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THE GAY LEGACY OF FRANKENSTE
Jam Whale (1889-1957) was a gay man, and that may have ntributed to the llapse of his reer the late 1930s.
JAM WHALE: FRANKENSTE’S GAY FATHER
It is now believed that the Monster, as nceived by Whale, was the director exprsg his own tratn over how gays were treated by society.
Bri of Frankenste is a dark edy, filled wh graveyard humor and an obv gay subtext. Watchg Bri of Frankenste today, is hard to image that 1935 dienc failed to see the obv: that this was the work of an unashamed gay filmmaker. Over the years, many film historians have speculated that Whale’s openns regardg his homosexualy may have st him his reer.