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Any Homosexual Significance To Smiley Being The Queen Chess Piece?

posted a year ago by FootOfDavros (8174)
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This film has a lot of homosexuality bubbling along under the surface.

It's not overtly stated but are we to assume that Control's labeling of "the queen" chess piece with a picture of Smiley is also an indication of something further between these two characters?

We know that Smiley was Control's man but are we also to assume that he was also Control's man?

[–] RipRoss (557) a year ago

I think you’re onto something. Clearly in this version of the story all the characters are intended to be homosexual, but there just wasn’t enough time to establish this due to the density of the plot.