Is billy gay?
i was kida wondering this beacuse in the movie there is that one flirting secne with that and then the kissing a warming hands with the boy.
im kinda confused.
His friend is gay but Billy is not.
shareI agree, but the real question is....why does this still matter in 2013?
Is it because the gay-lobby as using this as an excuse to label everything?
It is a great story, with great characters and that is all that should matter, IMO.
In which way can one a single minute consider Billy gay? It is a movie about a passion for dancing ballets and nothing else. Classical and contemporary ballet dancers are not all gays, let's stop using those stupid clichés. The movie is a masterpiece showing how a young boy is driven by his passion for a fantastic art and is ready to go through all the obstacles to achieve his passion. If the Swan lake is performed by male dancers, this doesn't imply that there is any gay purpose in this choice of adaptation.
The best way to understand this is to attend in Paris every year the special performance by all the students of the Paris Opera Ballet Company School, one of the best in the world and the oldest company in the world too. The last one was just one week ago.
When you're close enough from the stage you can see on all the faces the pure joy they have to be there; for some of them this is the first time in their life as little kids from 8 to 13 years old to be part of it and be on this extraordinary opera house as the Palais Garnier.
In front of them are 2000+ people watching them. On both sides of the lights there is a constant emotion. They do their utmost to be perfect and you can even begin to see the ones who will one day be at the top when they'll join the company after 6 or 7 years of intense labor.
That's what the movie has marvelously demonstrated. It's hours and hours of work, learning every aspect of this art, in all its disciplines, plus others non artistic subjects related to dance such as anatomy and law applied to dance. In the morning they follow their high school courses as it is mandatory to enter the company to have at least the "Brevet des collèges" diploma (exam passed 2 years before the baccalaureate).This is 5 days a week morning and afternoon. Just imagine the endurance, the will you must have to achieve that. Really during that time you don't have to think about your libido!