Gay Undertones
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activista — 10 years ago(February 24, 2016 06:31 AM)
Here's a really good in-depth article about the film's gay undertones, how its star, Mark Patton, still feels about it, and other NOES2 things:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/louispeitzman/the-nightmare-behind-the-gayest-horror-film-ever-made#.sweWj8mWn -
classics_guy — 10 years ago(February 26, 2016 08:00 PM)
I never gave this movie much of a chance till now. this is the first time I have ever really watched this one.
it's a good movie in it's own right.
But The Jessie Character does seem Surrounded with gay themes and seems to be struggling himself.
Kind of hard to believe the writers didn't intend this to be gay themed story.
This part of Jessie could have been easily played by a female.
Not intended to bash anyone by the way, just an Observation. -
goldpink23 — 10 years ago(March 15, 2016 05:35 PM)
I think it's now a well-known
fact
that there are a number of intentional homo-erotic and otherwise gay parts in this movie.
Oh.It's a
FACT
? I didn't know the people involved with
A Nightmare On Elm Street 2
said this movie has homosexual undertones.I've notice any movie or tv series that doesn't have any homosexual characters,there seems to be at least one person on IMDb who says,fill in the blank _ character is a homosexual or there are homosexual undertones. -
crockett_john — 10 years ago(March 15, 2016 05:55 PM)
Yes, it's a fact, not just a fact, but a well-known fact. I know what you mean about people saying some movie, show, or character is homosexual. It happens a lot, and not just with sexuality. People add different meanings to all kinds of things, often where they don't actually exist. In this case, however, it is a well-known fact that there are a number of homo-erotic elements that are intentionally included in the film. The writer (David Chaskin) has said this was the case. Also, Mark Patton, the openly-gay actor who was selected for the role (partly) because he was openly gay has said so, too. I don't know if others involved in the film have said something similar and I can't speak for other commenters about other movies.
I'm just expressing my opinion.
You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas. -
AdrianLePier — 10 years ago(March 16, 2016 05:28 AM)
I think it's a convenient coverup. For 15 years after this movie was released, there was virtually nothing even hinted about this movie having having a gay subtext by anyone involved in the making of it. Then after the 2000s or so, when the gay legend/theories about this movie started snowballing around the Internet, suddenly they want to say "Oh, yeah. It IS kind of gay. I totally see it now." Where was David Chaskins (sp?) back in 1985/1986 when this movie was in theaters? How come he didn't confirm Jesse's allegedly confused sexuality then? Why did it take him 25 years to finally go on record about something that was probably the biggest project of his career?
Ultimately, what I think is that they just got tired of having to answer for why they made such an inferior sequel to the original that the gay thing is now giving them something else to talk about. -
hurricanehorton — 10 years ago(March 16, 2016 08:33 AM)
Oh.It's a FACT ? I didn't know the people involved with A Nightmare On Elm Street 2 said this movie has homosexual undertones
Did you watch the documentary Never Sleep Again? It's alluded to in there that the gay viba wasn't completely accidental. -
MinnieStronieGoodsoup — 10 years ago(March 17, 2016 07:08 AM)
Don't think I've seen anyone mention amongst all the gay discussions that to call a man a jessie means you think they seem a bit gay and/or effeminate. Not something I'd use since I imagine it's intended to be insulting but I always smile at the line "There's a Jesse on the phone"!
****** So says Mr. Stewart. ****** -
Pep_88 — 9 years ago(June 11, 2016 04:19 PM)
I was noticing when the main kid and Grady were having to do push-ups in the field they were looking a little, "suggestive". And I obviously noticed everything else, but that kind of stood out as just another odd reference.