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- NO ONE'S TALKG ABOUT HOW "BAT MOTEL" HAS (FALLY) BEE GROUNDBREAKGLY QUEERAFTER FIVE SEASONS OF FENDG HIS HETERO BONA FIS, NORMAN BAT IS FALLY NONTED WH HIS QUEER {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY ROSS TIPOGRAPHAPRIL 24, 2017/12:59 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ROSS TIPOGRAPHAPRIL 24, 2017 / 12:59 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NO ONE'S TALKG ABOUT HOW \"BAT MOTEL\" HAS (FALLY) BEE GROUNDBREAKGLY QUEER","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-04-24T16:59:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-04-24T16:59:35.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ROSS TIPOGRAPH","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NORMAN BAT, THE TROUBLED MA CHARACTER A&E'S BAT MOTEL, HAS PRENTED AS A CISGENR STRAIGHT MAN FOR THE SHOW'S FIVE SEASONS: HE’S PASSNATE ABOUT SEX WH WOMEN, PUFFS UP HIS CHT WHENEVER HIS MOTHER, NORMA (VERA FARMIGA), EMASCULAT HIM, AND AGGRSIVELY REJECTED GAY ADVANC. THOUGH NORMAN (AS PLAYED BY FREDDIE HIGHMORE) HAS NEVER VEERED OM HIS HETERO INTY, WE EXPECTED THE SERI WOULD EVENTUALLY TOUCH ON THE QUEER CLIMAX OF S SOURCE MATERIAL, 1960'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT DAY HAS FALLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE’VE KNOWN SCE SEASON 2 THAT NORMAN SUFFERS OM BLACKOUTS. DURG THE SPLS OM REALY, NORMAN ENTERS A QUEER UNNSC, WHICH HE DRS LIKE HIS MOTHER AND HAS SEX WH MEN. SEASON 4 EVEN TRODUCED A FETISH ROLE-PLAYG SEQUENCE A STRIP CLUB. NORMAN N NEVER RELL THE EXPERIENC WHEN HE'S AWAKE, BUT ENLIGHTENMENT FALLY STCK THE SHOW'S FIFTH AND FALE SEASON, WHICH WRAPS TONIGHT. WHEN NORMAN RETURNS TO HIS R AFTER MYSTERLY ABANDONG THE NIGHT BEFORE, HE FDS A RANDOM MAN SI ASKG FOR A MORNG-AFTER KISS. SUDNLY, NORMAN’S REPRSED MEMORI ARE UNLEASHED: DRSED AS HIS MOTHER, HE HAS BEEN HAVG SEX WH MEN FOR YEARS. AFTER THIS REALIZATN, NORMAN IS UNABLE TO KEEP HIS INTI SEPARATE AND NORMAN/NORMA MOV TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN 2017, GENR EXPLORATN AND PASSNATE (ALBE) DNKEN GAY SEX ARE BEYOND YOUR TYPIL TV PROTAGONIST’S JOURNEY. Y, CLN IS APLENTY: HOMOEROTICISM IS RAMPANT ON TEEN WOLF AND OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS N WILD ON RIVERDALE, BUT BAT MOTEL HAS DONE SOMETHG DIFFERENT: IT’S EMERGED OM STRAIGHT ASH TO BE REBORN AS A FULL-FLEDGED QUEER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN S EARLY SEASONS, THE SHOW WAS A MORE NVENTNAL DRAMA, FEATURG VLENT NEIGHBORS AND STRANGE RELATIV AND A GROWG MYSTERY. BUT THAT’S WHY ’S ALL THE MORE SHOCKG THAT OUR LEAD, NOW FULLY GNIZANT, BREAKS OUT HIS MOM’S KIMONO, DOWNS GLASS OF WE, AND DABBL SAME-SEX R PLAY. THE SHOW IS LIVERG THE MOST EXPLOSIVE MORNIZATN OF GAY HORROR HISTORY TO DATE. PSYCHO ULD ONLY SLAP ON A FIVE-MUTE PSYCHIATRIST’S MONOLOGUE EXPLAG NORMAN’S SEXUALY BEFORE THE CREDS—BAT MOTEL, HOWEVER, IS A G-OUT STORY SPREAD OUT ACROSS FIVE SEASONS AND 50 EPISOS. THE REVEAL SEASON 5 PROV THAT THE EARLIER SEASONS’ SLOW BURN WAS FULLY TENTNAL: BOY DAT GIRLS, BOY QUTNS HIS SEXUALY AND GENR EXPRSN, BOY EVENTUALLY NONTS HIS TE SELF. THOUGH NORMAN’S SPIRAL OFTEN PAS HIM, ’S A POWERFUL GIFT TO QUEER VIEWERS LIKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID THE SHOW’S CREASG QUEERNS HURT S RATGS? IT'S HARD TO SAY, BUT EACH SEASON THE RATGS DID DROP. STILL, PSYCHO N’T BE "STRAIGHTENED": THIS NTEMPORARY TAKE HAD TO GO THERE—EXACTLY HOW FAR WAS A SATISFYG SURPRISE. APPLSE TO A&E: JT ONE YEAR BEFORE BAT, THE WORK GAVE A DUCK DYNASTY'S HIO HOMOPHOBE A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW ’S TIPPG THE SL TOWARDS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I N ONLY ASSUME ALED HCHCK WOULDN’T HAVE APPROVED OF BAT MOTEL: HE WASN’T A FAN OF OTHER PSYCHO UPDAT, LIKE BRIAN DE PALMA’S DRSED TO KILL. BUT I DO WONR WHAT ANTHONY PERKS WOULD HAVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BAT MOTEL SERI FALE AIRS MONDAY, APRIL 24 AT 10/9C ON A&E. