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Gayer and even less subtle than Top Gun


Shower scene. Enough said.

But in addition, there's Kurt dressed in drag, constant penis comparisons by the 2 main characters,not so subtle metaphors about guns as penises, Stallone (badly) acting "sophisticated" and talking about "being on a diet" in an effete sort of way, the 2 different times in the movie where one of the characters asks a man "are you proposing", the 2 hands holding together right before the credits start.

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Lonestar"s Winnebaggo: You may be right!!!...That doesn't mean Tango and Cash isn't gay, it's a gay action movie.

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@GoodfellasFAN ...the 2 different times in the movie where one of the characters asks a man "are you proposing", the 2 hands holding together right before the credits start.
This movie is, in fact, a metaphor for same-sex marriage. Believe it.

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Main baddy (Palance) has a thing for gerbals.

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Don't forget the 'marriage is death'-comment, and the 'I prefer blondes', when the man says 'fĂșck you'.

I mean, it doesn't even make any sense - when someone tells you to fĂșck yourself, it isn't an invitation for coitus with HIM/HER, it's an order to MASTURBATE, meaning, do it by yourself.

So how the heck would that even make any sense? I thought it sounded very 'off' that Stallone responded 'I prefer blondes' (or something along those lines, with a movie this bad, I am not going to check).

But little did I know how MANY such 'off'-sounding comments this movie would puke out. If this movie isn't gay, then Top Gun isn't gay, and Nightmare on Elm Street II isn't gay, either.

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Also, let's not forget that the very first time Tango meets Cash he makes direct contact with his junk! They bump into each other during the set up and pull their guns; scene ends with Tango jamming his gun into Cash's crotch.

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