Homosexuality?
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Lunchbox-3 — 15 years ago(October 11, 2010 10:34 AM)
I don't think objections have to come from a homophobic stance. First, Victoria's suffering enough just knowing that she could have been with a king and instead she's stuck with Humphrey. Second, it doesn't make sense with Humphrey trying so hard to win Victoria's hand when he's gay. I suppose you could argue it was just a marriage of convenience and power for him, but that's not really necessary to complete Victoria's humiliation.
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Spacer1 — 13 years ago(October 12, 2012 05:18 AM)
I loved how overtly and obviously gay DeNiro's character was, even though one of his ship's crew called it "being whoopsie" instead of actually saying "gay." He stole the show here, and I loved the bit at the end with Humphrey as well. The reason why they did that is because just like Shakespeare's tough guy acts on the ship, Humphrey was overcompensating by always fighting with Tristan and not being his true self. That was their connection and I don't know how anybody could misinterpret this. I guess some people do need to see full on sex acts to get it.
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donwan47 — 12 years ago(May 08, 2013 01:35 PM)
De Niro was excellent in this and despite what some people say his character was a positive role model.
Kind, honest, intelligent and possessed of a great and kind heart. He just happened to be in the closet because of prejudice. An all too common occurrence. -
clouseau-4 — 12 years ago(September 09, 2013 11:21 AM)
One of the messages of the movie was the importance of being yourself.
European fairy tales may not have had many (if any) explicitly "whoopsie" characters but of course we know they have existed throughout all of human history.
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