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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. 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.
“HANDSOME DEVIL,” NEW GAY G-OF-AGE FILM OM IRELAND:: TRAILER
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.