILM LTD./DISNEY.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEANOTHER H MOVIE, ANOTHER CMB OF GAY PANRG, ANOTHER ROUND OF THE UAL PLATS.THE FIRST THG I DID AFTER SEEG J.J. ABRAMS’S STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER—THE NTH FILM THE STORIED STAR WARS SAGA, AND A SURE-FIRE BOX OFFICE H, PER MICKEY MOE’S GRAND SIGN—WAS GOOGLE “STAR WARS GAY KISS.” NOT BEE I NEED TO VERIFY THAT THE MOMENT QUTN REALLY HAPPENED—I’D SEEN FOR MYSELF: A BRIEF FLASH OF TWO WOMEN KISSG LATE THE MOVIE, AMONG A CROWD OF CHARACTERS, HUMANOID AND NOT, ALL OF THEM HUGGG, KISSG, AND CHEERG AWAY. SO: NFIRMED.I WAS LOOKG, STEAD, FOR THE PROMISE. AS SOON AS THOSE WOMEN APPEARED ONSCREEN I KNEW, STCTIVELY, THAT AT SOME POT, SOMEONE ASSOCIATED WH SKYWALKER MT ALREADY HAVE HTED AT THE FILM’S “LGBT REPRENTATN” EARLY S PRS CYCLE. I KNEW THAT THE TWO-SEND PECK BETWEEN TWO WOMEN THAT I SAW—JT BARELY, I ALMOST BLKED AND MISSED —WAS A MOMENT THAT SOME PEOPLE MT HAVE GONE TO THE FILM EXPECTG TO SEE, BEE THE STUD AND/OR FILMMAKERS HAD ALREADY PATTED THEMSELV ON THE BACK FOR .WELL, THAT WAS EASY. EARLIER THIS MONTH VARIETY, ABRAMS DASHED STAR WARS FANS’ LONG-NNG HOP FOR A ROMANCE BETWEEN POE DAMERON (OSR ISAAC) AND FN (JOHN BOYEGA) BY NFIRMG THAT NO SUCH ROMANCE BLOSSOMS SKYWALKER—SORRY. “THAT RELATNSHIP TO ME IS A FAR EPER ONE THAN A ROMANTIC ONE,” SAID ABRAMS. “IT IS A EP BOND THAT THE TWO HAVE, NOT JT BEE OF THE TRIAL BY FIRE WHICH THEY MET, BUT ALSO BEE OF THEIR WILLGNS TO BE AS TIMATE AS THEY ARE, AS AAID AS THEY, AS UNSURE AS THEY ARE, AND STILL BE BOLD, AND STILL BE DARG AND BRAVE.” A LOT OF WORDS. BUT DON’T ET—HERE’S THE IMPORTANT B: “IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME THAT PEOPLE WHO GO TO SEE THIS MOVIE FEEL THAT THEY’RE BEG REPRENTED THE FILM.”REPRENTED. IT’S A FAIAR WORD. EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE RSO BROTHERS TOLD DEADLE THAT THEIR THEN UPG FILM, AVENGERS: ENDGAME, WOULD SIARLY FEATURE A GAY CHARACTER— “LGBT REPRENTATN,” OTHER WORDS. THE CHARACTER AMOUNTS TO A SGLE SCENE—REALLY, A LE—AND IS PLAYED BY DIRECTOR JOE RSO HIMSELF, WHICH ON S FACE MAK THE ENTIRE ENAVOR FEEL MORE LIKE A MATTER OF SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT THAN A REAL STAB AT BRGG A QUEER CHARACTER TO THE FOLD. THE RSOS GOT A HANDSOME B OF PRS OUT OF THE MATTER REGARDLS.