I think it's pretty obvious....
If you have ever been over-the-edge depressed, you completely "got" this film. If you haven't, you thought it was pointless or homosexual.
That's my take anyway.
dianetodd-1
» Thu Apr 2 2015 21:40:16
If you have ever been over-the-edge depressed, you completely "got" this film. If you haven't, you thought it was pointless or homosexual.
That's my take anyway.
I "got this" -and- thought it had a gay subtext.
From an interview with Cameron Monoghan:
One could argue that both the film and book have a homosexual subtext. Besides the strong metaphor of the closet as a sanctuary, I noticed that in the book, Adam and Jamie were more physical together and even kissed. Was the film intentionally more subtle and open to interpretation regarding that?
I think that there’s lots of interpretation that you can read from the film. To me, it’s a metaphor for adolescence, for friendship. I think part of the reason that Jamie and Adam are so close is in many ways Jamie is — is Adam. He’s another kind of part of himself. They kind of mirror each other. Jamie is kind of Adam’s vulnerable side and something that he’s embracing throughout the story. So, I mean, you can read it that way. I’m not sure that Adam has those feelings for Jamie. I think it might be the other way. I think they definitely had sort of a curiosity about him. At the end it’s never going to work because A, it’s because he’s dead and B, because I’m not sure he feels the same way.
Read more here:
http://screeninvasion.com/2014/08/interview-shameless-star-cameron-monaghan-jamie-marks-dead.
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