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- FREDDIE HIGHMORE HOOKED UP WH A GUY IN LATT "BAT MOTEL" EPISOSPOILERS!{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMARCH 21, 2017/2:10 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}A&EBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMARCH 21, 2017 / 2:10 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FREDDIE HIGHMORE HOOKED UP WH A GUY IN LATT \"BAT MOTEL\" EPISO","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-03-21T18:10:48.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-03-21T18:10:48.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE STORY OF NORMAN BAT (FREDDIE HIGHMORE) AND HIS MOTHER NORMA (VERA FARMIGA) IS G TO A CLOSE WH THE FIFTH AND FAL SEASON OF A&E'S EMMY-NOMATED BAT MOTEL—BUT THE SERI ISN'T ENDG WHOUT SOME TWISTED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT ONLY HAS THIS SEASON TRODUCED TO MARN CRANE, THE CHARACTER OM PSYCHO—THIS TIME WH RIHANNA TAKG OVER THE ROLE ORIGATED BY JA LEIGH—BUT NOW WH NORMA AD, NORMAN HAS GONE FULL-ON PSYCHO. WHICH MEANS HE HAS STARTED DRSG UP AS HIS MOTHER AND IS NOW EVEN HOOKG UP WH GUYS IMAGARY AD MOTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON LAST NIGHT'S EPISO NORMAN GO TO THE LOL WHE HORSE BAR AND PICKS UP A GUY—ONLY BELIEVG HE IS NORMA THE ENTIRE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE GUY [AT THE BAR] WAS CUTE. SHE’S [NORMAN AS NORMA] ATTRACTED TO HIM, AND THEY END UP A R… IT ME OM A REALLY HUMAN PLACE," EXECUTIVE PRODUCER KERRY EHR TOLD TV LE. "CLEARLY, NORMAN’S SEXUALY IS ALL OVER THE PLACE. IT’S NOT SUPER FED. IT MA SENSE TO THAT THIS WOULD’VE HAPPENED WH HIM — MANY TIM, PROBABLY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, THAT MEANS THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE FIRST TIME VIEWERS HAVE SEEN NORMA/N ON THE PROWL, HE'S BEEN DOG SCE NORMA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE DON’T FE . BUT WE SUGGT THAT THIS IS KD OF WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENG THE UPLE OF YEARS THAT HAVE PASSED SCE NORMA HAS DIED," ADD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHO KNEW THAT NORMA WOULD BE SUCH A GOOD WG WOMAN FOR HER SON? HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE MORE GUY-ON-GUY LIP LOCKS BEFORE THE SERI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAKE SURE TO TCH THE FAL EPISOS OF BAT MOTEL, MONDAYS ON A&{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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NO ONE'S TALKG ABOUT HOW "BAT MOTEL" HAS (FALLY) BEE GROUNDBREAKGLY QUEERAFTER FIVE SEASONS OF FENDG HIS HETERO BONA FIS, NORMAN BAT IS FALLY NONTED WH HIS QUEER {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY ROSS TIPOGRAPHAPRIL 24, 2017/12:59 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ROSS TIPOGRAPHAPRIL 24, 2017 / 12:59 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NO ONE'S TALKG ABOUT HOW \"BAT MOTEL\" HAS (FALLY) BEE GROUNDBREAKGLY QUEER","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-04-24T16:59:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-04-24T16:59:35.