I heard that the main character in this movie didn't act gay enough. What? I didn't know that all gay men had to act a certain way. I know lots of gay men who don't act fem; you wouldn't know they are gay unless they tell you. I don't know why all gay men in movies have to be portrayed as limp wrist queens who spend all their time flitting around gay bars. I like seeing guys who are like me and like other men I know.
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They say that Simon is too white and too straight acting. I was so pissed when I heard this on Radio Andy, that I went out and saw the movie before I planned to. It is insulting that all gay people(not just fem gays)can't all be represented in movies. Last year we had Moonlight and I loved it, even though it was about black gay men. I don't know why people are complaining because the main character is so-called normal and white.
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It was a cute John Hughes type movie. The lead character is played by a good looking actor who is a pretty good in the role. I liked it, but you are correct, it isn't anything like Moonlight or CMBYN. Those two movies are the two best movies I have seen in many years.
shareWell, in the book he actually does go to a gay bar. Guess they might be upset that part of the gayness was missing in the film?
sharethis movie is like the fantasy every gay has of falling in love with someone completely straight looking, I certainly had those fantasies in school and it was pathetic, just like every masc4masc out there is pathetic.
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Not all gay men are queens. Some gay men are just normal guys who live their lives like everyone else does. Their gayness doesn't define them.
shareBeing feminine and being gay are two separate things I know straight guys that are feminine and I know gay guys who you will not guess they were gays. There is nothing wrong about being feminine but it does not define your sexuality or vice versa..
This is just a stereotype.
My theory is that many closeted guys, when they come out, adopt the gay persona as if to say "If I act gay it's okay to sleep with men". As though they become a 3rd gender or something. Gay guy. I've seen this first hand. I actually miss who they used to be. Maybe they always wanted to be 'that gay guy' but I don't know, it seems like they've jumped into a character or something.
Good point, personally, when I came out I stayed the same and people would not guess I'm gay unless I tell them however I have a cousin that came out and indeed he started expressing himself differently and some would say he became more flamboyant. Nothing wrong in either cases, everybody are allowed to express them self the way it suits them best after all. However it does bug me that straight people think they can guess someone sexuality by their body language. This is not always true.
shareWell said modica. The true of the matter is left to our own devices gay men have no more a camp nature than straight gays. The only think which makes a few change themselves and aspire to that nonsense is some of the crap put about on "the scene" that that is how you have to be. The sooner gay identity moves beyond this the better.
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