As far as I'm concerned the depiction of gay George as a considerate, children-loving guy could not have been any further from the truth. I seriously doubt that the storywriter had had any real contact with one when writing the script. The character is highly fictitious.
shareA gay man can be children-loving and considerate just as easliy as a straight man or a woman can. Why does that make him a ficticious character?
shareHis intent was obviously to talk bull$hit and not stick around to discuss anything.
"Carol, one word of advice: send Cindy to a special school"
stereotypical gay guy = overly camp, styled hair, lots of pink, high pitched voice and limp wrist
what is it with stereotypes?
i'm gay
the only time i'm camp is weni'm joking around or drunk my hair isnt styled my voice isnt high pitched my wrist isnt limp and the only pink i like is the singer.
i love kids and would love to adopt and bring a child up. Gay ppl can be parents just as well as a straight couple.
Well said ste03uk!
shareWhat gay men have you ever met? I found the gay characters in this film refreshingly close to those i know in real life compared to the ridiculously stereotypical ones found in will & grace, queer eye etc.
As a gay man i thought the way the issues in the film were handled in was very realistic. It was at times brutally honest and rung very true with my own personal experiences. Much praise should go to the makers of this film for treating gay men as complex (and therefore normal) people and for highlighting the difficulties in gay-straight relationships.
I watched this film the other night for the first time and was surprised (I never watched it before because I thought it would be a silly, fluffy kind of film)I really liked the way George was portrayed, no stereotypes just a normal guy, which of course he is! I also loved the older guys character,.(sorry forgotten his name) I thought it was very moving the way he and his affection for the younger guy was handled
Good God. We're out of our depths here.
ditto.
shareI thought the film was very realistic. When I was 19, I had a gay friend who I didn't live with, but did hang out with everyday. We had a same musical interests, friends, and warped sense of humor. He too was sensitive and had slept with women before, but knew he was gay. Our conversations were pretty similar to the script actually. The biggest mistake I made was falling for him. I never tried to kiss him, but I went through the same kind of emotions that Nina does in this movie. He had the perfect body (like George too) and being with him felt right, but once he found an older man, and I became the third wheel in their makeout sessions, I knew our friendship was doomed. But we did teach eachother valuable lessons about acceptance and understanding. Years later, I found out he slept with another friend (a woman) but it didn't bother me, I just found it weird. Sometimes life is grey like that. When you're young and naive, you want to believe you can have it all.
shareI'm curious, are you two still friends? I've had casual female friends develop feelings for me, but since they were just casual friends I never knew how they were really affected by me being gay.
I guess I can relate by having feelings for a straight friend.