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ROSS TIPOGRAPH","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NORMAN BAT, THE TROUBLED MA CHARACTER A&E'S BAT MOTEL, HAS PRENTED AS A CISGENR STRAIGHT MAN FOR THE SHOW'S FIVE SEASONS: HE’S PASSNATE ABOUT SEX WH WOMEN, PUFFS UP HIS CHT WHENEVER HIS MOTHER, NORMA (VERA FARMIGA), EMASCULAT HIM, AND AGGRSIVELY REJECTED GAY ADVANC. THOUGH NORMAN (AS PLAYED BY FREDDIE HIGHMORE) HAS NEVER VEERED OM HIS HETERO INTY, WE EXPECTED THE SERI WOULD EVENTUALLY TOUCH ON THE QUEER CLIMAX OF S SOURCE MATERIAL, 1960'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT DAY HAS FALLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE’VE KNOWN SCE SEASON 2 THAT NORMAN SUFFERS OM BLACKOUTS. DURG THE SPLS OM REALY, NORMAN ENTERS A QUEER UNNSC, WHICH HE DRS LIKE HIS MOTHER AND HAS SEX WH MEN. SEASON 4 EVEN TRODUCED A FETISH ROLE-PLAYG SEQUENCE A STRIP CLUB. NORMAN N NEVER RELL THE EXPERIENC WHEN HE'S AWAKE, BUT ENLIGHTENMENT FALLY STCK THE SHOW'S FIFTH AND FALE SEASON, WHICH WRAPS TONIGHT. WHEN NORMAN RETURNS TO HIS R AFTER MYSTERLY ABANDONG THE NIGHT BEFORE, HE FDS A RANDOM MAN SI ASKG FOR A MORNG-AFTER KISS. SUDNLY, NORMAN’S REPRSED MEMORI ARE UNLEASHED: DRSED AS HIS MOTHER, HE HAS BEEN HAVG SEX WH MEN FOR YEARS. AFTER THIS REALIZATN, NORMAN IS UNABLE TO KEEP HIS INTI SEPARATE AND NORMAN/NORMA MOV TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN 2017, GENR EXPLORATN AND PASSNATE (ALBE) DNKEN GAY SEX ARE BEYOND YOUR TYPIL TV PROTAGONIST’S JOURNEY. Y, CLN IS APLENTY: HOMOEROTICISM IS RAMPANT ON TEEN WOLF AND OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS N WILD ON RIVERDALE, BUT BAT MOTEL HAS DONE SOMETHG DIFFERENT: IT’S EMERGED OM STRAIGHT ASH TO BE REBORN AS A FULL-FLEDGED QUEER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN S EARLY SEASONS, THE SHOW WAS A MORE NVENTNAL DRAMA, FEATURG VLENT NEIGHBORS AND STRANGE RELATIV AND A GROWG MYSTERY. BUT THAT’S WHY ’S ALL THE MORE SHOCKG THAT OUR LEAD, NOW FULLY GNIZANT, BREAKS OUT HIS MOM’S KIMONO, DOWNS GLASS OF WE, AND DABBL SAME-SEX R PLAY. THE SHOW IS LIVERG THE MOST EXPLOSIVE MORNIZATN OF GAY HORROR HISTORY TO DATE. PSYCHO ULD ONLY SLAP ON A FIVE-MUTE PSYCHIATRIST’S MONOLOGUE EXPLAG NORMAN’S SEXUALY BEFORE THE CREDS—BAT MOTEL, HOWEVER, IS A G-OUT STORY SPREAD OUT ACROSS FIVE SEASONS AND 50 EPISOS. THE REVEAL SEASON 5 PROV THAT THE EARLIER SEASONS’ SLOW BURN WAS FULLY TENTNAL: BOY DAT GIRLS, BOY QUTNS HIS SEXUALY AND GENR EXPRSN, BOY EVENTUALLY NONTS HIS TE SELF. THOUGH NORMAN’S SPIRAL OFTEN PAS HIM, ’S A POWERFUL GIFT TO QUEER VIEWERS LIKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID THE SHOW’S CREASG QUEERNS HURT S RATGS? IT'S HARD TO SAY, BUT EACH SEASON THE RATGS DID DROP. STILL, PSYCHO N’T BE "STRAIGHTENED": THIS NTEMPORARY TAKE HAD TO GO THERE—EXACTLY HOW FAR WAS A SATISFYG SURPRISE. APPLSE TO A&E: JT ONE YEAR BEFORE BAT, THE WORK GAVE A DUCK DYNASTY'S HIO HOMOPHOBE A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW ’S TIPPG THE SL TOWARDS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I N ONLY ASSUME ALED HCHCK WOULDN’T HAVE APPROVED OF BAT MOTEL: HE WASN’T A FAN OF OTHER PSYCHO UPDAT, LIKE BRIAN DE PALMA’S DRSED TO KILL. BUT I DO WONR WHAT ANTHONY PERKS WOULD HAVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BAT MOTEL SERI FALE AIRS MONDAY, APRIL 24 AT 10/9C ON A&E. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Norman Bat, the troubled ma character A&E's Bat Motel, has prented as a cisgenr straight man for the show's five seasons: He’s passnate about sex wh women, puffs up his cht whenever his mother, Norma (Vera Farmiga), emasculat him, and aggrsively rejected gay advanc. After this realizatn, Norman is unable to keep his inti separate and Norman/Norma mov to the 2017, genr exploratn and passnate (albe) dnken gay sex are beyond your typil TV protagonist’s journey. Y, cln is aplenty: Homoeroticism is rampant on Teen Wolf and openly gay characters n wild on Riverdale, but Bat Motel has done somethg different: It’s emerged om straight ash to be reborn as a full-fledged queer s early seasons, the show was a more nventnal drama, featurg vlent neighbors and strange relativ and a growg mystery.
