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WHY THE GAY SUBPLOTS ‘THE LIGHTHOE’ AND ‘JOJO RABB’ DON’T GO FAR ENOUGH

In Jojo Rabb (2019), both Capta Klenzendorf and Freddie Fkle’s self-ma uniforms have upsi down pk triangl, which is the patch Nazis would give to distguish homosexuals ncentratn mps. Both movi e om wildly ventive filmmakers wh styl so specific their films n feel like their own mi-genr, but they share half-baked gay subtexts that fall short of their amb visns. In a story about two men on a serted island, the homoeroticism is practilly baked to the log-le.

” But a foppish Hler is the least of Wai’s troubl — the real homoeroticism to play wh Sam Rockwell’s character. (Wai don’t even beg to addrs that the Nazis were sendg gay people to ncentratn mps.

The movie’s “exclively gay moment” may be lour than the one “The Lighthoe, ” but ’s far more problematic, as Wai plays for edic affect to generate sympathy for his characters — queerns as shorthand for humany. Of urse, neher Wai or Eggers are gay, which is not to say straight filmmakers n’t or shouldn’t e queer elements their work. Fkel(Alfie Allen) the Nazi army ranked him for beg gay he secretly allied wh Rosie's Free Germany also knew Jojo's sister died so he saved them om probably told him by the end is fairly obv that Capta K was the good guy all along.

THE BTERSWEET TALE OF CAPTA KUNPICKG THE TRAGEDY OF JOJO RABB’S GAY NAZICEE ARR·FOLLOWPUBLISHED ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIV·11 M READ·OCT 21, 2022--1SHAREGIF: VIA TENORWARNG: DUE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE FILM JOJO RABB, THIS POST DISCS: WAR, NAZIS, HLER, THE HOLOT, BIGOTRY, DOCTRATN, WAR CRIM, CRIM AGAST HUMANY, EXECUTNS.SOME OF THE SCEN AND/OR EVENTS SCRIBED NTA EPLY UPSETTG MATERIAL.THIS POST ALSO NTAS SPOILERS FOR THE FILM JOJO RABB.JOJO RABB IS A FILM ABOUT A TEN-YEAR-OLD BOY GROWG UP THE DYG DAYS OF NAZI GERMANY.

Unpickg the tragedy of Jojo Rabb’s Gay NaziGif: via TenorWarng: due to the subject matter of the film Jojo Rabb, this post discs: war, Nazis, Hler, the Holot, bigotry, doctratn, war crim, crim agast humany, of the scen and/or events scribed nta eply upsettg post also ntas SPOILERS for the film Jojo Rabb is a film about a ten-year-old boy growg up the dyg days of Nazi is a fervent believer Nazi iology and member of the Hler Youth, whose life is turned upsi-down when he fds out his mother is hidg a Jewish girl the, and ’s a Jojo’s imagary iend is Adolf Hler, as played by Taika Wai. First of all, the people that were searchg the hoe were om Gtapo, not "German generals" - Gtapo was secret police that was tasked wh ntrollg the populatn - "takg re" of people that were "unsirable" - polil opponents, Jews, homosexuals etc. But what is more important, he is most likely gay: You n see that he has a "ready to kiss" scene wh his adjutant Fkel, he go to fight wearg makp and "fabulo" uniform.

While n not be ignored there is a loyalty that lgers, votn to a untry is hard to break, there is a sad realizatn that Capta Klenzendorf is gay, hidg for his life the ranks of the Nazis, his partner Fkel (Alfie Allen) by his si and his flask to pe.

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