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What a disgusting homophobia.

posted 11 years ago by CZJFan87
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This film has such a degrading, inhuman and manichean portrayal of the ONLY gay character of the film (there is not another gay character that has a normal and human personality ). The rest of the characters doesn't have THAT ridicule and simple treatment . The gay character is only there to mock on him, that is something that doesn't happen with any other character of the film (the rest of the characters are comical... but also have some humanity and are enjoyable).

But what can I expect from a "conservative" northamerican movie from the 90's.

I have to warn that this kind of movies "for all family" (including children and teenagers) encourages homophobia in society.

[–] LukeLovesFilm28 10 years ago

The irony is that some of the effeminate stereotypes we apply to gay men are very accurate. Look at Nathan Lane and Robin Williams in Birdcage. To me, they were much more convincing as gay men than Ledger and Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain.

[–] HellboundHero 9 years ago

Though there are quite a few gay men who act like the characters in Birdcage, there are probably just as many who are low-key like the Brokeback Mountain characters, and the reason it seems like there are fewer is because they don't call attention to themselves.

[–] peterpulanski 10 years ago

Oh SHUT UP.

[–] radargirl-1 9 years ago

How do you know that he is gay ? you are making stereotypical assumptions based on his career as a wedding planner.

[–] zeekmati 9 years ago

This is a film from 1991.

That is a year after a kid named Ryan White was banned from going to school because of his HIV + status. So that should tell you something about the USA during that time.

/End Thread.

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[–] laurieann74 8 years ago

You are an idiot!

[–] BourbonKing (5778) 7 years ago

Was "The Birdcage" a more accurate portrayal of gay men? That's a 90s movie as well.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

You're disgusting for making an assumption that anyone in the film was gay. You seen what you have possessed as a stereotype of homosexuality and you made it into something to hate. You're the bigot here.