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25 YEARS LATER, 'IN & OUT' REMAS A GOOD-HEARTED GAY FILM AHEAD OF ITS TIME
“First of all, I’m gay,” he said, “and this movie is gog to be gay non.”"Barbie is like a drag performance of heterosexualy; ’s so exaggerated that exemplifi the ways that heterosexualy self is nstcted and performed."Alex AvilaAnd Gay Tim, a Brish LGBTQ news se, celebrated Friday, the day of the film’s official release, as “Barbie day“ and lled the world-renowned doll a “queer cultural phenomenon.”But spe mors, a healthy number of LGBTQ actors, a few d mor characters and perhaps some wishful thkg, Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” movie has nothg overtly queer about . PicturIn an terview wh Fandango, actor Kate McKnon, who is openly gay and plays “Weird Barbie” the film, said Barbie is about “imagatn.” “It’s a way of exprsg your nermost sir, and thgs that you’re explorg about yourself and about the world,” she said. Many also flagged the teased scene which Barbie, now the real world, exchang a longg look wh Ameri Ferrera’s Gloria character; though, the relatnship between the two turns out to be a tribute to motherhood and the tradnal, nuclear fay.Jt before the film’s release, Robbie all but squashed the mors that some or any of the Barbi and Kens would be gay, tellg the Brish LGBTQ magaze Attu: The dolls don’t “actually have sexual orientatns.” And, the end, dienc are left wh a few fleetg and not particularly pri-ducg referenc to queer Barbie culture.
There are brief appearanc by Earrg Magic Ken and Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken, both of which Mattel has always nied were tentnally gay-d.
“People talked to me about lookg back and feelg like they unrstood their queer origs by how they had treated Barbie.”As far as the queer-d trailers and promotnal clips for the new “Barbie” film, Rand poted to a phenomenon known as “gay wdow advertisg,” or the practice of advertisers gturg to queer dienc a way that will go over the heads of those who would disapprove.