tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post3799282381872484092..comments2024-03-28T23:03:57.917-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: This Week: Happy Pride from the Agents of Doux!Billie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-57169083747507423822022-06-28T00:56:34.989-04:002022-06-28T00:56:34.989-04:00Sorry for having been AWOL while this was being pr...Sorry for having been AWOL while this was being prepared; I've had a lot of other work, and I've been under the weather. Also, as one of the older humans doing reviews for Doux Reviews, the proliferation of out gay/lesbian/etc characters on TV took place after I was well into adulthood. But I do remember La Cage aux Folles - the 1978 version, in French - and although it was often over the top, it opened my eyes to world I did not know. I watched it several times, and my excuse was to improve my French, but also because it was funny and the characters showed so much devotion to each other.<br />Victoria Grossackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808023266088914173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-75314155809956404412022-06-27T19:18:59.443-04:002022-06-27T19:18:59.443-04:00I feel like we've always kind of known that :)...I feel like we've always kind of known that :)Mikey Heinrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053287699381988084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-66989978453783207372022-06-27T19:15:53.278-04:002022-06-27T19:15:53.278-04:00I can't believe I forgot to mention Black Sail...I can't believe I forgot to mention Black Sails!! While not important to me on my journey, it is a really beautiful (though at some times, needlessly bloody and rape-y) story of queer love triumphing. ALSO Our Flag Means Death!! Pirates are very gay, it turns out.sunbunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08553429350476841139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-24804622223073567052022-06-27T08:26:23.033-04:002022-06-27T08:26:23.033-04:00Oh my god, I haven't thought about the wedding...Oh my god, I haven't thought about the wedding banquet in years! Thank you for reminding me!Mikey Heinrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053287699381988084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-22782993808854162362022-06-27T06:58:53.139-04:002022-06-27T06:58:53.139-04:00The Wedding Banquet remains one of my favorite fil...The Wedding Banquet remains one of my favorite films. I bought it years ago and drag it out when I need comfort viewing. <br /><br />Two of my favorite queer characters (because they come as a pair) is Magnus and Alec on <i>Shadowhunters</i>. They were the reason I waded through an inconsistent first season and they remained the best thing through to the amazing finale. Watching their relationship grow and blossom was a joy to behold. Despite the "traditional" views of the Shadowhunters, neither his nor Magnus' masculinity, strength, or competence were ever truly questioned although it was implied their relationship could hurt Alec's career. I also loved that Alec's bond to his straight best friend never wavered. Sharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565608197467529595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-17566835409776254252022-06-27T06:16:14.520-04:002022-06-27T06:16:14.520-04:00Happy Pride. I'd like to recommend Ang Lee'...Happy Pride. I'd like to recommend Ang Lee's 1993 film The Wedding Banquet. It's about a young Taiwanese gay man living with his lover in New York. His parents back in Taiwan are not aware of his sexuality and are constantly bugging him about getting married, so he decides on a marriage of convenience to an illegal immigrant who is a tenant in a building he owns. By turns very funny, thoughtful, and poignant. And it had nothing to do with AIDS which was something of a relief in gay cinema at that time.<br /><br />I haven't seen a lot of gay male characters that I really identify with on film or TV either...possibly Hernando from Sense8. I am not as hot as him, nor do I have an equally hot actor boyfriend, however. magrittenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-66311200017185850982022-06-26T22:11:01.165-04:002022-06-26T22:11:01.165-04:00Happy Pride! 🌈 Happy Pride! 🌈 Josie Kafkanoreply@blogger.com