Christopher Reev, the 'Superman' star nsired one of Hollywood's foremost fay men, had a passnate affair wh gay porn star Cal Culver, claims a new book.
Contents:
- 'SUPERMAN' STAR CHRISTOPHER REEV HAD GAY AFFAIR: BOOK
- HOMOPHOBIC? MAYBE. BUT AT LEAST MIDNIGHT COWBOY SHOWED ME GAY MEN ON SCREEN
- SUPERMAN 'HAD GAY AFFAIR'
- GAY PORN STAR CAL CULVER CLAIMS HE HAD AN AFFAIR WH SUPERMAN STAR CHRISTOPHER REEVE
'SUPERMAN' STAR CHRISTOPHER REEV HAD GAY AFFAIR: BOOK
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I didn't thk he was gay but he seemed willg to try anythg once.
Midnight Cowboy moseys to UK cemas aga next month on the ocsn of s 50th anniversary, and wh another opportuny to ask whether this is a film about homophobia or a homophobic film.
HOMOPHOBIC? MAYBE. BUT AT LEAST MIDNIGHT COWBOY SHOWED ME GAY MEN ON SCREEN
Growg up, I hankered after imag of other gay men, however they were treated, wr film cric Ryan Gilbey * christopher reeves gay *
My feelgs toward the film were formed by seeg my early teens, when I already knew I was gay and hankered after imag of other gay men on screen whout rg whether they were problematic or toxic – words, cintally, that would never have been ed that ntext when I first saw the s portrayal of the iendship between two New York Cy street htlers – the buddg gigolo Joe Buck (Jon Voight), tall and sweet as an ice-cream sundae, and the stunted, snivellg chancer “Ratso” Rizzo (Dt Hoffman) – the picture hts at the exprsible sir any bromance.
SUPERMAN 'HAD GAY AFFAIR'
Evintly the homophobe doth prott too much, for we have been privy to Ratso’s fantasi which Joe ns shirtls wh him along the beach. Photograph: Louis Goldman/Warner Bros/Kobal/REX/ShutterstockIt is the penultimate scene, when Joe robs, beats and perhaps even kills a gay client, that throws the movie to disarray. The scene self provis a snapshot of Joe’s own shame and self-doubt, and a film should be allowed to pict the nsequenc of homophobia whout beg acced of perpetuatg .
GAY PORN STAR CAL CULVER CLAIMS HE HAD AN AFFAIR WH SUPERMAN STAR CHRISTOPHER REEVE
But ’s the way the attack on that man is swept blhely asi the next scene that sts doubts on the motiv of the film, and on the tegry of s gay Brish director, John Schlger.
What we look for our formative years n be very different om the mands we make later as analytil adults, and was certaly more important to me that reprentatns of gayns were plex or lourful than that they were posive, whatever that meant.
As far as I was ncerned, film-makers were wele to be hostile or mockg toward homosexualy jt so long as they didn’t ignore . Photograph: Uned Artists/Kobal/REX/ShutterstockWhat heterosexual dienc may need longer to appreciate, havg grown up surround by reflectns of their own kd on every screen and billboard, is that gay dienc will take whatever image they n get and then dra for meang and nourishment.