"If 'Scream' were a gay club, Gale’s the drag queen on the ont l who we idolize."
Contents:
- A GAYER ‘SCREAM’: HOW JASM SAVOY BROWN IS ON A MISSN TO MAKE HER ‘SCREAM VI’ CHARACTER AS QUEER AS POSSIBLE
- [HORROR QUEERS] GAYG UP THE BIGGT HORROR FRANCHISE OF THE 90S WH ‘SCREAM’!
- IN THE SCREAM 5POSTER, THE FRANCHISE'S ‘GAY SURVIVAL’ SUBTEXT BE TEXT
- ‘SCREAM’ SCREENWRER KEV WILLIAMSON CONFIRMS BILLY AND STU’S QUEER-COD RELATNSHIP WAS BASED ON REAL GAY KILLERS
- WHY THE GAYS ARE STILL SCREAMG FOR “SCREAM” 25 YEARS LATER"IF 'SCREAM' WERE A GAY CLUB, GALE’S THE DRAG QUEEN ON THE ONT L WHO WE IDOLIZE."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY IAN CARLOS CRAWFORDDECEMBER 20, 2021/10:17 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1705PX;WIDTH:3120PX;}PHOTO BY BROWNIE HARRISNEVE CAMPBELL (“SIDNEY PRTT”), LEFT, AND COURTENEY COX (“GALE WEATHERS”) STAR PARAMOUNT PICTUR AND SPYGLASS MEDIA GROUP'S "SCREAM."BY IAN CARLOS CRAWFORDDECEMBER 20, 2021 / 10:17 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHY THE GAYS ARE STILL SCREAMG FOR “SCREAM” 25 YEARS LATER","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2021-12-20T15:17:41.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2021-12-20T15:17:41.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"IAN CARLOS CRAWFORD","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, DREW BARRYMORE’S CASEY BECKER GOT A PHONE LL ASKG WHAT HER FAVORE SRY MOVIE WAS — AND THE RT IS (GAY) HORROR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO, GAY HORROR FANS HAVE BEEN WELL FED. FROM NETFLIX'S FEAR STREET TRILOGY TO CHRIS LANDON'S FREAKY AND AMAZON’S I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER SERI, GAY CHARACTERS ARE FALLY GETTG A SRY MOVIE SPOTLIGHT. THEY’VE BEEN ALLOWED TO BE SURVIVORS, VICTIMS, AND EVEN MURRERS. THIS YEAR WE EVEN SAW TY HORROR IN CHUCKY LIVER THE ABSURDLY FANTASTIC LE OF, “I’M NOT A MONSTER” WHEN ASKED IF HE WAS OKAY WH HIS QUEER CHILD.PHOTO BY BROWNIE HARRISNEVE CAMPBELL (“SIDNEY PRTT”), LEFT, AND COURTENEY COX (“GALE WEATHERS”) STAR PARAMOUNT PICTUR AND SPYGLASS MEDIA GROUP'S "SCREAM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT BEFORE THIS GAY HORROR RENAISSANCE, ALL WE HAD WAS SUBTEXT AND FAL GIRLS. WELL, WE HAD ALL THAT, BUT WE ALSO HAD SCREAM OM OUT SCREENWRER KEV WILLIAMSON AND DIRECTED BY LATE HORROR MASTER W CRAVEN. THE MOVIE LIVERED PCH-PERFECT VERSNS OF '90S TEENS AND ONE VERY AMB AND FASHNABLE NEWS REPORTER. IT'S META, MPY, AND GROUND REALY ALL AT THE SAME TIME. COURTENEY COX’S GALE WEATHERS AND NEVE CAMPBELL’S SIDNEY PRTT WERE FIERCE SLASHER SURVIVORS BACK THEN AND STILL ARE NOW — AND THANK GOD, BEE A FIFTH STALLMENT OF THE BELOVED FILM ANCHISE HS THEATERS JANUARY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SIDNEY IS NOT ONLY A SURVIVOR; SHE’S A SURVIVOR WE ARE ROOTG FOR AND N RELATE TO. “SHE’S SMART BUT DON’T HAVE TO BE THE NERDISH BOOKWORM,” SAYS MY BLOODY JUDY PODST -HOST ZACHARY PATTON-GARCIA. “SHE’S RELATABLE, SHE HAS ANXIETI, SHE’S SPERATELY TRYG TO MOVE ON OM THE TRMA OF HER MOTHER’S MURR. SHE FEELS FAIAR.