Insane jet stunts and some good old fashned Amerin patrtism — that’s Top Gun for you. Except, there’s more. It’s also an unexpected gay classic.
Contents:
- JERRY BCKHEIMER WEIGHS ON TARANTO’S ‘TOP GUN’ GAY FILM MONOLOGUE: ‘A COMPLIMENT’
- HOW TOP GUN BEME A GAY CLASSIC
- TOP GUN: IS THERE REALLY A GAY SUBTEXT? WE ASKED THE WRER
- THE ORIGAL TOP GUN WAS MY SWEATY, SEXY GAY SALVATN
- TOP GUN: WHY TOM CISE'S FLYG ACTNER IS AN UNTENTNAL GAY CLASSIC
JERRY BCKHEIMER WEIGHS ON TARANTO’S ‘TOP GUN’ GAY FILM MONOLOGUE: ‘A COMPLIMENT’
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.
HOW TOP GUN BEME A GAY CLASSIC
“It is a story about a man stgglg wh his own homosexualy.
TOP GUN: IS THERE REALLY A GAY SUBTEXT? WE ASKED THE WRER
They’re gay; they reprent the gay man, alright?
Go the gay way, go the gay way. Go the gay way.
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.
THE ORIGAL TOP GUN WAS MY SWEATY, SEXY GAY SALVATN
“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: WHY TOM CISE'S FLYG ACTNER IS AN UNTENTNAL GAY CLASSIC
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.