“REPRENTATN IS REALLY IMPORTANT,” JOE RSO TOLD DEADLE, RECG THE LYRICS TO A SONG I’VE GROWN VERY WARY OF HEARG. “IT WAS IMPORTANT TO AS WE DID FOUR OF THE FILMS, WE WANTED A GAY CHARACTER SOMEWHERE THEM…IT IS A PERFECT TIME, BEE ONE OF THE THGS THAT IS PELLG ABOUT THE MARVEL UNIVERSE MOVG FORWARD IS S FOC ON DIVERSY.”THAT GAY CHARACTER WAS HERALD AS THE FIRST LGBT CHARACTER THE (ADMTEDLY SHORT) HISTORY OF THE MARVEL MOVI, JT AS THE BRIEF LBIAN KISS SKYWALKER WAS HERALD AS THE FIRST OF S KD FOR STAR WARS. THE BENCHMARKS FELY UNT AS “REPRENTATN.” BUT DO THEY—SHOULD THEY—UNT AS BENCHMARKS?MOST POPULARSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHHOW LILY JAM AND JOE KEERY BEME OLD HOLLYWOOD INS FALLY DAWNBY DAVID CANFIELD25 PERFECT TV EPISOS FROM THE LAST 25 YEARSBY HILLARY BISTHAT PENDS ON HOW YOU LOOK AT . IT IS UNNIABLE THAT ANCHISE FARE HAS TAKEN OVER THE WORLD OF MOVI, AND HARDLY ONLY THE U.S. AND YET THERE’S A WARPED UNRTONE TO THIS ENTIRE NVERSATN—ONE WHICH TWO SENDS OF TWO WOMEN KISSG IS, SOMEHOW, SIGNIFINT. SURE, ’S SIGNIFINT FOR STAR WARS—JT AS ENDGAME’S GAY RSO IS “SIGNIFINT” FOR S MOVIE, BEE THE THGS HAD NEVER HAPPENED THOSE NTEXTS BEFORE.BUT THE MOVI WERE RELEASED 2019—AND THAT, IF NO OTHER REASON, SUGGTS THAT WE NEED A NEW, BETTER NTEXT. ONE GAY KISS STAR WARS IS ONLY AN ADVANCEMENT THE WORLD OF STAR WARS. BUT LOOK HOW FAR LAGS BEHD THE RT OF THE VAST HISTORY OF QUEER REPRENTATN THE VISUAL ARTS, BROADLY SPEAKG, WORLDWI: OM MOVI GOG BACK AS FAR AS SILENT CEMA (CARL THEODOR DREYER’S MICHAEL, OM 1924) AND ENPASSG THE PASSNATE POLIL WORK MA AT THE HEIGHT OF THE AIDS CRISIS, TO EVERY PHOTO YOU’VE EVER SEEN OF GAY SAILORS, TO THE RADIL QUEER FEMISM OF ARTISTS LIKE BARBARA HAMMER, TO—OF URSE—THE OVERWHELMG AMOUNT OF QUEER ART THE FANTASY GENRE, ALL OF IMPLICLY K TO STAR WARS.AND THAT’S MERELY IF WE’RE STARTG OM THE 20TH CENTURY—I ULD GO ON AND ON, FURTHER AND FURTHER BACK. FOR ALL S ABSENC AND IMPOSSIBILI, THE VISUAL HISTORY OF QUEER REPRENTATN REMAS VAST. TLY, I AM NOT SURE WE GIVE ENOUGH CRED. ALL OF THIS—THE WARPED STUD PRODUCTS DOWN TO THE MOST MCULE EPHEMERA—UNTS TOWARD THE HISTORY OF QUEER REPRENTATN. AND OUT OF ALL OF THIS, TWO SENDS OF TWO WOMEN KISSG A STAR WARS MOVIE IS SUPPOSED TO BE MEANGFUL? IT’S ASSUMED THAT BEE STAR WARS IS SO POPULAR, A MOMENT LIKE THIS MIGHT “CHANGE ATTUS.” BUT, FACT, THE CLNS REFLECT ATTUS: THEY REFLECT A DISNEY THAT’S FALLY WILLG TO LET TWO PEOPLE OF THE SAME SEX KISS--OR, THE ENDGAME SE, REFER TO EACH OTHER AS PARTNERS. AND THE SAME MOMENT, THEY REFLECT HOW FAR DISNEY IS, OR ISN’T, WILLG TO GO. ABOUT TWO SENDS, ONE MOVIE. A THROWAWAY LE THE OTHER.WHEN I HEAR ANCHISE FILMMAKERS CLAIM THAT THEIRS WILL BE THE FIRST FILM OF THEIR ANCHISE TO DO THIS OR THAT WH LGBT REPRENTATN, WHAT I HEAR IS HUBRIS, OR AT LEAST A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND NTEXT. I DON’T HEAR THOSE FILMMAKERS POTG OUT HOW LATE THEY ARE—HOW ULD THEY PAT THEMSELV ON THE BACK AND SELF-CRIQUE AT ONCE?