Contents:
- DIRECTOR OF QUEER CLASSIC 'BUT I'M A CHEERLEAR' WANTED TO 'MAKE A GAY "CLUELS"'
- WAS IT GOOD FOR THE GAYS: ‘BUT I’M A CHEERLEAR’
- BUT I’M A CHEERLEAR REVIEW – A IC TAKE ON GAY-NVERSN PRACTIC
DIRECTOR OF QUEER CLASSIC 'BUT I'M A CHEERLEAR' WANTED TO 'MAKE A GAY "CLUELS"'
” The movie centers on a lbian high school cheerlear (played by Natasha Lyonne), whose parents send her to a nversn therapy mp to cure her homosexualy. And I thk the muny was so vastated by AIDS that there wasn’t a lot of edi gog on gay cema.
I wanted to skewer not only my muny, but also jt the absurdy of gay nversn. It’s ridiculo to say that jt bee you bee more feme means you’re gog to be ls gay. I loved “Cluels, ” and I wanted to make a gay “Cluels.
For sure — and sexism and homophobia. I read that your first choice for the lead role turned down for relig reasons, and other st members were utned by their agents agast playg gay characters. Are gay actors still beg dissuad om playg gay characters?
WAS IT GOOD FOR THE GAYS: ‘BUT I’M A CHEERLEAR’
I thk ’s better, but there’s a lot of homophobia the actg realm and that agents would still advise some of their clients not to take gay rol, pecially if their clients is gay and the closet. As someone who mak a lot of queer ntent, I still see a lot of closeted actors who don’t want to play gay rol bee they feel like they won’t pass or somethg.
But I'm a Cheerlear is a 1999 satiril romantic edy film about a high-school cheerlear, Megan, who is sent to reparative therapy mp when her parents spect that she is gay. I'm a homosexual! I'm a homo.
BUT I’M A CHEERLEAR REVIEW – A IC TAKE ON GAY-NVERSN PRACTIC
Until she was reced to the homosexual liftyle.