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POT BREAK IS GAY
Wh the steroidal mculary of a weightlifter and the spirual ethos of the Dalai Lama, ’s a serly silly o to macho attu and male mararie—and one that tak s guy’s-guy stuff to such extrem, plays like a portra of one man’s stggle to unrstand, and accept, his newfound homoerotic sir.
(Wele to Movi Are Gay, a Pri Month seri where we explore the tentnal, or accintal, ways LGBTQIA+ them, characters, and creativ have shaped cema. I knew "Pot Break" was gay before I ever saw . To be fair, even if I hadn't had the heads up, I would've ught onto the simmerg homoeroticism of "Pot Break" pretty quickly.
It stars a young Keanu Reev (who would star "My Own Private Idaho" two months later, but had already played gay by this pot) and Patrick Swayze (still a few years off om "To Wong Foo, " but already cshed-on by men and women aplenty), both radiatg full movie-star wattage. The movie's excellence is extrible om s homoeroticism. " -Utah, This movie remembered the actn sports and fot to clu the gay subtext and likable characters.
'POT BREAK' IS GAY
It's a lghably bad remake that don't unrstand the charm of the origal — replacg the homoerotic bro-challengg-bro charge of the first wh a qut for nirvana via Rob Hood heroism bed wh global ath-fyg stunts. To cement the fact the guys are all roid up, uber tanned and vered oh so ol k work, the director kdly provis wh a topls, man on man, sweaty, hairy, illegal street fight scene jt to prove there is no possibily the guys are soft, and there is fely no homosexualy gog is there?
As to the much discsed homoeroticism, well I n't claim to know if was tentnal or not but is certaly there. In 1991, a sgle pneerg actn film was ma that not only exposed the pattern, but pulled back the genre’s curta pletely, revealg jt how gay the actn film really is. Bodhi and Utah choose to hi their homosexualy behd a mask of hyper-masculy.
In orr to fully exame the homoerotic them of Pot Break, ’s only logil to start by explorg the role women play both the film and outsi of . Havg a woman like Bigelow approach hyper-mascule material like Pot Break prents the very rare opportuny for a female director to expose macho-male actn films for what they really are: credibly homoerotic. " (That you’re gay?