—OR HOW LTLE THE FX-RADIL ACTS OF REPRENTATN MEAN THE SCHEME OF THGS, HOW LTLE THEY ACTUALLY DO TO ENLIVEN, REFLECT, OR EXPLORE THE LIV OF QUEER PEOPLE OR, JT AS URGENTLY, CHALLENGE THE NORMS THAT HAVE MA THIS REPRENTATN NECSARY.NO, THE FILMMAKERS ARE STEAD NTENT TO GET JT BEFORE THE FISH LE, WAG UNTIL THE VERY LAST MOVI THEIR RPECTIVE ANCHIS TO THROW THE DOGS A BONE. THE ONLY WAY TO TALK ABOUT THE BENCHMARKS IS DISMISSIVELY: TOO LTLE, TOO LATE. BUT WE’RE OF URSE SUPPOSED TO CELEBRATE. NEVER MD THE CREDIBLE TROVE OF LGBT REPRENTATN YOU DO SEE , SAY, FAN FICTN; NEVER MD ALL THE WAYS FANS HAVE TAKEN THE MERE IA OF FN AND POE AS LOVERS AND DONE MORE WH , WH MORE CREATIVY AND SYMPATHY, THAN ANY DISNEY PROPERTY WILL LIKELY EVER DO. NEVER MD THE FACT THAT, ACRDGLY, LGBT REPRENTATN DISNEY’S ART DO EXIST—AMONG S FANS, NOT S CREATORS.MOST POPULARSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHHOW LILY JAM AND JOE KEERY BEME OLD HOLLYWOOD INS FALLY DAWNBY DAVID CANFIELD25 PERFECT TV EPISOS FROM THE LAST 25 YEARSBY HILLARY BISTHE IA THAT THE LGHABLY MOR WS ARE SOMETHG TO CELEBRATE GO HAND HAND WH DISNEY’S BROAR ATTU TOWARD FILM HISTORY, WHICH THE PANY HAS LONG SEEMED TO THK IS SOMETHG BETTER OFF LOCKED UP A VLT SOMEWHERE—THE BETTER TO EXPLO THE ART’S VALUE, AFTER ALL. LET’S JT SAY STRAIGHT: THE PANY THAT WON’T EVEN LET BABY YODA MEM FLOURISH WHOUT LOSG S SH OVER PYRIGHT WILL NEVER BE A BEAN OF REPRENTATN OF ANY SORT, LET ALONE QUEER REPRENTATN, WHICH, AMONG OTHER THGS, HAS OFTEN MA SPORT OF APPROPRIATG AND MSY-G THE FIRM SEXUAL BOUNDARI OSTENSIBLY STRAIGHT, PYRIGHTED ART. DISNEY IS TOO NCERNED WH REPRENTATN AS PRODUCT TO BE A BEAN OF ANYTHG. AND THE FANS WHO RE WILL STILL, EVEN AS OF THE TWO MOVI, LARGELY BE LEFT TO THEIR OWN CREATIVE, IMAGATIVE VIC—AND THEY ARE PROBABLY BETTER OFF.I’D FEEL A B DIFFERENTLY IF NO ONE VOLVED HAD NGRATULATED THEMSELV OR TREATED THIS LANDMARK B OF CLN LIKE ANYTHG BUT THE SHAME IS. BEE, OBVLY, THE MOMENTS MATTER MOST TO THE QUEER PEOPLE WORLDWI WHO LOVE THE MOVI. THEY UNRSTANDABLY FEEL ACKNOWLEDGED—BY A SCENE THAT, SHOULD ANY OF THE FILM’S TERNATNAL MARKETS BALK, N EASILY BE REMOVED, IF NECSARY. THAT HAS A WAY OF MAKG LOOK LIKE A POTENTIAL LIABILY, RATHER THAN LIKE A PART OF THE FAY. IS THAT WHAT WE’RE CELEBRATG?WHEN DISNEY DO THE BARE MIMUM, ISN’T ACKNOWLEDGG YOU: ’S BUYG YOU. IT’S BUYG EVERYONE, EVERYTHG. AND AMONG THE MANY REASONS ’S WORTH STOMPG OUR FEET OVER DISNEY’S PH TO LE THE WORLD OF MOVI IS THIS: THIS IS THE REPRENTATN YOU GET WHEN DISNEY L THE WORLD. THIS IS WHAT YOU GET: TWO WOMEN, TWO SENDS. TLY, I’M OVERWHELMED. BUT NOT THE WAY DISNEY HOP, OR THKS, I SHOULD BE.K. AT COLLS

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