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Explain the 'gay' thing...


When I saw this I figured they were 'different', like 'different as night and day', (I know, how amazingly insightful!) but it seems a lot of people are commenting & complaining that it was a pro-gay thing.

I don't see how that is, with the bikini girls around the pool, they both seemed to want to get in on that action! Not to mention they were more than likely asexual due to their lack of genitalia.

But serious question, when the radio brodcast thing came on, I thought it was more of a racial indifference, then a sexual orientation thing. So how are people getting it had anything to do with homosexuals? Maybe if I saw it again it would be obvious?

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I'm with you. I think it was about intolerance of others in general - not specifically regarding sexual orientation or identity.

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I agree with the two previous posters in this thread, I didn't see it having to do anything about sexual orientation at all. It seemed to be more about racial differences, how the two characters both learned that they could both co-exist with each other and have fun besides their differences. I think the the audio clip and the characters used in the short are more relatable with race differences than sexual orientations.

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Maybe the speech itself was referencing racial differences when it was given, I don't know, I can't find information on it. But the context it was used in in the movie was an important message about loving people who are different. I don't think the creators meant for it to be about lgbt rights or racial inequality - we just see it that way because of our unfair society.

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I think a lot of people just like to find something to be offended by.

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To me the film transcends neat characterizations, so anyone who assigns a specific meaning to it, like "gay," is missing the point. In my opinion, the film is supposed to, and does, implicate every story of opposites attracting, overcoming differences, learning to love those who are different, etc. - from Romeo and Juliette to a Bronx Tail and beyond.

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Well said, powersurge

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I think it should be applied to anything that people refuse to accept.

Even if it was solely about homosexuality I don't see what the big deal is.

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I didn't think it was talking about any specific type of prejudice. It was just speaking of prejudice in general.

So many people live their lives in anger that they don't even have time to appreciate life itself. This film could be talking about homosexuality. It could also be talking about religion, race, political beliefs, etc. It isn't about any one issue.

People that think that this short has a "pro-gay" agenda are probably the type of people who think that homosexuals are "abominations". If you listen to one of these guys long enough, they'd almost have you convinced that there's a conspiracy to turn the world gay.

The message that this short film tries to deliver (and the one they clearly didn't get) is: everybody is different. That being said, everybody has something to bring to the table. One thing that makes our society so rich is its diversity. There's no point in being angry about people that are unlike yourself. Wouldn't it be better if people found a common ground (Day and Night's sunrise/sunset moment) and tried to build relationships on that?

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LGBT rights is what I took from it, but like other posters said, they were clearly drooling over women, and by the same token, they were also rolling around with each other and loving it. Most people probably think "gay" because of the big rainbow.

I'm sure it was designed for people to take whatever was most relevant to them from it. Interesting that being gay is a political issue rather than a personal non-issue in the USA, though.

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