That's a ridiculous observation. How you could see a gay relationship between those two characters boggles the mind. They were just two men discussing a topic they were both interested in. There was nothing in any scene between the two to suggest a gay relationship IMO.
I know that I am stupid but when I look around me I feel a lot better.

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Oh, don't get us started about the incest subtext again, lol.

There you people go again. Is there no end to your dirty minds?

facepalm

no disrespect, op. but they are just friends. buddies. amigos. they enjoy the subject of murder. it adds excitement, fun, escapism, to their otherwise, monotonous, ho-hum, boring lives.

I agree with you, Just another thing where the word Chemistry and other terms related to it can sometimes mean nothing. It's used way to often to describe something that is not even there. I am always surprised by viewers who is not shown romance to deduct it means there is no love.

Here we go. Always something about someone being gay in every board. How do you know he had no interest in the wife? Not every guy is fawning over his wife 24/7 in public. Fail!

You've given me a headache.

If you look at their relationship through the perspective of Eve Sedgwick's queer theory, then it is arguable that the two share a far more intimate relationship than what is between Emma and Joseph. The relationship between Herbie/Joseph has more mutuality and enjoyment, so it is a very strong homosocial (same sex) bond, but this doesn't make it sexual, by any means. So, yes, I can see "gay subtext" between the two, but it is not explicitly homoerotic or sexually charged.
"I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache," - Bette Davis

I could not see any gay subtext at all. They'\re just 2 middle aged man having some thrilling topic for their age to talk about. You might ask this because Hitch did something similar in Rope? But I thought that was quite central to the story.

Gay as a loaf of Rainbo bread? I like it! And that little purple telitubby? As a $3 bill
Actually, I don't see anything even remotely sexual in these characters - gay or straight.
But that librarian - well, THAT'S another story !

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I didn't see it but I wouldn't be surprised. I loved their conversations about murdering one another and as Joe's wife says, discussing murder with Herb
it's your father's way of relaxing
! And this is the 'normal' family visited by their murderous uncle!
I'm a fountain of blood
In the shape of a girl

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Do you mean because Gays usually are much more likely to discuss suicide instead of murder because of all of society's hatred toward them throughout their lives?
That would seem more likely from what you hear in these message boards because Homophobia is too rampant and too widespread thanks to those evil hate mongers, who always get away with it, and certain political parties base their platform upon that hatred.

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Nope. They're just two middle aged men who have the plotting of murder as a joint hobby.