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SIDNEY AND GALE DIFFER MANY ASPECTS, BUT MOST NOTABLY IS THAT SIDNEY WANTS EVERYONE TO JT LEAVE HER ALONE. SHE HAS NO TERT CHASG DOWN A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WHERE JAMIE LEE [CURTIS] AND HEATHER LAGENKAMP HAD GREAT TURNS AS INIC FAL GIRLS, THEY'RE JT NOT THEIR [RPECTIVE] SERI AS MUCH... SIDNEY'S TRMA HAS ED HER TO BEE MORE VULNERABLE AND PASSNATE AS THE MOVI GO ON,” EXPLAS SURRENR YOUR SONS THOR ADAM SASS. “HER SR HAVE LED HER TO TELL HER STORY THROUGH BOOKS, THROUGH HELPG AT A WOMEN'S CRISIS LE, AND THROUGH PERSONALLY REACHG OUT TO CURRENT VICTIMS. CONTRAST THAT TO THE CURRENT ERATN OF LRIE STRO, WHO HAS BASILLY GONE MOB JTICE GUN NUT, AND 'S REALLY ADMIRABLE.” FAL GIRLS ARE OFTEN RAISED UP TO IN STAT BY HORROR FANS BUT, AS SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER JARETT WIELMAN TELLS VIA EMAIL, “SIDNEY REF TO BE A VICTIM AND THAT POWER IS TOXITG. SHE’S ALSO SMART, DAMAGED, AND FIGURG OUT AS SHE GO — SOMETHG I THK MANY QUEER PEOPLE N INTIFY WH.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GALE WEATHERS, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS NEARLY THE OPPOSE OF SIDNEY. THE MOVIE STARTS WH SIDNEY HATG GALE WHILE GALE JT THKS OF SIDNEY AS A STORY. “GAY MEN LOVE GALE BEE GALE IS A RAGG BCH, PLAYED TO PERFECTN BY COURTENEY COX,” SAYS ALEX ABAD-SANTOS, SENR RRPONNT AT VOX. “I FEEL LIKE SHE REALLY HS THE GROUND RAGG THE FIRST MOVIE WHEN WE SEE HER BULLYG SIDNEY AND TRYG SO HARD TO GET FAMO. BUT AS THE SERI HAS GONE ON, I THK 'S BEEN FUN TO SEE COX ROUND OUT THE CHARACTER AND LET HER GROW.” GALE BASILLY CREATED THE TROPE OF MEAN GIRLS TO ROOT FOR — THERE’S ALMOST A DIRECT LE OM HER TO CORLIA ON BUFFY, MARGO ON THE MAGICIANS, AND P ON THE CHILLG ADVENTUR OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“SHE BROKE THE MOLD ON THAT WONRFUL NICHE TROPE OF 'MEAN GIRL WHO IS ACTUALLY RIGHT AND HAS A BETTER HEART THAN A LOT OF OTHER GOOD CHARACTERS,'” SASS ADDS. “SHE'S THE ONLY PERSON STILL FIGHTG FOR COTTON WEARY'S NOCENCE A YEAR LATER. TECHNILLY, SHE'S THE ONLY PERSON (EVEN MORE THAN SIDNEY) WHO IS EVEN TERTED GETTG TO THE BOTTOM OF WHO ACTUALLY KILLED MREEN. MAKE HER A SENATOR.