R. Gabriel Dor
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Homonormative Casting
Thanks for your insights Bridget. Ruffalo is neither gay nor Jewish, but he is a Method actor who worked with Larry Kramer gaining his blessing and mannerisms. Matt Bomer's homonormativity certainly helped the straight lead gain a broader audience fo ... -
Incorporating the Commercial
Thanks Molly! I too am fascinated by the faithful pastiche of this ad. Murphy chose the same music, but the voiceover and visual text are even more sex-charged than the original! The original ad itself offers a camp appeal to late 70s/early 80s gay men wi ... -
Aestheticizing AIDS
Bridget, that is a great parallel. At the same time the layers of the HBO adaptation, part Murphy part Kramer, also show monstrosity, not just in the prosthetic grotesque of the disease meant to stir sympathy, fear, and loss, but in the dehumanizing Reaga ... -
Queer Domestic Masquerade
So the queerness comes as masquerade of domesticity to cover over subversion? Is it frequent for The Americans to use this tension as a source of humor? ... -
Lady Detectives
Thinking about fictional detectives like Jane Marple and J.B. Fletcher, I am struck by how they combine the feminine masquerade of the gossipy auntie, who gains information by feigning casual interest, with the rational deduction skills of a Sherlock Holm ... -
Belvedere Is Queer, Full House is Heteronormative
Mr. Belvedere the butler was coded as a gay man of size, fulfilling domestic duties in an apron with an English accent, no romantic partner, and a queeny dry sarcasm. There is definitely a supressed and coded queerness to many of these alternate 80s famil ...