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AZSkiffyGeek

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4. Check out the documentary "Celluloid Closet"

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Fri Jul 14, 2023, 07:43 PM

Jul 2023

Goes into all sorts of hidden homosexuality in classic films.
My favorite is Ben Hur. Gore Vidal explains he wrote the one character as if he was Ben Hur’s former lover who wants to rekindle the relationship, but didn’t tell Heston that. The dynamic is hilarious once you see the subtext

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Ok....Cat on a Hot Tin Roof........Paul Newman's character is GAY!!!!!!! [View all] a kennedy Jul 2023 OP

have to admit I didn't catch that either stopdiggin Jul 2023 #1

I picked it up with Liz taunting Paul about his best friend. no_hypocrisy Jul 2023 #2

apparently it WAS pretty clear stopdiggin Jul 2023 #9

I thought they were implying that throughout the movie with his relationship with skipper Walleye Jul 2023 #3

Never knew how good an actress she was.......then this movie....whew......and so beautiful. a kennedy Jul 2023 #5

Stunning, he was pretty too Walleye Jul 2023 #6

♥️ a kennedy Jul 2023 #7

She was a great actress. In "Butterfield 8" she was tremendous... brush Jul 2023 #10

It definitely was implied and BigmanPigman Jul 2023 #11

Check out the documentary "Celluloid Closet" AZSkiffyGeek Jul 2023 #4

Yeah, that's what the movie was all about. brush Jul 2023 #8

Brick and Maggie pledge to each other to make a baby at the end of the movie. Frasier Balzov Jul 2023 #12

Interesting! Drum Jul 2023 #13

That's what the play was all about. shrike3 Sep 2023 #14