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A DIFFERENT HORROR MOVIE, GALE WOULD’VE BEEN A CHARACTER TO GET BTALLY MURRED — BUT THE END, NOT ONLY IS SHE RIGHT ABOUT WHO MURRED SIDNEY’S MOTHER, SHE ALSO SAV SIDNEY’S LIFE BY SHOOTG BILLY LOOMIS (SKEET ULRICH) AS HE’S CHOKG HER TO ATH. “HER NFINCE IS NEVER PORTRAYED AS A TRIMENT. IN FACT, ’S ONE OF THE THGS THAT HELPS HER SURVIVE. IF SCREAM WERE A GAY CLUB, GALE’S THE DRAG QUEEN ON THE ONT L WHO WE IDOLIZE,” MICHAEL VARRATI, HOST OF THE MIDNIGHT MASS PODST, SAYS OF THE INIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ORIGAL FILM ALSO HAS ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE HORROR-MOVIE OPENGS EVER, WH BARRYMORE RRYG THE ENTIRE MOVIE ON HER BACK FOR A FULL 10 MUT, AND WHOUT A SGLE DULL MOMENT. SHE PROJECTS CASEY AS BOTH LIKABLE AND RELATABLE, YOUR EVERYDAY TEEN GIRL WHO JT HAPPENS TO BE PLAYED BY DREW BARRYMORE. “IT'S 99% JT DREW ACTG TO THE AIR," SAYS SASS. "NO EFFECTS, JT A PERFORMANCE, AND 'S THE SCENE THAT'S LNCHED A THOAND SHIPS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“EVEN WH THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE GONE, THE SCENE IS STILL THE FILM’S HIGHLIGHT BEE IS DREW ISOLATED OM ANY OF THE OTHER CHARACTERS. WE REMEMBER HER, ALONE THAT HOE, BEG TERRORIZED. SHE SELLS ON EVERY WATCH,” ADDS PATTON-GARCIA. IT ALSO SET THE TONE FOR SLASHERS STG INIC ACTRS. “IF I SEE A BIG NAME MOVIE STAR STARRG A HORROR MOVIE, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHG THE BACK OF MY HEAD THAT WONRS IF THEY'LL BE BARRYMORE'D,” SAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SCREAM SERI WOULD LATER GO ON TO ST STARS SUCH AS JADA PKETT SMH, SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR, PARKER POSEY, AND EVEN CARRIE FISHER SMALLER ROL, WH ALL BUT FISHER MEETG A GOME END. IT NOT ONLY HELPS THE MOVI BY STG SUCH GREAT ACTRS WHO N SELL THE ROL, HELPS THE ANCHISE MATA A GAY FOLLOWG WHEN EVERY NEW MOVIE IS FULL OF HOT GUYS AND INIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIKE MOST OTHER POPULAR HORROR MOVI, SCREAM SPAWNED MANY A SEQUEL, BUT STANDS APART OM THE RT FOR MANY REASONS — ’S A CULMATN OF EVERYTHG THAT ME BEFORE WHILE STILL FEELG H AND RELEVANT. IT’S REFERENCG OTHER FAMO HORROR MOVI AT EVERY TURN BUT WAS ALSO AN TRODUCTN TO HORROR FOR MANY A YOUNG FAN, NOT UNLIKE THE WRER OF THIS PIECE. “IT'S A MOVIE ABOUT MOVI," SASS EXPLAS. "IT'S SO MUCH EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO PLUG THEMSELV TO THE SUATNS. THERE ISN'T ANYTHG SUPERNATURAL HAPPENG, SO HAS AN ADD ELEMENT OF DANGER AND STAK THAT WAY. AND GAYS LOVE , I THK, BEE THE SCRIPTS ARE ALWAYS FUN AND TTY, AND 'S ANCHORED BY THE SAME TWO WOMEN ACROSS THE S.