Was Jody Gay?
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franzkabuki — 14 years ago(September 19, 2011 01:04 AM)
Maybe gay bisexual maybe not; who knows. Anyways, the important part is that hes absolutely hilarious with that squeaking little voice, bizarre self image and nutty behaviour of his; definitely one of the best parts of the film.
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nycruise-1 — 13 years ago(May 20, 2012 01:57 AM)
He was definitely CRAZY/NUTS (as Rosie screams).
Back then, the "conflicted" homosexual character was always convenient for dramatic effect.
Jody's/Marjoe's background is certainly suspect: pinups of hot muscle guys - under the presumption that he wants to be "manly."
On the other hand, his treatment of Rosie/Victoria is classic "conflicted" gay: berating her while never actually proclaiming an attraction to her.
"Looking for Mr. Goodbar" had a similar character.
"Don't call me 'honey', mac."
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namaGemo — 13 years ago(November 12, 2012 08:29 AM)
Maybe everyone just seems to dismiss the fact that in his locker in a close up shot, he is looking at a picture of what appears to be a nude woman posing. The body builder pics were aspirations, as he had weights and other devices for strength training in the house. The fact that he was all about getting it on with Pricipal's charatcer is clear enough of an example to show he wasn't gay, just obsessed. Obsessed with working out, obsessed with her, and obsessed with getting revenge.
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Randy-144 — 13 years ago(January 03, 2013 12:09 PM)
If Jody was gay then so was the teenage Arnold Schwarze-whatever growing up in Austria, because he had posters of bodybuilders in his room. He even wrote that when he first had the chance to meet one of his body building heroes, I think it was Reg Park, he was all giddy with anticipation. I don't think anyone thought Arnold was gay.
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phoenixandrew — 13 years ago(March 20, 2013 11:45 PM)
"Was he conflicted about his sexuality? Or was he just a psycho?"
I would say he was conflicted about his sexuality AND he was a psycho!
In the TV version, I thought the scene where
Jody peers into Victoria Principal's window
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b_brandon49 — 12 years ago(May 04, 2013 01:42 PM)
They say being gay is not actually something you are born with (mygenes.co.nz).
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wallacesawyer — 11 years ago(May 31, 2014 03:33 PM)
I never even thought of it until those guys starting mocking him. Not to mention the photos in his room I guess. At first I suspected he would confront them, help them, and they'd learn from their mistakes, but
Jody killing them all took me by surprise. This character is unpredictable
. However the more I think of it, the more I think maybe he was a homosexual, and in massive denial. Even his "attraction" to Rosa seems too "demented" to be legit, it almost comes off like he's doing it to make himself believe he wants her. He wants to prove he's straight so bad he'd rather come off rapey and aggressive rather than let her suspect he could be gay.
I honestly suspect Jody is gay, he just hates himself for it so much, he pretty much loses his mind then and there. A shame the film portrayed his character that way. He was such a nice guy at first.
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Woodyanders — 6 years ago(June 02, 2019 06:29 PM)
I'm gonna go with yes on this one. Jody was definitely in severe denial about his homosexuality, which ultimately led to him going totally berserk after the earthquake hit.
You've seen Guy Standeven in something because the man was in everything.