Jotham Posted January 11 Posted January 11 Quote She’s even started to recognize that the most ostensibly heterosexual thing she’s done, “Twilight,” has its own queer sparkle. “I can only see it now,” she says. “I don’t think it necessarily started off that way, but I also think that the fact that I was there at all, it was percolating. It’s such a gay movie. I mean, Jesus Christ, Taylor [Lautner] and Rob and me, and it’s so hidden and not OK. I mean, a Mormon woman wrote this book. It’s all about oppression, about wanting what’s going to destroy you. That’s a very Gothic, gay inclination that I love.” 1
vale9001 Posted January 11 Posted January 11 (edited) Vampires as metaphor of homosexuality?. Wow, no literary or movie critic ever noticed that before! Bram Stoker wrote Dracula to express his paranoia about being discovered as gay after his friend OScar Wilde was imprisoned. Edited January 11 by vale9001
CottageHore Posted January 11 Posted January 11 What’s “gay” about a bunch of straight vampires, werewolves, and emo girls falling in love. Why is anything slightly out of the norm in pop culture considered “gay” now? 2 1 2
Sheep Posted January 11 Posted January 11 The replies in this thread are proving how abysmal media literacy is.
itsmagic Posted January 11 Posted January 11 Stephenie Meyer is probably rage-shaking that she said this out loud. 2
Gossip_Boy Posted January 11 Posted January 11 1 hour ago, vale9001 said: Vampires as metaphor of homosexuality?. Wow, no literary or movie critic ever noticed that before! Bram Stoker wrote Dracula to express his paranoia about being discovered as gay after his friend OScar Wilde was imprisoned. And other genre-defining classics of vampire literature vampire media that’s come afterwards have taken inspiration from such as Carmilla or Polidori’s The Vampyre were all deeply queer one way or another as well.
Mr. Blue_Shirt Posted January 11 Posted January 11 I'm sorry but "it's such a gay movie, a mormon woman wrote it" is literally the funniest thing i've ever read 1
Jack! Posted January 12 Posted January 12 (edited) 53 minutes ago, Gossip_Boy said: And other genre-defining classics of vampire literature vampire media that’s come afterwards have taken inspiration from such as Carmilla or Polidori’s The Vampyre were all deeply queer one way or another as well. And let's not forget Interview with the Vampire. Anne Rice sold the movie rights to that movie 17 years before it got made, it was in development hell for almost all of that time. She knew it's queer writing was playing a part in that, so in an attempt to save it and actually get credible people in Hollywood on board she re-wrote the main character to be female in order to heterosexualise the story for Hollywood. Obviously they reverted back to the original story but I always found that interesting. And whats ironic is that in that "straight" version they had cast Cher to play the female lead. Edited January 12 by Jack!
midnightdawn Posted January 12 Posted January 12 3 hours ago, CottageHore said: What’s “gay” about a bunch of straight vampires, werewolves, and emo girls falling in love. Why is anything slightly out of the norm in pop culture considered “gay” now? They try to make things seem deeper than they actually are. 1 1
Leptine Posted January 12 Posted January 12 There was nothing gay in a franchise that was pandering your average basic white girl.
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