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Since gay actors now play gay roles….

Has there been any hit movie about a gay character?

When straight actors were allowed to do these roles, the movies became cultural events—Philadelphia, Brokeback Mountain, Longtime Companion.

I don’t believe there’s been a hit gay movie since gays started playing the main roles

by Anonymousreply 13November 29, 2024 2:37 PM

My movie would've been a monster hit if you gays weren't so self-loathing!

IT WAS OSCAR MATERIAL!

by Anonymousreply 1November 28, 2024 2:37 PM

Not sure how you define "hit" (your original list includes LONGTIME COMPANION), but certainly these movies from recent years have gotten a lot of attention:

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by Anonymousreply 2November 28, 2024 3:20 PM

Let's try this again:

TÁR

YEAR OF THE DOG

SALTBURN

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

THE WHALE

by Anonymousreply 3November 28, 2024 3:20 PM

R3, those include gay people but the main characters aren’t played by gay actors

by Anonymousreply 4November 28, 2024 4:09 PM

r4 That's the point. OP is delusional, because there are no gay actors playing gay roles.

by Anonymousreply 5November 29, 2024 3:03 AM

Well, not out gay actors, anyway, R4. Likewise Brokeback Mountain.

by Anonymousreply 6November 29, 2024 10:14 AM

John Cena’s roles are all gay-adjacent…

by Anonymousreply 7November 29, 2024 11:23 AM

The remake of Boys in the Band were all gay actors, some very well known.

by Anonymousreply 8November 29, 2024 1:23 PM

a gay man playing a homosexual? groundbreaking.

by Anonymousreply 9November 29, 2024 1:31 PM

I recently watched on Netflix the lovely “Bros”, with an entirely all-gay cast, including dreamy Luke MacFarlane. It was surprisingly good.

by Anonymousreply 10November 29, 2024 1:37 PM

R10, I would say it was surprisingly bad, considering all the publicity for it

by Anonymousreply 11November 29, 2024 2:13 PM

Nothing worth watching i.e. not a drama, not about disease, not about politics, not a rom-com.

by Anonymousreply 12November 29, 2024 2:23 PM

Gay men cease to be interesting after coming out. That’s why Edge of 17, Beautiful Thing, and Love Simon were fine. They captured the coming out. After that, who gives a shit?

And lesbians were never interesting to begin with.

by Anonymousreply 13November 29, 2024 2:37 PM
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