The Gay Deceivers was homophobic, juvenile, and, somehow, ahead of s time.
Contents:
- THE GAY DECEIVERS (1969) TRAILER
- THE GAY DECEIVERS
- 50 YEARS LATER, THE FILM GAY DECEIVERS IS STILL VERY GAY, VERY BAD
THE GAY DECEIVERS (1969) TRAILER
VHS trailer for the 1969 gay edy The Gay Deceivers, directed by Bce Ksler, starrg Kev Coughl, Brooke Bundy, Michael Greer and more. * the gay deceivers clip *
VHS trailer for the 1969 gay edy The Gay Deceivers, directed by Bce Ksler, starrg Kev Coughl, Brooke Bundy, Michael Greer and more. Two men mt pose as gay lovers to avoid gettg drafted.
Danny Devl and his woman-chasg iend Ellt Crane ci to pose as homosexuals to avoid ductn to the Army. Sce Danny is nvced that he and Ellt mt appear to live together as homosexuals to nfirm the Army's judgment, they rent a one-bedroom apartment an area popular wh the gay set.
THE GAY DECEIVERS
Two men mt pose as gay lovers to avoid gettg drafted. * the gay deceivers clip *
Eventually, Ellt's married and unmarried girl iends, Danny's father, and even Karen herself bee nvced that the men are actually homosexual. The last year of the 1960s also broke ground when me to film, wh a movie about a d gay iendship between a htler and a grifter (Midnight Cowboy) wng the Bt Picture Osr the followg year.
When me to paradigm-shiftg films of 1969, The Gay Deceivers do not qualify. Centered on two bonehead straight guys (played by Kev Coughl and Larry Casey) who pretend to be gay to avoid the draft, The Gay Deceivers was a precursor to shows like Bosom Buddi and Three's Company and movi like Mrs. Doubtfire and I Now Prounounce You Chuck and the jok are broad and stupid, the puns obv (a character brgs a u basket to the tular ceivers), the women eher cluels, lechero, or ceful (but always sexy and ually half-naked), and the antigay slurs ubiquo, the movie has several fun flash of gay culture that mastream Ameri was not at all ed the ceivers rent an L.
50 YEARS LATER, THE FILM GAY DECEIVERS IS STILL VERY GAY, VERY BAD
* the gay deceivers clip *
Apartment lord over by a swishy landlord named Mallm (Michael Greer), 's adorned wh homoerotic art that is still rigur Palm Sprgs and Provcetown. Gay men the film ll each other "she" whout a bat of the eye, drag is held up as an art form, and two men even dance together.