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO MATTER WHICH MOVIE THE SERI IS YOUR FAVORE, ’S HARD TO SAY ANY OF THEM (EVEN THE RTOON-ISH THIRD ONE) EVER REACH THE LOWT LOWS OF SOME ANCHIS THAT NEVER DIE. IT’S WHY 25 YEARS LATER, GAY MEN ARE STILL EXCED ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF A NEW SCREAM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IF YOU ACCEPT THE PREMISE THAT GAY MEN LOVE HORROR MOVI, THEN SCREAM — WHICH IS THE ULTIMATE LOVE LETTER TO HORROR MOVI — IS LIKE OUR HOLY GRAIL,” ADDS WIELMAN. “TO IMPROPERLY QUOTE LADY GAGA, WAS UNAAID TO REFERENCE OR NOT REFERENCE, PUT A BLENR, SH ON , VOM ON , EAT , [AND] GIVE BIRTH TO . SCREAM WAS BOTH PLETELY FLUENCED BY EVERY HORROR MOVIE THAT ME BEFORE AND ALSO LIKE NOTHG WE HAD SEEN BEFORE, MAKG FEEL BOTH HERENTLY FAIAR YET ALSO TOTALLY H.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCREAM HS THEATERS ON JANUARY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
A GAYER ‘SCREAM’: HOW JASM SAVOY BROWN IS ON A MISSN TO MAKE HER ‘SCREAM VI’ CHARACTER AS QUEER AS POSSIBLE
Kev Williamson, the openly gay screenwrer of W Craven’s 1997 slasher satire, pleased many queer fans last year when he nfirmed the wispread theory that the origal killers, Billy Loomis and Stu Macher, had a relatnship that was, he said, “very sort of homoerotic. Wh a pronoun p, an array of pro-gay shirts and a girliend she’s not shy about kissg, Mdy, who is played by Jasm Savoy Brown, returns queerer than before the new “Scream VI.
Recently, Brown talked about “Scream” gay fan fictn (she felt that sexual tensn wh Amber, too), her fluence on Mdy’s queerns and how progrs for LGBTQ+ characters horror movi is sometim as simple as jt gettg stabbed like everyone else. But her trma has nothg to do wh g out or beg gay. Gay stuff?
[HORROR QUEERS] GAYG UP THE BIGGT HORROR FRANCHISE OF THE 90S WH ‘SCREAM’!
I’m sure there was some gay stuff. There so often is gay stuff that is hidn behd toxic masculy and anger and vlence.
And perhaps if as a culture we embraced our gay stuff wh more ease, we wouldn’t be so vlent and angry.
IN THE SCREAM 5POSTER, THE FRANCHISE'S ‘GAY SURVIVAL’ SUBTEXT BE TEXT
But ’s really excg that now “Scream” has a gay character who’s experiencg trma, but the trma isn’t that she’s gay, and that’s only fair. Well, Tai is jt as gay as ever before.
Queer Aspect: Billy (Skeet Ulrich) and Stu (Matthew Lillard) are secret gay lovers. Not only is wrten by genre horror vet – and notable “out” gay man – Kev Williamson, featur one of the most vert queer bro-manc of the 90s the form of killers Billy and Stu.
‘SCREAM’ SCREENWRER KEV WILLIAMSON CONFIRMS BILLY AND STU’S QUEER-COD RELATNSHIP WAS BASED ON REAL GAY KILLERS
After Joshua Cross (of Toronto’s Queer Fear fame) schled , I hopped onle to do some rearch and ed this observatn has been ma several tim, most notably the third chapter of Michael DeAngelis’ Readg the bromance: Homosocial relatnships film and televisn.
There’s a heavy dose of homoeroticism the way that the pair teract throughout the film, and most particularly the climax, when Stu hangs off Billy and the pair stab each other wh their phallic weapons (kniv = penis for those the back).
