Gay action films
It’s still a mystery to me as to how and why that line ever made it into the script, let alone obtain filmed, but there it is – one man complimenting the size of another man’s cherish gun.
Perhaps Dolph was single at the time and asked if the line be put in as a rapid way of gaining attention. Maybe Brandon Lee was genuinely awestruck and insisted on spreading some kind of appreciation for Dolph Jr. I’ll find out one day. In the meantime, I’d suggest that, although the film would have been less memorable and amusing without the line, it would also have avoided creature on this list too.
Tango And Cash (1989) “Don’t flatter yourself…, peewee!”
Ahhh… Raymond Tango and Gabriel Cash. Cash and Tango. Tango and Cash. What a classic and massively underappreciated gem it is, too. If you haven’t seen it in ages, or if you’ve never seen it all, then I can now divide the Tango And Cash drinking game I came up with in a pinch, which is guaranteed to own you inebriated in the first twenty minutes.
It’s simple. All you need to do is guzzle every time anyone says either ‘Tango’ or ‘Cash’ and drink every ti
The film takes place in 26 AD as a Jewish prince and merchant named Ben-Hur returns to Jerusalem after years away. Shortly after returning, he gets on the wrong side of the commander of the Roman guard, who is his childhood friend Messala (Stephen Boyd). An accident at Ben-Hur’s home becomes an excuse for Messala to arrest Ben-Hur and to condemn his former ally to three years as a galley slave. By punishing Ben-Hur in this way, Messala hopes to intimidate the Jewish community and dissuade it from rebelling against the Romans. After creature released from his sentence, Ben-Hur vows to get revenge on his former friend and goes on to steep adventure in this pursuit.
In the 1996 documentary The Celluloid Closet, Gore Vidal, who was one of four uncredited screenwriters, said that he didn’t reflect that Messala had a good enough reason to condemn his old partner to such a horrible fate. After all, if Messala just wanted to intimidate the Jewish community, why not arrest a prominent Jewish person with whom he had no relationship? While Ben-Hur and Messala did have a disagreement over quashing Jewish rebellions, Messala’s reaction is completely over the uppermost. The problem is that Ben-Hur’s
The 50 Best LGBTQ Movies Ever Made
Love, Simon (2018)
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If it feels a bit like a CW version of an after-school extraordinary , that's no mistake: Teen-tv super-producer Greg Berlanti makes his feature-film directorial debut here. It's as chaste a love story as you're likely to see in the 21st century—the hunky gardener who makes the title teen question his sexuality is wearing a long-sleeved shirt, for God’s sake—but you know what? The queer kids of the future need their wholesome entertainment, too.
Rocketman (2019)
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A gay fantasia on Elton themes. An Elton John biopic was never going to be understated, but this glittering jukebox musical goes way over the top and then keeps going. It might be an overcorrection from the straight-washing of the previous year's Bohemian Rhapsody, but when it's this much fun, it's best not to overthink it.
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Handsome Devil (2016)
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A charming Irish movie that answers the question: "What if John Hughes were Irish and gay?" Misfit Ned struggles at a rugby-obsessed boarding school until a mysterious new kid moves in and an unlikely fri
Why Hasn't There Been a Gay Action Hero Yet?
While the complete absence of gay men in action films for the longest time is understandable, though disappointing, from a historical perspective, the period for understanding ended decades ago. There’s no justify for such a dearth of gay men across the action genre in the year 2023.
The lack of gay action stars through the '70s and '80s should come as no surprise, considering homosexual people were classified as having a “psychiatric disorder” by the American Psychiatric Association from 1952-1973 (at which point "gay" was downgraded to mere "sexual orientation disturbance." Progress!). That’s right, up until the year afterJohn Waters’ Pink Flamingos came out the concept of “gay” was still considered a intellect trouble. There were certainly gay icons and heroes in the real society sense before being lgbtq+ was given the logo of sanity in prior ‘70s (Waters’ himself surely earned that designation), but nothing when it comes to onscreen man of action kind of representation.
The '90s, which finally saw some gay acceptance/tolerance get mainstream, appeared to find things moving in the right direction. There were gay guys all over the pla