Salon reports today that a big-screen rendition of Annie Proulx's short story "Bareback Mountain" is in the process of being cast. Provided the movie sticks to the original story, there will be a "normal" (though illicit) romantic relationship between the two male leads.
The Salon review of this news is really interesting; it's nice to think there might be a mainstream movie in which gay men are just men first and foremost--not campy, not psychotic, not secretly wishing for a straight romance with the Best Friend. In other words, nothing like what we've seen in the past. Certainly it's true that "the recent embrace of all things gay isn't to be laughed at. The more gay characters populate the pop-culture landscape, the less pressure will be faced by their progeny."
Here's my big question: where are the lesbians? Am I missing the critiques of the explosion of gay or "gay-like" culture that address the fact that there simply aren't any lesbians in these roles? Or am I forgetting someone?
Are queer women less appealing to a mainstream audience than queer men? Why?
Posted by Heather at January 14, 2004 11:44 AM
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Ok well I must comment to this... Lesbians are more widely accepted than gay males are. Gay males are look down upon more. I dont know why, I wish it wasnt that way. Men love lesbians (pricks) and women dont really care, hell a lot of them become bisexual just for the hell of it for the guys. So I dont know really but it makes people like me feel bad.
Posted by: Wes at November 14, 2004 10:00 AM