WHY THE GAYS ARE STILL SCREAMG FOR “SCREAM” 25 YEARS LATER"IF 'SCREAM' WERE A GAY CLUB, GALE’S THE DRAG QUEEN ON THE ONT L WHO WE IDOLIZE."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY IAN CARLOS CRAWFORDDECEMBER 20, 2021/10:17 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1705PX;WIDTH:3120PX;}PHOTO BY BROWNIE HARRISNEVE CAMPBELL (“SIDNEY PRTT”), LEFT, AND COURTENEY COX (“GALE WEATHERS”) STAR PARAMOUNT PICTUR AND SPYGLASS MEDIA GROUP'S "SCREAM."BY IAN CARLOS CRAWFORDDECEMBER 20, 2021 / 10:17 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHY THE GAYS ARE STILL SCREAMG FOR “SCREAM” 25 YEARS LATER","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2021-12-20T15:17:41.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2021-12-20T15:17:41.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"IAN CARLOS CRAWFORD","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, DREW BARRYMORE’S CASEY BECKER GOT A PHONE LL ASKG WHAT HER FAVORE SRY MOVIE WAS — AND THE RT IS (GAY) HORROR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO, GAY HORROR FANS HAVE BEEN WELL FED. FROM NETFLIX'S FEAR STREET TRILOGY TO CHRIS LANDON'S FREAKY AND AMAZON’S I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER SERI, GAY CHARACTERS ARE FALLY GETTG A SRY MOVIE SPOTLIGHT. THEY’VE BEEN ALLOWED TO BE SURVIVORS, VICTIMS, AND EVEN MURRERS. THIS YEAR WE EVEN SAW TY HORROR IN CHUCKY LIVER THE ABSURDLY FANTASTIC LE OF, “I’M NOT A MONSTER” WHEN ASKED IF HE WAS OKAY WH HIS QUEER CHILD.PHOTO BY BROWNIE HARRISNEVE CAMPBELL (“SIDNEY PRTT”), LEFT, AND COURTENEY COX (“GALE WEATHERS”) STAR PARAMOUNT PICTUR AND SPYGLASS MEDIA GROUP'S "SCREAM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT BEFORE THIS GAY HORROR RENAISSANCE, ALL WE HAD WAS SUBTEXT AND FAL GIRLS. WELL, WE HAD ALL THAT, BUT WE ALSO HAD SCREAM OM OUT SCREENWRER KEV WILLIAMSON AND DIRECTED BY LATE HORROR MASTER W CRAVEN. THE MOVIE LIVERED PCH-PERFECT VERSNS OF '90S TEENS AND ONE VERY AMB AND FASHNABLE NEWS REPORTER. IT'S META, MPY, AND GROUND REALY ALL AT THE SAME TIME. COURTENEY COX’S GALE WEATHERS AND NEVE CAMPBELL’S SIDNEY PRTT WERE FIERCE SLASHER SURVIVORS BACK THEN AND STILL ARE NOW — AND THANK GOD, BEE A FIFTH STALLMENT OF THE BELOVED FILM ANCHISE HS THEATERS JANUARY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SIDNEY IS NOT ONLY A SURVIVOR; SHE’S A SURVIVOR WE ARE ROOTG FOR AND N RELATE TO. “SHE’S SMART BUT DON’T HAVE TO BE THE NERDISH BOOKWORM,” SAYS MY BLOODY JUDY PODST -HOST ZACHARY PATTON-GARCIA. “SHE’S RELATABLE, SHE HAS ANXIETI, SHE’S SPERATELY TRYG TO MOVE ON OM THE TRMA OF HER MOTHER’S MURR. SHE FEELS FAIAR.