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MARK SCHULTZ ATTACKS 'GAY RELATNSHIP' WRTLG BPIC FOXTCHER

Though Schultz says his book that many spected Du Pont might have been gay, he never saw any behavr to suggt so while livg at Foxtcher. Mark Schultz mounted an angry social media asslt on Miller after crics reviewg the film suggted there may have been homosexual unrton to the relatnship between the on-screen Schultz, played by Channg Tatum, and multi-lnaire wrtlg imprar John DuPont, played by Steve Carell. Fally, US journalist Christian Caryl lambasted send world war breaker drama The Imatn Game the New York Review of Books for pictg Bra’s Alan Turg, played by Benedict Cumberbatch, as a “dour Mr Spock who is disliked by all of his -workers” and “jt the sort of mythologil gay man, whey and weak, that homophob love to hate” ntradictn of what the cric said were historil facts.

Carrell has been ld for his portrayal ofJohn duPont, an heir to thPont chemilfortune who was nvicted of murrg Olympic etyle wrtlerDave Schultz(played the film byMark Ruffaloand also nomated for an Osr) January, movie and Osr-nomated directorBent Millerhave generated ntroversy over Carrell’s portrayal of duPont, mimizg his mental illns and htg that duPont was gay. Taylor, a straight ally, is also the founr and executive director ofAthlete Ally, a nonprof anizatn foced on endg homophobia and transphobia sports. He didn’t see the homoerotic unrton ced by some crics "Foxtcher.

"Asi om not fully explorg duPont’s mental illns, “Foxtcher” getssignifint portns of the historil part of the movie right, cludg his sire to be seen as ach of the wrtlg team spe of a lack of athletic realy, was John duPont gay?

WAS JOHN DUPONT GAY

A Philalphia Inquirerarticlepublished shortly after Dave Schultz’s murr poted out the lack of a “gay angle, ” as the newspaper put me, Foxtcherwas a story of privilege and class: the privilege one has when you’re worth $200 ln (as duPont was the late 1980s) andmental illnsn be ignored as beg eccentric if the money keeps flowg (duPont gave$3. Foxtcherisn’t a perfect film, but the kerfuffle over perceived homophobia only distracts om a profoundly tragic story based on actual McDonnell is munitns and advocy manager for Rource Center.

In the film, ’s heavily implied that he and his brother’s killer had a homosexual relatnship and, when Dave saw the fal cut of the film, he explod on Twter, wrg to the director:.

FOXTCHER’S GAY SUBTEXT BRGS “ROUGH TRA” TO THE MOVI

Be notified when an answer is postedAdd your answer:Earn +20 ptsQ: Was john dupont gayWre your answer... One of those charg me om another Villanova ach, who said that he was fired bee he had refed du Pont's homosexual advanc. Foxtcher’s Gay Subtext Brgs “Rough Tra” to the Movi.

To unrstand the disfort that many gay viewers are undoubtedly feelg screengs of Foxtcher—the dreary b of Osr ba jt out om director Bent Miller—you need to unrstand a few thgs about gay archetyp and how they have historilly functned. This is important, bee I nnot thk of another recent movie that so clearly reli on homo-anx, dog-whistle shorthand for both s characterizatn and plot; and yet, save for Armond Whe’s sthg piece OUT, the film’s largely posive reviews have avoid real examatn of the issue.

To be fair, some crics have wonred aloud about the film’s “hts” at homoeroticism, but they have ultimately shied away om gog further. Those elements are probably there somewhere, but ’s the gay subtext— this se, the age-old story of a wealthy, effete fairy gog after rough tra—that feels most central, most necsary for the movie to make whatever narrative sense do.

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Is Foxtcher homophobic? Gay subtext and rough tra the wrtlg film. .

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