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BEN AFFLECK NSIRED HIMSELF A 'SER ACTOR' AFTER GAY KISS, ACRDG TO KEV SMH
“I am fuckg gay! Twenty years after s release, Chasg Amy is “certaly not an important film for the gay muny, ” Smh told me, reflectg on s legacy.
" Smh has said over the years that Chasg Amy was spired by his producg partner's csh on lbian filmmaker Guevere Turner, his brother beg gay, and his relatnship wh the film’s star — var personal experienc thrown to a fictnal blenr. DeGener and others have sce helped to normalize a certa brand of most, whe, domtited homosexualy, while everythg om fan-favore queer web seri like Ltle Horribl to crilly acclaimed romantic dramas like Todd Hayn’ Carol have troduced morn dienc to dozens of different lbian characters (some of whom even manage not to get killed off the end) yet the full breadth of lbianism isn’t that much ls of a cultural mystery — nor is much ls rid and disbelieved — than was 1997, when Kev Smh’s cult classic awkwardly attempted to pict a subculture that few people outsi of re to unrstand.