What the hell was he doing naked with a blond wig and abandoning his sobbing partner?
Obviously an ex-con, gay and crazy as a loon but what were they up to?
I found that scene pretty disturbing.
Well, it was New Year's Eve, after all. And he still managed to get picked up ... and the rest is history.
shareI don't understand this either. Unless this is supposed to represent the fistfight that is mentioned in the book Closing time.
shareI suspect he was leaving a costume party or somesuch event, and the sobbing partner was probably a clue that Tom Berenger's character was a volatile personality, uncomfortable with his identity and under the influence of something. The wig and the nudity were probably '70s shorthand for "gay," so that we'd understand his defensiveness in the next scene.
Regardless, I hope you find someone better to ring in the new with this year. It's hard to imagine picking up someone worse, but I guess it's possible.
How clueless can ya get . He was gay and in drag and it was san francisco.
they were marching around in the street and some gay bashers came out and attacked them.
he freaked out and yelled at his gay lover that he wasnt a fruit and such.
he was a very disturbed dangerous man who couldnt accept his homosexuality.
and he was supposed to be a vietnam vet not an ex con
IS that a joke? He was not gay; gay men don't trick with women from straight bars. Looks like he was hustler and catered to both sexes.
share He was not gay; gay men don't trick with women from straight bars.
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Wasn't Berenger's character confused about his homosexuality and tried to pretend he was "straight"? I think the intention was that he was more "gay" than "bisexual".
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Wasn't Berenger's character confused about his homosexuality and tried to pretend he was "straight"? I think the intention was that he was more "gay" than "bisexual".
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I think so definitely, Rascal. Like the part where Berenger is in the Halloween clown costume and he's starting to go over the edge and he starts screaming about how he's the "pitcher, not the catcher!" And there did seem to be tender, non-heterosexual feeling between Tom and his friend.
Also, Berenger's self-loathing about his own homosexuality comes to the fore when Diane Keaton starts to tease him about not being able to perform. It completely triggers him.
Also, most straight men don't stand by themselves wearing super tight blue jeans underneath a disco ball with a bottle of amyl nitrate,
I thought I was gonna die! - Roseanne Roseannadanna
was this killer ever caught and interviewed? Then he's a fictional character from the author's non-fictional novel. What's wrong here? How are we supposed to label him, if he was never apprehended?
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"On New Year's Eve he violently careens around in a jock strap..."
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That's hilarious. Who wrote that?
I thought I was gonna die! - Roseanne Roseannadanna
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