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- THE OUT TAKE: HOW GAY IS 'THE GREAT GATSBY'?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}MOVIBY DANIEL WALBERMAY 9, 2013/9:49 {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 DANIEL WALBERMAY 9, 2013 / 9:49 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE OUT TAKE: HOW GAY IS 'THE GREAT GATSBY'?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-05-09T13:49:43.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-05-09T13:49:43.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"DANIEL WALBER","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE OUT TAKE,” IS A BI-WEEKLY LUMN DITED TO QUEER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE’S THE STORY, WHAT WE KNOW. TMAN CAPOTE WAS THE FIRST WRER BROUGHT ON FOR THE 1974 ADAPTATN OF “THE GREAT GATSBY,” ONE OF MANY TALENTS TO ENTER AND THEN LEAVE THE FILM DURG PREPRODUCTN. A WHOLE BUNCH OF NAM WERE TOSSED AROUND TO PLAY THE LEADS, OM CANDICE BERGEN TO WARREN BEATTY. ALI MACGRAW, THEN WIFE OF ATTACHED DIRECTOR ROBERT EVANS, WAS ORIGALLY SLATED TO PLAY DAISY UNTIL SHE LEFT EVANS FOR STEVE MCQUEEN. CAPOTE’S EX, HOWEVER, ME FOR REASONS OF VISN. HE WROTE A WHOLE SCRIPT, SENT TO THE STUD, AND WAS PROMPTLY REJECTED. RATHER THAN HAVE HIM REWRE , THE NTROVERSIAL NOVELIST WAS REPLACED BY FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA (WHO SISTED THAT HIS OWN SCRIPT DIDN’T MAKE OUT ALIVE EHER).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WHAT WAS WRONG WH CAPOTE’S WORK? THIS IS WHERE THGS GET A B VAGUE. THE OFT-CED “CREATIVE DIFFERENC” OF HOLLYWOOD N MEAN ANY NUMBER OF THGS. HIS DRAFT ISN’T AVAILABLE TO READ, THOUGH SOMEONE BOUGHT A PY FOR $17,925 BACK 2007 AT A BONHAMS CTN. THE MOR (AND GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE THGS, A LIKELY REALY), IS THAT THE DRAFT WAS TOO GAY. CAPOTE HAD NOT ONLY PLACED NICK CARRAWAY EXPLICLY LOVE WH GATSBY, BUT HE’D ALSO TURNED GOLFER JORDAN BAKER TO A LBIAN. THK OF HOW SNDALO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO CHECK OUT: OUR REVIEW OF "THE GREAT GATSBY"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OR, RATHER, THK OF HOW SNDALO THAT WOULD BE NOW. THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT DIENC ARE OPPOSED TO GAY CHARACTERS, WE’VE MA PLENTY OF PROGRS ON THAT POT. YET THERE’S AN ATTACHMENT TO WHAT ARE PERCEIVED AS THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CHARACTER WHICH N MAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE UNFORTABLE. IT’S A PROBLEM THAT GO BEYOND THE BOUNDARI OF ANY ONE WORK OR INTY – THE MOST RECENT NTROVERSY WH THE IC BOOK WORLD IS THE STG OF A BLACK ACTOR TO PLAY THE HUMAN TORCH THE FANTASTIC FOUR REBOOT. AUDIENC TAKE BASIC ELEMENTS OF A CHARACTER AS SACROSANCT, AND WHEN AN ADAPTATN TKERS WH THE THGS OFTEN TRIGGERS SOME PRETTY UGLY PREJUDICE. IT N EVEN HAPPEN WHEN TURNS OUT TO BE THE CREATOR’S TENTN. REMEMBER THE HULLABALOO OVER J.K. ROWLG PUBLICLY STATG DUMBLEDORE’S SEXUALY? IT SEEMS RIDICULO TO TALK ABOUT NOW, BUT THERE WAS PLENTY OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS BRGS BACK TO GATSBY. WHAT WAS F. STT FZGERALD’S TENTN REGARDG NICK? THERE’S OFTEN MORE OPEN SPACE FOR