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He was gay and repressing it.

posted 13 years ago by duranduranruler
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He was clearly gay and repressing it.
The storms he kept seeing were the representation of his gay urges trying to take him over.
The visions of others taking his daughter away were the representation of family members trying to rescue her from his gay lifestyle.
His tornado shelter was his fraglle shell of masculinity, his attempt to keep the storms/the gay away.
The oily rain was golden. He was getting a Golden Shower.
The birds represented his penis. Birds have beaks. They peck. Pecker. Penis.
He wanted his friend sent to another supervisor on the job because he knew he was sexually attracted to him and thought things might get hot and heavy if they were both working together.
His wife knew he was secretly gay, and urged him to go to a psychiatrist.
The dog knew he was gay. He was angry that the dog knew, so he 'closeted' the dog by putting him in a pen out in the yard.
Tornadoes are phallic. He saw them as giant penises on the horizon coming towards him. Tornadoes blow wind. Blow. Blowjob.
The townspeople suspected and spread rumors that he was crazy/gay. He then came out to all of them at that town dinner, confirming their belief.
His boss fired him because he was gay. He saw that he stole/borrowed the backhoe to try to cover up his homosexuality.

[–] gewuerzwiesel 13 years ago

"The dog knew he was gay. He was angry that the dog knew, so he 'closeted' the dog by putting him in a pen out in the yard. "

I'm laughing myself to tears... thank you!

:D

[–] rckland 13 years ago

He didn't actually pee the bed--he had a massive wet dream while thinking of his coworker to whom he was sexually attracted all along.

[–] agnieszka01 13 years ago

It didn't take more than a glance at your SN to know that you're projecting, sweetheart. You view the world through rainbow-tinted specs; of course every last thing is interpreted as gay by you.

The sky is blue

[–] bootblack987 12 years ago

LOL! This is the kind of thread where you can easily separate those with a sense of humour and those who are living zombies. :-D

[–] skymoscow 10 years ago

Amen to that!

[–] Rvrgm 9 years ago

The birds represented his penis. Birds have beaks. They peck. Pecker. Penis.

ahahahahahahaa… stop it… stop it… I'm coughing up blood!!! ahahhahahahhhhaaaaaa

[–] surf-10 12 years ago

Awesome! You should write one of these for every movie you see. But you have to end them by showing how the conclusion of the movie was in fact him learning how to fart rainbows and live happily ever after in the loving embrace of his family and friends.

[–] Bens_Basement 12 years ago

duranduran, you also missed the scene with his brother where they shared a sweet, goodbye hug that the camera lingered on for slightly too long.

I reckon there's a history of incest there. Definitely gay. Surprised you missed it!

http://benendsbasement.blogspot.com/

[–] contact-282 12 years ago

BEST IMDB POST EVER!!!

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[–] Xumuon 12 years ago

Oh i laughed hoho

[–] Reds_Fan 12 years ago

Tears in my eyes because i was laughing so hard. In my mind it's official, the whole movie is about repressed homosexuality. lol

[–] NotAnUndercoverCop 12 years ago

duranduranruler doth protest too much. You're really talking about yourself, aren't you?

[–] apmanable 12 years ago

You're absolutely right! It all makes sense now. Here's a few more examples:

The first scene that really gives it away is when he and his friend sits in the car after happy hour and his friend tells him about a threesome, it's pretty clear that he is expecting to be invited and when he doesn't he gets sad and tries to laugh it off.

How about the fact that he always cries? That's typical gay stuff.

He tells his wife about a dream one time, and I believe it's the only dream we didn't get to see ourselves. Why? Well, because it would be too graphic: he says he was with his friend who started chasing him with a "pickaxe" - witch obviously means dickaxe.

Wife tells him he smells in one scene and he seems to like it. What straight guy likes a smell?

The movie was absolutely fantastic, though, and I don't have any problems with gay dudes, just weird that so few got it right

[–] StinkyPoopyPants (3169) 7 months ago

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