Dedg the Gay Subtext the Hollywood Classic, 'The Malte Faln'

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MALTE FALN, THE (1941): GAY TEXT/SUBTEXT–LORRE’S CHARACTER (LGBTQ, GAY)

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In Hammett’s novel, the character is homosexual, but to avoid censorship problems, this was downplayed the movie. In the novel, Cairo is referred to as “queer” and “the fairy, ” but the film uld only ht at homosexualy.

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It is mentned by The Celluloid Closet, a documentary based on Vo Rso’s book, about how Hollywood films treated homosexualy the stud era. Like Cairo, Wilmer has also been seen by some crics[ as homosexual, primarily bee of the e of “gunsel, ” meang a young homosexual a relatnship wh an olr man, to scribe him. Some gay crics have also foced on the faln as a phallic signifier; the way is treated and touched by var characters.

Hard, tough, thls, mascule -- the words often ed to scribe Hollywood's 1941 tective classic The Malte Faln are also terms found gay eroti to pict the male an.

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