TERPRETATN AROUND SEXUALY A NOVEL, BEE WE DON’T ACTUALLY SEE THE CHARACTER’S SIR UNFOLD. IT N BE LEFT VAGUE ON PURPOSE, AND MUCH N BE READ TO THGS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE SUGGTED. SALON’S GREG OLEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, IS ABSOLUTELY NVCED THAT NICK IS GAY. HIS ARGUMENT DON’T E OM AN ACROBATIC READG OF A SGLE CRYPTIC PASSAGE, EHER. OLEAR ASSEMBL OBSERVATNS ABOUT NICK’S BACKGROUND, THE WAY HE REACTS TO AND SCRIB WOMEN, AND ONE PARTICULAR SCENE VOLVG A MR. MCKEE. I WON’T GO TO MORE TAIL WH THE EVINCE BUT DO READ HIS WHOLE PIECE, ’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS AT THE END, HOWEVER, WHEN OLEAR ALS WH THE IMPLITNS. THIS ISN’T JT A SILLY, SELFISH TERPRETATN OF THE STORY THAT LATCH ON TO A FANTASY AS A MEANS OF HIJACKG THE NARRATIVE. IT’S A READG OF THE TEXT. ALL OF THE BT FILM ADAPTATNS OF NOVELS HAVE A UNIQUE READG OF THE TEXT, WHETHER ’S JOE WRIGHT’S THEATRIL SIGNS ON “ANNA KARENA” OR THE MIMALIST APPROACH OF CARY FUNAGA AND ANDREA ARNOLD TO 19TH CENTURY ROMANTICISM. THE READG OF NICK AS GAY OPENS UP HIS PORTRAYAL OF GATSBY, AND MIRRORS GATSBY’S OWN LOVE OF DAISY. IT’S AN EXTRA DIMENSN THAT, IF EXPAND UPON A FILM, MIGHT ALTER AND ENRICH OUR UNRSTANDG OF THE ORIGAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW, BAZ LUHRMANN HAS NOT DONE THIS WH HIS NEW FILM. HE’S UPDATED OTHER WAYS, PERHAPS MOST NOTABLY HIS CHOICE TO E NTEMPORARY MIC, STRIVG FOR THE HNS OF FZGERALD’S ORIGALLY NTEMPORARY NOVEL. OBVLY I N’T CRICIZE HIM FOR NOT MAKG NICK EXPLICLY GAY, NOR WOULD I. NOR N HE BE CRICIZED FOR BORG ADAPTATNS. HIS “ROMEO + JULIET” IS QUE SOMETHG, OF URSE, BUT “MOUL ROUGE!” AND S RAMBUNCT TAKE ON LA TRAVIATA IS THE PEAK OF HIS CREATIVY. AND SPE OF S NARRATIVE NTENT, LUHRMANN’S SOMEWHAT EPIC FLAMBOYANCE HAS ALWAYS SEEMED A LTLE B GAY. I THK ’S IMPORTANT TO KEEP “THE GREAT GASBY” AND OUR UNRSTANDG OF ADAPTATN GENERAL THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}READG BOOKS AND FILMS AS QUEER, EVEN PERHAPS QUEERER THAN ORIGALLY TEND, ISN’T JT A GAME. IT’S AN TEGRAL PART OF THE WAY WRERS, ARTISTS AND CRICS HAVE LOOKED AT QUEER AND NON-QUEER TEXTS FOR S. DEREK JARMAN’S FILMS, SOME OF THEM NOW OVER THIRTY YEARS OLD, TOOK EVERYTHG OM THE HAGGRAPHI OF THE EARLY CATHOLIC CHURCH TO MARLOWE’S “EDWARD II” AND READ THEM AS QUEER. HIS SEBASTIANE, CARAVAGG AND EDWARD II ARE CLEVER, UNIQUE FILMS THAT SAY SOMETHG NEW AND EXCG BY ENGAGG WH THE OLD. “QUEERG” PRE-EXISTG GENR IS PRACTILLY A GENRE OF S OWN, AT THIS POT, WHETHER ’S TODD HAYN’ AND PEDRO ALMODóVAR’S RE-E OF MELODRAMA OR ULRIKE OTTGER TAKG ON FRENCH SATHOOD WH JOAN OF ARC OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CHARACTERS ARE WHAT WE MAKE OF THEM. GORE VIDAL KNEW THAT “BEN-HUR” WAS GAY, EVEN IF CHARLTON HTON HADN’T THE FOGGIT IA. GO SEE “THE GREAT GATSBY” THIS WEEKEND AND TERPRET HOWEVER YOU LIKE. WHO KNOWS, MIGHT MAKE TOBEY MAGUIRE SEEM MUCH MORE {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
- NICK CARRAWAY IS GAY AND LOVE WH GATSBY
