I think it is implied throughout the film but on the other hand he plays with his identity maybe he plays with his sexuality too.
shareNo, I think the final joke about Sam Diamond is he's a closet homosexual, perhaps thats why he overdoes the tough guy bit.
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I don't think Sam is really gay, though.
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It's supposed to be a parody of Bogie's screen image as well- he was such a tough guy, and unquestionably attracted scores of "dames". But if he were 'in the closet'. . .
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In the final scene where Sam & assistant are driving away it seems he is really straight and is letting her know that he's available. "All you got to do is whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you?" Which is actually a quote from a Bogart/Bacall movie: "Key Largo" I think. But, yes, his sexuality is a little ambiguous during the movie: the tough guy who won't kiss a "broad."
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The implied suggestion that Sam Diamond is a closet homosexual is a spin on and a comic reaction to the macho attitudes displayed by the Philip Marlowe private detective in Raymond Chandler's brilliant series of novels, as well as a play on the iconic, white dinner-jacketed image of Bogie from Casablanca. What makes this character extremely funny is how Peter Falk plays him straight - that is, he plays the character as if he's appearing in a serious crime film noir. The muscle magazines give the game away, as well as the sexist remarks he makes about his female sidekick, over-egging his heterosexual persona. In my opinion he delivers the funniest line in the whole movie, when he refutes a remark questioning his sexuality - "I never did nothin' to a man that I wouldn't do to a woman!" - delivered so deadpan it had me in pain with laughter.
I think it does play with how all those tough guy characters were always rejecting women.
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