Classic representation of closeted men , who think having to confront their homosexuality is the end of the world. If they has some real hard damn issues, being gay would be the least of it. Who knows, maybe that's how most of them are.
shareIf they has some real hard damn issues, being gay would be the least of it. Who knows, maybe that's how most of them are.
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You bring on your own issues, so take responsibility for them and since you are in the closet and complain about homosexual bigotry on many posts in our simpleminded society, what is your point here? Yes, we DO KNOW that is how YOU ARE and are self-loathing about YOUR OWN closeted homosexuality. What a hypocrite and since you don't like Robin Williams, is this another self-absorbed and confused post, to project your frustration and arrogance at others?
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IY, is not interested in responding to posts, that can see right through his self-absorbed and transparent game. He only wants to trap those, that won't wipe him across the floor. He is a coward see and his inordinate arrogance is palpable. He can't acknowledge or accept his own self-loathing, so it becomes everyone else's problem and they are the ones too blame.
Hutch and I befriended him and were online allies, yet when we expressed assertive and honest disagreeance with him and\or didn't give him what he wanted, he turned and had the gall to call us phoneys. He in a sense, blamed us for his own lack of generosity—hence doesn't know how to be a friend—and self-awareness in his being. He can't or won't be flexible and it is pretty much a one way street and on his terms. I guess you have already figured this out though.
Being gay is not what is "traumatic".
It is the social climate in which he most likely grew up - and was therefore obliged to be closeted. And create a life that resembled a socially-expected "normalcy"; a wife, a home, a safe job as a banker.
But you know, it's very difficult for human beings to refrain from living as their authentic selves. Something has to give, sometime.
But perhaps, for you, OP, being compassionate would be too traumatic for you. That would be inauthentic.
**Have an A1 day**
Yeah he had no problems. Dealing with a dying father. He strongly showed that he wasn't over the death of his mother. Waited on his wife like a servant as she seemed to act almost disabled at times. Had a day job where there was no doubt stress. All that on top of feeling like he missed out on his whole life.
shareYeah, I gotta call bull**** on this movie too. The whole closeted homosexuality story has been done MUCH better than this, without this whole Captain Save A Hoe storyline that just made him look like he was going out of his way to self-destruct a pretty damn good life for himself because.....because.
I just had no reason to feel like he was "trapped" or whatever excuses people are making for him. His friends seemed to genuinely like him, he's enough of a good hard worker to be considered to get a great promotion, even his relationship with his wife seemed to be fine for a long-time married couple. I just don't see what was so wrong with what he had that he decided to dive in WAY over his head in dealing with Leo. Which is honestly THE worst part of this, again the whole Captain Save A Hoe thing I was talking about, it's the old story of him randomly deciding to try to "rescue" this one street walker and give the same judgmental "No no, you can be better than this!" speeches we've heard in tons of other movies to a guy from a COMPLETELY different world that him that Robin's character COMPLETELY doesn't understand. Honestly, the whole "I'm doing this to deal with my homosexuality" just feels like a tacked on excuse for him simply being a bored, bumbling, cheating a$$hole, quite frankly.
I COULD have had sympathy for him having to deal with his dying dad, and even if the tension between their strained relationship was a bigger part of the movie, I could go with what the movie was trying to do. But as it doesn't, we're left with this ridiculous relationship we've got that doesn't really go anywhere or wrap up in any satisfying way. Maybe if it was a guy in the same economic class as him, i.e. some other business guy that was also playing the gay field and had the charisma to woo Nolan out of the closet little by little, that'd be interesting to watch. But Nolan + Leo really is just patronizing and grating and annoying and you spend so much time yelling at Nolan "whatever the hell it is you're doing, you're an idiot" that it's impossible to care about either one of them once it's all said and done.
And don't even get me started on that cop-out ending...
God Bless Ya, Robin, I'll say you at least TRIED to make this character work. Wish you could have saved this one and had a stronger finish to your career, but at least you still gave it your all one last time before you left us. His performance aside...yeah, you won't be missing anything if you skip this one (which is what I suggest you go ahead and do; skip this one).
I know, dwellman21
People who don't know how the other half lives (and there are people like this) will think being gay is the worst struggle ever, not to mention their disregard for the trusting betrayed wife. where is the compassion for her on the board? Of course, since it's with another man, they often rationalize it's not cheating.
Even if he didn't have a dying father (etc), that doesn't change the fact. Plenty of men are the same way even him with 2 healthy parents. I suppose that's the way of the world: closeted men, and privileged others, who are too cowardly and/or blessed, taking the good life for granted as if they are immune to anything complicating it. (yikes, a divorce!)
I've learned in life that deceit in all forms seems to be the norm, not the exception. People think everything is a game, even when it affects others. It's funny, there are those who don't mind cheating, and those who don't mind being cheated on.
Also, I wonder if Robin as the lead subliminally garnered sympathy from viewers due to him being well-liked, rather than another actor.
Congratulations, you missed the movie's whole point and wrote so much to demonstrate such.
shareI'd be interested to think what the OP thinks of 'moonlight'. Being gay isn't the only issue the character has, but it's certainly the most taboo one, especially in the African American community. And like another poster said, it has nothing to do with your ethnicity, if you don't have the right support, it can be Very traumatic.
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