- NICK IS GAY AND WHY KNOWG THIS IS ESSENTIAL TO READG THE GREAT GATSBYDAVID GIUNTA·FOLLOWPUBLISHED CARETHKCREATE·10 M READ·JUL 10, 2019--15SHARETRY REREADG THE GREAT GATSBY THROUGH A NEW LENS. IT’S A CRAZY JOURNEY.WHO IS THE GREAT GATSBY REALLY ABOUT? SPOILER: IT’S REALLY ABOUT NICK.I’VE BEEN TEACHG THE GREAT GATSBY FOR WELL OVER A AND I AM TELLG YOU THAT THE NOVEL IS NOT ABOUT GATSBY. IT IS ABOUT NICK. AND, I WILL BE HAPPY TO ARGUE THE TOPIC WH ANYONE.HOW I ME TO THIS TERMATN NCERNS THE READG OF THE GREAT GATSBY. THE TLE OF THE STORY, THE GREAT GATSBY, SUGGTS THAT THE GATSBY IS SIAR TO A MAGICIAN. GATSBY DO REMBLE A MAGICIAN, BUT F. STT FZGERALD IS THE REAL ILLNIST. HIS MAGIC IS SUBTLY KNTED THROUGHOUT HIS WORDS. THE GREAT GATSBY IS TLY A DYNAMIC NOVEL. IT NSTANTLY CHANG BASED ON THE PARTICULAR LENS THE REAR IS G WHEN READG. TO MONSTRATE THIS ASPECT OF THE NOVEL, I WILL REFER TO A LSON I TEACH MY SENRS WHEN EXAMG THE GREAT GATSBY. I LIKE TO LL THE “LEVER LSON,” AND WILL SHOW YOU THAT NOVEL IS NOT ALL THAT APPEARS.HI ALL. BEFORE I GET TO THE LEVER LSON, YOU N CLICK HERE TO READ MY NEXT ARTICLE ABOUT GATSBY AND PLAY THE GATSBY VIO GAME.THE LEVER-LSON
- HOW ARE JAY GATSBY AND JORDAN BAKER PRENTED AS "GAY STEREOTYP" THE GREAT GATSBY?
- THE GREAT GATSBY MOVIE NEED TO BE MORE GAY
THE OUT TAKE: HOW GAY IS 'THE GREAT GATSBY'?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}MOVIBY DANIEL WALBERMAY 9, 2013/9:49 {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 DANIEL WALBERMAY 9, 2013 / 9:49 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE OUT TAKE: HOW GAY IS 'THE GREAT GATSBY'?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-05-09T13:49:43.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-05-09T13:49:43.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"DANIEL WALBER","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE OUT TAKE,” IS A BI-WEEKLY LUMN DITED TO QUEER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE’S THE STORY, WHAT WE KNOW. TMAN CAPOTE WAS THE FIRST WRER BROUGHT ON FOR THE 1974 ADAPTATN OF “THE GREAT GATSBY,” ONE OF MANY TALENTS TO ENTER AND THEN LEAVE THE FILM DURG PREPRODUCTN. A WHOLE BUNCH OF NAM WERE TOSSED AROUND TO PLAY THE LEADS, OM CANDICE BERGEN TO WARREN BEATTY. ALI MACGRAW, THEN WIFE OF ATTACHED DIRECTOR ROBERT EVANS, WAS ORIGALLY SLATED TO PLAY DAISY UNTIL SHE LEFT EVANS FOR STEVE MCQUEEN. CAPOTE’S EX, HOWEVER, ME FOR REASONS OF VISN. HE WROTE A WHOLE SCRIPT, SENT TO THE STUD, AND WAS PROMPTLY REJECTED. RATHER THAN HAVE HIM REWRE , THE NTROVERSIAL NOVELIST WAS REPLACED BY FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA (WHO SISTED THAT HIS OWN SCRIPT DIDN’T MAKE OUT ALIVE EHER).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WHAT WAS WRONG WH CAPOTE’S WORK? THIS IS WHERE THGS GET A B VAGUE. THE OFT-CED “CREATIVE DIFFERENC” OF HOLLYWOOD N MEAN ANY NUMBER OF THGS. HIS DRAFT ISN’T AVAILABLE TO READ, THOUGH SOMEONE BOUGHT A PY FOR $17,925 BACK 2007 AT A BONHAMS CTN. THE MOR (AND GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE THGS, A LIKELY REALY), IS THAT THE DRAFT WAS TOO GAY. CAPOTE HAD NOT ONLY PLACED NICK CARRAWAY EXPLICLY LOVE WH GATSBY, BUT HE’D ALSO TURNED GOLFER JORDAN BAKER TO A LBIAN. THK OF HOW SNDALO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALSO CHECK OUT: OUR REVIEW OF "THE GREAT GATSBY"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OR, RATHER, THK