Although I do not personally agree with this at all, there are suggestions out there that there could be homosexual contexts within this film. It has been proposed that Hammer takes a sadistic, yet sexual pleasure in beating up his stalker during the scene where he is followed by the man with the knife. I cannot find any other reviews of this kind than the one I was shown, but I was wondering if anyone out there has an opinion on this?
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Mike Hammer was more of a sadist and misogynist than a homosexual in this film. Moreover, Hammer attracts and kisses far too many women to ever be considered gay.
I've been chasing grace/ But grace ain't easy to find
Some people feel the need to shoehorn sexuality into something when it doesn't belong there.
shareI did see Hammer being somewhat conflicted. Maybe bi?
More overt, I thought, was the relationship between Charlie and Sugar... esp. given Sugar's name. He had to have earned that somehow.
But, it added to the multi-flavor aspect of the film. Lots of weird and cool characters and situations.
One of my favorites was the clerk at the Hollywood Athletic Club. "My deah sirrr... " with a grin. No, I didn't see him as gay.
I guess we are supposed to ignore that this man was trying to kill Mike. Brutally with a knife. But because Mike enjoys beating the shit out of him must have some gay meaning.
Homosexuality?! He was Mike Hammer!
No.