The show is liverg the most explosive mornizatn of gay horror history to date. Applse to A&E: Jt one year before Bat, the work gave a Duck Dynasty's hio homophobe a ’s tippg the sl towards reprentatn.
I, like a lot of gay men, have this my own life, to the pot that Norman and Psycho (1960) have bee a nng joke wh my mom and I.
FREDDIE HIGHMORE HOOKED UP WH A GUY IN LATT "BAT MOTEL" EPISOSPOILERS!{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMARCH 21, 2017/2:10 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}A&EBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHMARCH 21, 2017 / 2:10 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FREDDIE HIGHMORE HOOKED UP WH A GUY IN LATT \"BAT MOTEL\" EPISO","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-03-21T18:10:48.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-03-21T18:10:48.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE STORY OF NORMAN BAT (FREDDIE HIGHMORE) AND HIS MOTHER NORMA (VERA FARMIGA) IS G TO A CLOSE WH THE FIFTH AND FAL SEASON OF A&E'S EMMY-NOMATED BAT MOTEL—BUT THE SERI ISN'T ENDG WHOUT SOME TWISTED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT ONLY HAS THIS SEASON TRODUCED TO MARN CRANE, THE CHARACTER OM PSYCHO—THIS TIME WH RIHANNA TAKG OVER THE ROLE ORIGATED BY JA LEIGH—BUT NOW WH NORMA AD, NORMAN HAS GONE FULL-ON PSYCHO. WHICH MEANS HE HAS STARTED DRSG UP AS HIS MOTHER AND IS NOW EVEN HOOKG UP WH GUYS IMAGARY AD MOTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON LAST NIGHT'S EPISO NORMAN GO TO THE LOL WHE HORSE BAR AND PICKS UP A GUY—ONLY BELIEVG HE IS NORMA THE ENTIRE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE GUY [AT THE BAR] WAS CUTE. SHE’S [NORMAN AS NORMA] ATTRACTED TO HIM, AND THEY END UP A R… IT ME OM A REALLY HUMAN PLACE," EXECUTIVE PRODUCER KERRY EHR TOLD TV LE. "CLEARLY, NORMAN’S SEXUALY IS ALL OVER THE PLACE. IT’S NOT SUPER FED. IT MA SENSE TO THAT THIS WOULD’VE HAPPENED WH HIM — MANY TIM, PROBABLY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, THAT MEANS THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE FIRST TIME VIEWERS HAVE SEEN NORMA/N ON THE PROWL, HE'S BEEN DOG SCE NORMA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE DON’T FE . BUT WE SUGGT THAT THIS IS KD OF WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENG THE UPLE OF YEARS THAT HAVE PASSED SCE NORMA HAS DIED," ADD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHO KNEW THAT NORMA WOULD BE SUCH A GOOD WG WOMAN FOR HER SON? HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE MORE GUY-ON-GUY LIP LOCKS BEFORE THE SERI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAKE SURE TO TCH THE FAL EPISOS OF BAT MOTEL, MONDAYS ON A&{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Last summer, I wrote a eply personal piece on Norman and Perks, who was gay, as an important aspect of my own g out and a sort of personal gay in. Although not wrten lerally as gay, Norman’s quiet, soft-spoken nature, his strong attachment to his mother (once seen as a “e” of homosexualy young men), and his drsg women’s cloth all lent the character a large amount of queer dg—further rerced by his closeted portrayal—and Bat Motel, the A&E seri prequel to Psycho, ntued and expand on this ’ve surely gathered how important Psycho is to me, so I watched the program’s 2013 but wh tert and skepticism—how would this storyle work as a weekly seri, and uld possibly live up to my high expectatns for my beloved Norman? He’s startled and unnerved, but his iend Cody (Paloma Kwiatkowski) reveals that she assumed Norman was gay.
Edwards is the only gay recurrg character the seri’ n, which is pecially notable bee he’s Black and bee his sexualy is stated so matter of factly.
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In the end, Norman’s “non” inty matters ls than what he means to the dividual viewer, and Highmore’s dynamic and lovable portrayal add a new chapter to my love for CONSIDER DONATING TO THE GAYLY HELPFUL FUNDRAISER FOR THE TRANSGENDER LAW CENTER. (Gay people ≠ Serial killers, duh.
While Norman was a killer, Perks was simply a gay man livg the 1950s. When she told him that her iend was gay Norman rmed her that he was not.