OF HOW SNDALO THAT WOULD BE NOW. THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT DIENC ARE OPPOSED TO GAY CHARACTERS, WE’VE MA PLENTY OF PROGRS ON THAT POT. YET THERE’S AN ATTACHMENT TO WHAT ARE PERCEIVED AS THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CHARACTER WHICH N MAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE UNFORTABLE. IT’S A PROBLEM THAT GO BEYOND THE BOUNDARI OF ANY ONE WORK OR INTY – THE MOST RECENT NTROVERSY WH THE IC BOOK WORLD IS THE STG OF A BLACK ACTOR TO PLAY THE HUMAN TORCH THE FANTASTIC FOUR REBOOT. AUDIENC TAKE BASIC ELEMENTS OF A CHARACTER AS SACROSANCT, AND WHEN AN ADAPTATN TKERS WH THE THGS OFTEN TRIGGERS SOME PRETTY UGLY PREJUDICE. IT N EVEN HAPPEN WHEN TURNS OUT TO BE THE CREATOR’S TENTN. REMEMBER THE HULLABALOO OVER J.K. ROWLG PUBLICLY STATG DUMBLEDORE’S SEXUALY? IT SEEMS RIDICULO TO TALK ABOUT NOW, BUT THERE WAS PLENTY OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS BRGS BACK TO GATSBY. WHAT WAS F. STT FZGERALD’S TENTN REGARDG NICK? THERE’S OFTEN MORE OPEN SPACE FOR TERPRETATN AROUND SEXUALY A NOVEL, BEE WE DON’T ACTUALLY SEE THE CHARACTER’S SIR UNFOLD. IT N BE LEFT VAGUE ON PURPOSE, AND MUCH N BE READ TO THGS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE SUGGTED. SALON’S GREG OLEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, IS ABSOLUTELY NVCED THAT NICK IS GAY. HIS ARGUMENT DON’T E OM AN ACROBATIC READG OF A SGLE CRYPTIC PASSAGE, EHER. OLEAR ASSEMBL OBSERVATNS ABOUT NICK’S BACKGROUND, THE WAY HE REACTS TO AND SCRIB WOMEN, AND ONE PARTICULAR SCENE VOLVG A MR. MCKEE. I WON’T GO TO MORE TAIL WH THE EVINCE BUT DO READ HIS WHOLE PIECE, ’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS AT THE END, HOWEVER, WHEN OLEAR ALS WH THE IMPLITNS. THIS ISN’T JT A SILLY, SELFISH TERPRETATN OF THE STORY THAT LATCH ON TO A FANTASY AS A MEANS OF HIJACKG THE NARRATIVE. IT’S A READG OF THE TEXT. ALL OF THE BT FILM ADAPTATNS OF NOVELS HAVE A UNIQUE READG OF THE TEXT, WHETHER ’S JOE WRIGHT’S THEATRIL SIGNS ON “ANNA KARENA” OR THE MIMALIST APPROACH OF CARY FUNAGA AND ANDREA ARNOLD TO 19TH CENTURY ROMANTICISM. THE READG OF NICK AS GAY OPENS UP HIS PORTRAYAL OF GATSBY, AND MIRRORS GATSBY’S OWN LOVE OF DAISY. IT’S AN EXTRA DIMENSN THAT, IF EXPAND UPON A FILM, MIGHT ALTER AND ENRICH OUR UNRSTANDG OF THE ORIGAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW, BAZ LUHRMANN HAS NOT DONE THIS WH HIS NEW FILM. HE’S UPDATED OTHER WAYS, PERHAPS MOST NOTABLY HIS CHOICE TO E NTEMPORARY MIC, STRIVG FOR THE HNS OF FZGERALD’S ORIGALLY NTEMPORARY NOVEL. OBVLY I N’T CRICIZE HIM FOR NOT MAKG NICK EXPLICLY GAY, NOR WOULD I. NOR N HE BE CRICIZED FOR BORG ADAPTATNS. HIS “ROMEO + JULIET” IS QUE SOMETHG, OF URSE, BUT “MOUL ROUGE!” AND S RAMBUNCT TAKE ON LA TRAVIATA IS THE PEAK OF HIS CREATIVY. AND SPE OF S NARRATIVE NTENT, LUHRMANN’S SOMEWHAT EPIC FLAMBOYANCE HAS ALWAYS SEEMED A LTLE B GAY. 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The mor (and given the nature of the thgs, a likely realy), is that the draft was too gay. This is not to say that dienc are opposed to gay characters, we’ve ma plenty of progrs on that pot. Salon’s Greg Olear, for example, is absolutely nvced that Nick is gay.
