Question about a character
What is the name of the gay Hispanic boyfriend of the director?
shareFrom looking at the cast list, I think that character's name is Eduardo, who was played by Anthony Lee Medina. I kind of liked the actor and the character; that moment, when he woke up to find those bills ostentatiously arrayed on the pillow, was one of the few where I really felt something for one of this show's characters. Of course, his response to that aggressive insult was disgusting, but still.... I'm really interested to see more from this young actor.
Just make a movie that makes me care, one way or another. I'm open.
I've read a handful of "Flesh and Bone"-related articles - and more than one of them use the word "rentboy" to describe Eduardo and his relationship to Paul. This threw me off-guard at first - one reason being that this word is never uttered in "Flesh and Bone", and it is pretty easy to assume that Paul and Eduardo simply have a casual sexual/romantic relationship (one that is more casual on Paul's end than Eduardo's). At first, I didn't want to believe the writers who described Eduardo as a rentboy - but then I figured that the media must have gotten some official "Press Kit" from the "Flesh and Bone" camp that contained this information.
I'm not sure if many people who watched the show realize that Eduardo was an actual rentboy, and not simply a boytoy or a fling. Knowing this may cause you to look upon the "money on the pillow" scene a little differently; I know that I have somewhat of a softer view of that moment than you may have. Paul may have been a jerk for doing that after Eduardo so badly wanted to connect with Paul on a deeper, more loving level - but Paul wasn't exactly coming out of left field. That was the baseline agreement that they had, apparently. Did Eduardo really want to completely shift gears and say, "Oh - please don't pay me any more. I'm your real boyfriend now"?
Actually - the whole sequence is a little confusing since there is little to nothing that really tips off the viewer that Eduardo - technically-speaking - was "supposed" to get paid. Perhaps there should have been a little more dialogue in there that set that scene up. Eduardo's shock upon seeing the money seemed a little overdone in light of the fact that getting paid was part of their initial agreement. I can see him being disappointed that Paul still saw him in that light - but should he have been that spooked? And goodness gracious - he certainly shouldn't have come undone enough to leave that gross "memento".
But in the end, I wish we could have seen more of Eduardo and their relationship...I wish we could have gotten more of Paul opening himself up to him (what made that man tick?).
Dudes are nasty.
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