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Wow, the things we don't understand as kids...spoilers

posted 16 years ago by pinmv
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I originally saw this back in the 70s, my brother liked it and I watched it with him a few times. I watched it again and again over the years when caught on cable.

How did I never ever get, until now, the homosexual overtones? Did my brother? I'm afraid to ask! I never got that at ALL, not the come-ons, not the beatings and why etc.

Amazing, kids truly don't get subtle things like that (well, we didn't when I was about 10, who knows what kids understand now!)

Amazing....(p.s. I'm female, perhaps I would have gotten it if I'd been a guy)

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[–] Captain_Augustus_McCrae 12 years ago

There is no homosexual "subtext" whatsoever in this film. All of the gay themes- the guard trying to coerce the handsome young prisoner into becoming his "bitch" and the old couple in prison- are completely above board. There is no subtlety, no innuendos, it's all obvious to the most casual viewer.

"It ain't dying I'm talking about, it's LIVING!"
Captain Augustus McCrae

Wow, the things we don't understand as kids...*spoilers*

Wow, the things we don't understand as kids...spoilers