The readg of Nick as gay opens up his portrayal of Gatsby, and mirrors Gatsby’s own love of Daisy.
NICK CARRAWAY IS GAY AND LOVE WH GATSBY
Obvly I n’t cricize him for not makg Nick explicly gay, nor would I. And spe of s narrative ntent, Luhrmann’s somewhat epic flamboyance has always seemed a ltle b gay.
Gore Vidal knew that “Ben-Hur” was gay, even if Charlton Hton hadn’t the foggit ia. My other premise is ls obv, but no more difficult to argue: Nick is a) gay and b) love wh Gatsby. So far, Nick’s is exactly the profile of a (closeted) gay young man a proment Middle Wtern fay 1922.
NICK IS GAY AND WHY KNOWG THIS IS ESSENTIAL TO READG THE GREAT GATSBYDAVID GIUNTA·FOLLOWPUBLISHED CARETHKCREATE·10 M READ·JUL 10, 2019--15SHARETRY REREADG THE GREAT GATSBY THROUGH A NEW LENS. IT’S A CRAZY JOURNEY.WHO IS THE GREAT GATSBY REALLY ABOUT? SPOILER: IT’S REALLY ABOUT NICK.I’VE BEEN TEACHG THE GREAT GATSBY FOR WELL OVER A AND I AM TELLG YOU THAT THE NOVEL IS NOT ABOUT GATSBY. IT IS ABOUT NICK. AND, I WILL BE HAPPY TO ARGUE THE TOPIC WH ANYONE.HOW I ME TO THIS TERMATN NCERNS THE READG OF THE GREAT GATSBY. THE TLE OF THE STORY, THE GREAT GATSBY, SUGGTS THAT THE GATSBY IS SIAR TO A MAGICIAN. GATSBY DO REMBLE A MAGICIAN, BUT F. STT FZGERALD IS THE REAL ILLNIST. HIS MAGIC IS SUBTLY KNTED THROUGHOUT HIS WORDS. THE GREAT GATSBY IS TLY A DYNAMIC NOVEL. IT NSTANTLY CHANG BASED ON THE PARTICULAR LENS THE REAR IS G WHEN READG. TO MONSTRATE THIS ASPECT OF THE NOVEL, I WILL REFER TO A LSON I TEACH MY SENRS WHEN EXAMG THE GREAT GATSBY. I LIKE TO LL THE “LEVER LSON,” AND WILL SHOW YOU THAT NOVEL IS NOT ALL THAT APPEARS.HI ALL. BEFORE I GET TO THE LEVER LSON, YOU N CLICK HERE TO READ MY NEXT ARTICLE ABOUT GATSBY AND PLAY THE GATSBY VIO GAME.THE LEVER-LSON
Her face was sad and lovely wh bright thgs , bright ey and a bright passnate mouth, but there was an excement her voice that men who had red for her found difficult to fet: a sgg pulsn, a whispered “Listen, ” a promise that she had done gay, excg thgs jt a while sce and that there were gay, excg thgs hoverg the next hour. What difference do make if Nick is gay? Stt) that he was able to provi so much textual evince that Nick is gay whout nfirmg or drawg undue attentn to .
HOW ARE JAY GATSBY AND JORDAN BAKER PRENTED AS "GAY STEREOTYP" THE GREAT GATSBY?
” And that’s why matters that Nick is gay and love wh Gatsby: bee Tom’s asssment is spot-on, but Nick will never adm .
Nick Carraway, failed bond trar, unreliable narrator, believer the green light, who knows that gay, excg thgs are no longer hoverg the next hour, and never will aga. Mt e the words the say; Heterosexism, Homophobia, Homo-social, Transgenr.
The qutn is: How are Jay Gatsby and Jordan Baker prented as "gay stereotyp" the Great Gatsby? I never thought of Gatsby as homosexual.
THE GREAT GATSBY MOVIE NEED TO BE MORE GAY
Author Nghi Vo almost got n over her high school parkg lot the same day she received "The Great Gatsby" as a sophomore high school – eerily, narrowly avoidg the same fate as a ma character F.