Sanised portrayals of gay sex have plagued the film dtry for s, but will Harry Styl be the one to spark change, asks Liam Gilliver
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- HARRY STYL WANTS MORE ‘TENR’ SEX GAY FILMS, PROVG HE’S NEVER SEEN ANY — OPN
- HARRY STYL’ GAY SEX SCEN ‘MY POLICEMAN’ ARE ‘VERY SCULPTURAL,’ DIRECTOR SAYS
- 'HARRY STYL' GAY SEX SCEN NEED TO BE REALISTIC - BUT NOT FOR THE REASON YOU THK'
- HARRY STYL' GAY SEX SCEN 'MY POLICEMAN' ARE 'VERY SCULPTURAL,' DIRECTOR SAYS
HARRY STYL WANTS MORE ‘TENR’ SEX GAY FILMS, PROVG HE’S NEVER SEEN ANY — OPN
While promotg his upg film "My Policeman," the pop star prim queer dienc to brace for another sexls gay love story. * harry styles not gay *
“It’s obvly pretty unfathomable now to thk, ‘Oh, you uldn’t be gay.
“It’s not like ‘This is a gay story about the guys beg gay. Sce he ma his name, Styl has publicly advoted for gay rights and many seem to thk that he is also gay.
"It's pretty unfathomable now to thk, 'Oh, you uldn't be gay. ""It's not like, 'This is a gay story about the guys beg gay, '" he add.
HARRY STYL’ GAY SEX SCEN ‘MY POLICEMAN’ ARE ‘VERY SCULPTURAL,’ DIRECTOR SAYS
'My Policeman' director Michael Grandage wanted Harry Styl' gay sex scen to be about people makg love, 'not jt some kd of thstg.' * harry styles not gay *
The sger’s fan base, which is primarily ma up of teenage girls and 40-somethg gay men clgg to their youth, may be fooled by such empty promis, but more astute cultured queers n see right through . ” His ments not only revealed a lack of awarens around ntemporary LGBTQ issu, but he also ma bold claims about gay sex film that are jt patently unte.
Set 1950s Bra, “My Policeman” se Styl playg a closeted gay p navigatg two romanc, one wh a man and the other wh a woman. “My Policeman” will premiere next month at the Toronto Internatnal Film Ftival, so crics haven’t seen yet, but if Styl’ ments are any ditn, we should be bracg for yet another sexls gay perd drama.
It’s not like ‘This is a gay story about the guys beg gay.
'HARRY STYL' GAY SEX SCEN NEED TO BE REALISTIC - BUT NOT FOR THE REASON YOU THK'
* harry styles not gay *
It’s not unfathomable to thk was illegal for beg gay when nsensual sex between same sex upl is still illegal 70 untri, nearly half of which are Commonwealth jurisdictns. God forbid we give anyone the ia that beg gay won’t rult abject misery and self-nial.
HARRY STYL' GAY SEX SCEN 'MY POLICEMAN' ARE 'VERY SCULPTURAL,' DIRECTOR SAYS
“So much of gay sex film is two guys gog at , and kd of remov the tenrns om , ” he said.
“There will be, I would image, some people who watch who were very much alive durg this time when was illegal to be gay, and [Michael] wanted to show that ’s tenr and lovg and sensive.