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SIDNEY AND GALE DIFFER MANY ASPECTS, BUT MOST NOTABLY IS THAT SIDNEY WANTS EVERYONE TO JT LEAVE HER ALONE. SHE HAS NO TERT CHASG DOWN A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WHERE JAMIE LEE [CURTIS] AND HEATHER LAGENKAMP HAD GREAT TURNS AS INIC FAL GIRLS, THEY'RE JT NOT THEIR [RPECTIVE] SERI AS MUCH... SIDNEY'S TRMA HAS ED HER TO BEE MORE VULNERABLE AND PASSNATE AS THE MOVI GO ON,” EXPLAS SURRENR YOUR SONS THOR ADAM SASS. “HER SR HAVE LED HER TO TELL HER STORY THROUGH BOOKS, THROUGH HELPG AT A WOMEN'S CRISIS LE, AND THROUGH PERSONALLY REACHG OUT TO CURRENT VICTIMS. CONTRAST THAT TO THE CURRENT ERATN OF LRIE STRO, WHO HAS BASILLY GONE MOB JTICE GUN NUT, AND 'S REALLY ADMIRABLE.” FAL GIRLS ARE OFTEN RAISED UP TO IN STAT BY HORROR FANS BUT, AS SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER JARETT WIELMAN TELLS VIA EMAIL, “SIDNEY REF TO BE A VICTIM AND THAT POWER IS TOXITG. SHE’S ALSO SMART, DAMAGED, AND FIGURG OUT AS SHE GO — SOMETHG I THK MANY QUEER PEOPLE N INTIFY WH.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GALE WEATHERS, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS NEARLY THE OPPOSE OF SIDNEY. THE MOVIE STARTS WH SIDNEY HATG GALE WHILE GALE JT THKS OF SIDNEY AS A STORY. “GAY MEN LOVE GALE BEE GALE IS A RAGG BCH, PLAYED TO PERFECTN BY COURTENEY COX,” SAYS ALEX ABAD-SANTOS, SENR RRPONNT AT VOX. “I FEEL LIKE SHE REALLY HS THE GROUND RAGG THE FIRST MOVIE WHEN WE SEE HER BULLYG SIDNEY AND TRYG SO HARD TO GET FAMO. BUT AS THE SERI HAS GONE ON, I THK 'S BEEN FUN TO SEE COX ROUND OUT THE CHARACTER AND LET HER GROW.” GALE BASILLY CREATED THE TROPE OF MEAN GIRLS TO ROOT FOR — THERE’S ALMOST A DIRECT LE OM HER TO CORLIA ON BUFFY, MARGO ON THE MAGICIANS, AND P ON THE CHILLG ADVENTUR OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“SHE BROKE THE MOLD ON THAT WONRFUL NICHE TROPE OF 'MEAN GIRL WHO IS ACTUALLY RIGHT AND HAS A BETTER HEART THAN A LOT OF OTHER GOOD CHARACTERS,'” SASS ADDS. “SHE'S THE ONLY PERSON STILL FIGHTG FOR COTTON WEARY'S NOCENCE A YEAR LATER. TECHNILLY, SHE'S THE ONLY PERSON (EVEN MORE THAN SIDNEY) WHO IS EVEN TERTED GETTG TO THE BOTTOM OF WHO ACTUALLY KILLED MREEN. MAKE HER A SENATOR.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A DIFFERENT HORROR MOVIE, GALE WOULD’VE BEEN A CHARACTER TO GET BTALLY MURRED — BUT THE END, NOT ONLY IS SHE RIGHT ABOUT WHO MURRED SIDNEY’S MOTHER, SHE ALSO SAV SIDNEY’S LIFE BY SHOOTG BILLY LOOMIS (SKEET ULRICH) AS HE’S CHOKG HER TO ATH. “HER NFINCE IS NEVER PORTRAYED AS A TRIMENT. IN FACT, ’S ONE OF THE THGS THAT HELPS HER SURVIVE. IF SCREAM WERE A GAY CLUB, GALE’S THE DRAG QUEEN ON THE ONT L WHO WE IDOLIZE,” MICHAEL VARRATI, HOST OF THE MIDNIGHT MASS PODST, SAYS OF THE INIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ORIGAL FILM ALSO HAS ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE HORROR-MOVIE OPENGS EVER, WH BARRYMORE RRYG THE ENTIRE MOVIE ON HER BACK FOR A FULL 10 MUT, AND WHOUT A SGLE DULL MOMENT. SHE PROJECTS CASEY AS BOTH LIKABLE AND RELATABLE, YOUR EVERYDAY TEEN GIRL WHO JT HAPPENS TO BE PLAYED BY DREW BARRYMORE. “IT'S 99% JT DREW ACTG TO THE AIR," SAYS SASS. "NO EFFECTS, JT A PERFORMANCE, AND 'S THE SCENE THAT'S LNCHED A THOAND SHIPS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“EVEN WH THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE GONE, THE SCENE