A metaphor for undisclosed homosexuality
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al91206-1 — 15 years ago(March 20, 2011 07:19 PM)
Your right that the denial of any homosexual subtext in this movie doesn't show him as intolerant, but this line, "This is homosexual revisionism at it's height" does. As if there is some kind of conspiracy to add homosexual context when there isn't and whether you agree or disagree who cares. She was simply pointing out that a number of movies over the puritanical decade of the 50's DID have a subtext even though you and ltrouillier don't believe so. Also - if you don't like people calling each other names, kindly refrain from categorizing other's opinions as "absurd".
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gayspiritwarrior — 15 years ago(March 21, 2011 02:33 AM)
On the contrary, in a discussion characterizing an opinion is fair game; that's what discussions are about, rebutting other people's posts because we disagree with them or find them incorrect or silly. I guess if you're so attached to your opinions that they feel like a part of you it might hurt when they're disproved or ridiculed; but disparaging an opinion is not a personal attack.
"The value of an idea has nothing to do with the honesty of the man expressing it."Oscar Wilde -
vilafire — 9 years ago(June 14, 2016 08:39 AM)
Believe me, not everything does, but because of bigots and homophobes people had to be cagey when exploring such a 'taboo' subject.
But your response says a lot about you, sir or madam. Especially when the question is very valid. It's not like he said The Flintstones is about the gay identity in the Jurassic Era. -
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vilafire — 9 years ago(June 14, 2016 08:46 AM)
Do you think the movie says nothing about impotence or old age either?
I'm sorry if you're an adult and you think this is an example of simply a good thriller. You're thinking of a Jason Statham movie or something. -
vitabuona — 16 years ago(February 27, 2010 09:25 AM)
I agree with the OP. It's very similar to other films that deal with the topic of undisclosed homosexuality somewhere in the story line. I think it is very possible that that may have been what was implied. I don't think the OP should be attacked for stating their opinion or what they grasped from the filmit's totally feasible even if that may not have been the intended message.
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Greg75 — 16 years ago(February 27, 2010 12:43 PM)
I really didn't intend to make any fuss by opening this topic in the first place. As I wrote, "this [the homosexual subtext] seems like an interesting decyphering lead to me". I do see "Seconds" as a really fascinating, disturbing film, and not "gay" as such, but I was willing to discuss this idea that genuinely came to me. Now if mentioning anything about homosexuality subtext causes such a stir, and mostly provokes irate comments about general perception of homosexuality and not even homosexuality IN the film well I'm outta here.