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- JERRY BCKHEIMER WEIGHS ON TARANTO’S ‘TOP GUN’ GAY FILM MONOLOGUE: ‘A COMPLIMENT’
- CRíTI EXPLI POR QUé TOP GUN UN CLáSI GAY
- TOP GUN: IS THERE REALLY A GAY SUBTEXT? WE ASKED THE WRER
- HOW TOP GUN BEME A GAY CLASSIC
- ‘TOP GUN: MAVERICK’ IS ACTUALLY THE GAYT MOVIE OF THE YEAR
- TOP GUN: WHY TOM CISE'S FLYG ACTNER IS AN UNTENTNAL GAY CLASSIC
- THE ORIGAL TOP GUN WAS MY SWEATY, SEXY GAY SALVATN
- ¿ES ‘TOP GUN’ UNA PELíCULA GAY? SEGúN QUENT TARANTO, Sí
JERRY BCKHEIMER WEIGHS ON TARANTO’S ‘TOP GUN’ GAY FILM MONOLOGUE: ‘A COMPLIMENT’
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Two years later, he doubled down on that reputatn wh a meo Rory Kelly’s die dramedy Sleep Wh Me, which he lays out the many reasons why Top Gun, wh s many homoerotic unrton, is actually a gay film. “It is a story about a man stgglg wh his own homosexualy.
They’re gay; they reprent the gay man, alright?
Go the gay way, go the gay way. Go the gay way.
CRíTI EXPLI POR QUé TOP GUN UN CLáSI GAY
Top Gun has one scene so inic, the sequel shed and went even eper. Here's a look at the gay subtext that everyone's been talkg about. * top gun gay theory youtube *
Be the gay way.
Go for the gay way. Last year, when Top Gun celebrated s 35th anniversary, Vulture asked producer Jerry Bckheimer about the film’s standg as an inic moment gay cema. “Top Gun” producer Jerry Bckheimer celebrated the film’s 35th anniversary this month by reflectg on the movie’s unexpected legacy as a gay film an terview wh Vulture.
TOP GUN: IS THERE REALLY A GAY SUBTEXT? WE ASKED THE WRER
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This readg of the film was immortalized by Quent Taranto, who has a sgle scene the 1994 movie “Sleep wh Me” which he appears to give a monologue explag why the Tom Cise-starrg “Top Gun” is really “a story about a man’s stggle wh his own homosexualy. They’re gay, they reprent the gay man, all right?
And they’re sayg, go, go the gay way, go the gay way.
HOW TOP GUN BEME A GAY CLASSIC
They’re sayg no, go the gay way, be the gay way, go for the gay way, all right? Taranto’s monologue and the blatant homoerotic unrton of the film’s signature oiled-up beach volleyball game have long kept “Top Gun” at least tangentially related to gay cema. Asked by Vulture what he mak of the homoerotic readg of “Top Gun, ” Bckheimer said he embrac even if that was not the specific tentn of the filmmakg team.
In a newly rurfaced clip of Taranto’s small meo part Sleep Wh Me (1994) the director sentially plays himself, passnately argug his se for why he believ Top Gun is really about homosexualy.
‘TOP GUN: MAVERICK’ IS ACTUALLY THE GAYT MOVIE OF THE YEAR
” In the Sleep Wh Me scene, Taranto shar his theory wh a character played by Todd Fields that Top Gun is actually a full-fledged tale of homosexualy disguised as ary propaganda.
TOP GUN: WHY TOM CISE'S FLYG ACTNER IS AN UNTENTNAL GAY CLASSIC
” Moreover, Taranto go on to suggt: “It is a story about a man stgglg wh his own homosexualy.
THE ORIGAL TOP GUN WAS MY SWEATY, SEXY GAY SALVATN
” Taranto ntu by suggtg that Maverick’s relatnship wh Charlie reprents heterosexualy, and the stggle he fac tryg to do what is expected by society, vers acceptg his tth as a gay man.
’” Taranto believ that by the end of the movie, Maverick’s teractn wh Iceman, his petn throughout the film, nfirms his acceptance of his homosexualy.
¿ES ‘TOP GUN’ UNA PELíCULA GAY? SEGúN QUENT TARANTO, Sí
This theory do make a lot of sense, nsirg the highly homoerotic subtext that ns through the film, such as highly eroticised scen of oiled mcly men flexg the sun ont of each other, and the often palpable tensn between the male characters.
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