IS STILL THE FILM’S HIGHLIGHT BEE IS DREW ISOLATED OM ANY OF THE OTHER CHARACTERS. WE REMEMBER HER, ALONE THAT HOE, BEG TERRORIZED. SHE SELLS ON EVERY WATCH,” ADDS PATTON-GARCIA. IT ALSO SET THE TONE FOR SLASHERS STG INIC ACTRS. “IF I SEE A BIG NAME MOVIE STAR STARRG A HORROR MOVIE, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHG THE BACK OF MY HEAD THAT WONRS IF THEY'LL BE BARRYMORE'D,” SAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SCREAM SERI WOULD LATER GO ON TO ST STARS SUCH AS JADA PKETT SMH, SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR, PARKER POSEY, AND EVEN CARRIE FISHER SMALLER ROL, WH ALL BUT FISHER MEETG A GOME END. IT NOT ONLY HELPS THE MOVI BY STG SUCH GREAT ACTRS WHO N SELL THE ROL, HELPS THE ANCHISE MATA A GAY FOLLOWG WHEN EVERY NEW MOVIE IS FULL OF HOT GUYS AND INIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIKE MOST OTHER POPULAR HORROR MOVI, SCREAM SPAWNED MANY A SEQUEL, BUT STANDS APART OM THE RT FOR MANY REASONS — ’S A CULMATN OF EVERYTHG THAT ME BEFORE WHILE STILL FEELG H AND RELEVANT. IT’S REFERENCG OTHER FAMO HORROR MOVI AT EVERY TURN BUT WAS ALSO AN TRODUCTN TO HORROR FOR MANY A YOUNG FAN, NOT UNLIKE THE WRER OF THIS PIECE. “IT'S A MOVIE ABOUT MOVI," SASS EXPLAS. "IT'S SO MUCH EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO PLUG THEMSELV TO THE SUATNS. THERE ISN'T ANYTHG SUPERNATURAL HAPPENG, SO HAS AN ADD ELEMENT OF DANGER AND STAK THAT WAY. AND GAYS LOVE , I THK, BEE THE SCRIPTS ARE ALWAYS FUN AND TTY, AND 'S ANCHORED BY THE SAME TWO WOMEN ACROSS THE S.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO MATTER WHICH MOVIE THE SERI IS YOUR FAVORE, ’S HARD TO SAY ANY OF THEM (EVEN THE RTOON-ISH THIRD ONE) EVER REACH THE LOWT LOWS OF SOME ANCHIS THAT NEVER DIE. IT’S WHY 25 YEARS LATER, GAY MEN ARE STILL EXCED ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF A NEW SCREAM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IF YOU ACCEPT THE PREMISE THAT GAY MEN LOVE HORROR MOVI, THEN SCREAM — WHICH IS THE ULTIMATE LOVE LETTER TO HORROR MOVI — IS LIKE OUR HOLY GRAIL,” ADDS WIELMAN. “TO IMPROPERLY QUOTE LADY GAGA, WAS UNAAID TO REFERENCE OR NOT REFERENCE, PUT A BLENR, SH ON , VOM ON , EAT , [AND] GIVE BIRTH TO . SCREAM WAS BOTH PLETELY FLUENCED BY EVERY HORROR MOVIE THAT ME BEFORE AND ALSO LIKE NOTHG WE HAD SEEN BEFORE, MAKG FEEL BOTH HERENTLY FAIAR YET ALSO TOTALLY H.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCREAM HS THEATERS ON JANUARY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
But this also overlooks key intifiers about Billy: his unhealthy obssive relatnship wh his mother’s love (Oedipal to say the least and very much a gay trope). Throw his smetic stume stylg ak to queer in Jam Dean Rebel Whout A Cse and Billy’s Norman Bat reference when he outs himself as the killer to Sidney (Psycho tends to skew queer due to Norman’s relatnship to his mother and bee he is played by closeted – at the time – queer actor Anthony Perks) and you’ve got a lany of gay associatns.