She never struck me as being a lesbian then again, she never really did anything to confirm any suspicions that she wasn
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Mr_Ectoplasma — 18 years ago(May 11, 2007 10:53 PM)
She never struck me as being a lesbian then again, she never really did anything to confirm any suspicions that she wasn't a homosexual. I think people may be over-analyzing the film a little too much, because I never even thought about that until I read this post. She wasn't interested in men at all, though, so who knows?
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loristar3 — 18 years ago(June 01, 2007 06:48 PM)
How funny but I'm not surprised. A male film viewer judging a woman in the film on how she reacts to an obviously DUMB male in the movie ? For that you assume she's a LESBIAN ? The guy in the film was a loser. What about the guy,what supposed to attract her to him ? That he was so stupid ? That he had no vocabulary ? He was an alchoholic ? That is supposed to attract her ? Why are men like you so freaking DENSE ? I think her reactions were about what I'd expect if she met a dope like that.
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Hakira — 18 years ago(July 07, 2007 11:04 AM)
Of course she wasn't lesbian. There are no indications about her sexuality. Ahe was definitely more asexual. I also find it funny that man watching this movie thinks that if girl is not interested in sexual intercourse must be lesbian. It's superficial. You have to look deeplu into her mind, she was psychologically disturbed and detached from people. Such woman exist and I know something about it!
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onedayatatimect — 18 years ago(September 06, 2007 10:20 AM)
SPOILERS!!!!!!
For the entire movie, except for the car ride at the start, Mary Henry is dead. That means no interest in sex, love, affection, etc. We never really get to see what she was like when she was alive, as we only get to watch her white-knuckle her way through the car ride. As we're constantly reminded throughout the rest of the film, Mary's soul is no longer with her - she's just an automaton trying to mimmick the rhythms of life.
While being gay in Utah in 1960 couldn't have been easy, it was far from impossible. Living in a large city far from her family and friends, Mary could have easily found companionship with a like-minded woman if that was what she desired - she was young and pretty, ozone-depleting hairdo notwithstanding.
Unfortunately, she was also dead. Whenever anyone started to get close to her - not just her leering neighbor, but the priest, the landlady, the psychiatrist - her underlying nature (or lack thereof) would surface and push them away. Her awkward date with Mr. Linden didn't end because of latent lesbianism, but because of the appearance of "the man" in his place in the mirror. -
le_chiffre-1 — 16 years ago(September 14, 2009 02:37 PM)
Yeah, you said it. Your interpretation which is the obvious one is far more consistent with the facts and the mood of the story than the original poster's.
Homosexuals are obsessed with rewriting history to make it seem as though homosexuality was more prevalent than it actually was (except, of course, for when a historical figure was a serial killer or a child molester or something like that; then it's bad PR to be associated with them, and they try to downplay that person's sexual preference). They're obsessed with reinterpreting works of art through a homosexual lens, like the OP is doing with this movie, or as some, for example, have done with Sherlock Holmes.
Homosexuals find it necessary to do this to make their lifestyle appear less aberrant than it is.
To the OP: believe it or not, there really were old maids who weren't lesbians. There really were men who didn't get married, not because they were light in the loafers, but because they saw it as an obstacle to their ambitions, or they just didn't get along well with women (misogyny is not synonymous with homosexuality). There really are people who are asexual and whose lack of interest in the opposite sex does not denote an interest in the same sex.
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activista — 9 years ago(December 26, 2016 08:16 AM)
@ie_chiffre
Homosexuals are obsessed with rewriting history to make it seem as though homosexuality was more prevalent than it actually was
Actually, they're not rewriting historythey're simply writing about the parts of history made by homosexual individuals that were left out of the history books. Do the researchhomosexuality was just a regular part of ancient Rome. So, even in ancient times, in certain places, being gay wasn't considered that "aberrant", as you put it.
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trumpdaddy — 18 years ago(December 08, 2007 12:53 PM)
I'm not seeing any evidence that she is straight either. I think this subjecy highlights one of the strenghts of this film. She is missing a lot of standard descriptives, therefore many viewers can associate with her. Much of her characterizations are implied, this allows viewers to interpret many aspects of the film however thay want.
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le_chiffre-1 — 16 years ago(September 14, 2009 02:10 PM)
Why is it that on seemingly half these message boards, there's always someone starting a thread insinuating that such and such a charcater is homosexual, asking about the sexual preferences of such and such an actor, etc.? Is this part of an astroturfing campaign by the homosexual lobby?
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fairytalemagic — 16 years ago(September 18, 2009 12:54 PM)
I didn't really think about her sexuality during the film.
Just because she likes drag racing and was hanging out with a couple of 'girl-friends' does not mean she's a lesbian and it looked like, she had trouble choosing friends. Not just boyfriends but the right companions for her. Remember , she did not really like the company of people most of the time . There for when she wanted to be with people. She didn't always make the right choice. In a way she was a bit of a social misfit, rather then a lesbian. -
leosblueblanket88 — 15 years ago(November 13, 2010 03:30 AM)
For one lingering moment, at the end of the film when it showed the dead women in the car, a thought occured to me "maybe she was a lesbian." Although it probably wasn't all that crucial to the plot (or at least, it's something they had to hide really deep in the subtext back then), but it's a possibility.
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