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- GAY CHARACTERS DON’T NEED TO HOOK UP JT BEE THEY’RE GAY, HANDSOME DEVIL POTS OUT
- “HANDSOME DEVIL,” NEW GAY G-OF-AGE FILM OM IRELAND:: TRAILER
GAY CHARACTERS DON’T NEED TO HOOK UP JT BEE THEY’RE GAY, HANDSOME DEVIL POTS OUT
The rult, “Handsome Devil, ” turned out pretty spectacular, blowg dienc away at TIFF wh the heartbreakg story of Ned, a gay, Smhs-obssed who velops an tense iendship wh his boardg school roommate. Also, although I loved Amerin high school edi such as the films of John Hugh, the homophobia them is a ltle hard to endure 2017, so is fun to update that sub-genre.
I was gay, and I loved sport and found hard to rencile what I thought were two patible aspects of myself.
Versns of many of the key elements Irish wrer-director John Butler’s Handsome Devil are faiar, om the geek pariah to the secret gay jock, the spiratnal English teacher to the homophobic gby ach, right down to the sports match as a tt of outsir self-affirmatn. A scrawny, self-styled 16-year-old rebel wh over-dyed red hair and a room rated wh David Bowie lyrics and Da Von Tee pups, Ned’s solary nature and ambiguo sexualy make him a target for gay slurs om his tribal classmat. There’s a reason for the phrase “bury your gays.
“HANDSOME DEVIL,” NEW GAY G-OF-AGE FILM OM IRELAND:: TRAILER
That do not mean that the characters do not face ser subjects, such as g out to fay and iends or facg societal prsure and homophobia. The film follows Ned Roche (Fnn O’Shea), a gay teenager at an Irish boardg school obssed wh gby.
Although Handsome Devil als wh difficult topics, specifilly homophobia, treats the story wh re. The movie follows Chiron (Alex Hibbert, Ashton Sanrs, Trevonte Rhos) as he grows up both Black and gay. Todd, a gay man, cis to start datg women after havg difficulty his relatnships wh men.
In my life, I have had many gay iends that I’ve never wanted to sleep wh, and who have never wanted to sleep wh me, and never felt like much of a sacrifice to eher party. When me to makg my feature Handsome Devil, I was termed that the story would n along the tram l of a buddy edy, bee even if you believe both the young leads are gay, or not straight (by no means a certa thg, self), then the fullt exprsn of that iendship, of homosexual iendship, of any iendship is… iendship. Why n’t someone be gay a story like that?