Could be that "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reer," the 1964 stop-motn Christmas special repeatedly broadstg durg the holidays, is actually a "parable of gay acceptance?" That's exactly what Brian Moylan, a wrer for Vulture, believ. And last week, he laid all out a lumn tled, "T...
Contents:
- RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REER: A GAY CHRISTMAS ALLEGORY
- IS RUDOLPH GAY?
- REVEALED: THE OBV GAY SUBTEXT OF ‘RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REER’
- ENTERTAMENT WRER: ‘RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REER’ IS FULL OF ‘GAY SUBTEXT’
RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REER: A GAY CHRISTMAS ALLEGORY
Is Rudolph gay? * rudolph the red nosed reindeer is gay *
Now, I know what you're thkg: Tony Bravo, you thk everythg is a gay allegory. In the past, I've poted to the X-Men (mutant powers maniftg at puberty that require a g out procs and rults discrimatn), Twilight's gym queen werewolf, Morrissey-lookg vampire and sulky girl flannel (technilly, the books are a Mormon allegory for wag until marriage, but the movi are totally a gay allegory), Maria von Trapp (the mil versn, not the historil one), and even the Ltle Mermaid. Not only is our red-nosed iend a seasonal gay allegory, but he's one that generatns of children have grown up wh, through the song (gay) and the stop-motn Rank and Bass special that plays every year on an ABC Fay loop (extremely gay).
IS RUDOLPH GAY?
The fact that I n immediately tie this special to a Tennsee Williams masterwork already lets you know jt how gay this is gog to get. " That's sort of like when fathers of gay sons sist on givg them a football for Christmas stead of the One Directn lendar they asked for so they "will have somethg mon wh the boys on the playground. - Wele to Rudolph's (and almost every ltle gay boy's) worst nightmare: gym class.
REVEALED: THE OBV GAY SUBTEXT OF ‘RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REER’
Self-hatg Fireball tells him to get away, as if he might ntract the gay gene through nasal ntact.
ENTERTAMENT WRER: ‘RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REER’ IS FULL OF ‘GAY SUBTEXT’
- While Rudolph is stgglg not to get gay bashed, a blond sprig of an elf (who looks and sounds like Carson Krsley) named Hermey is gettg a verbal beat down om the head of the toy partment bee he wants to be a ntist.