Is it the default though? As far as we know, there are only two gay characters amongst all these people involved in auditioning for a Broadway musical, Paul, and Greg. And, as you say, we know that another two are straight-presenting, Al and Zach, but they could, I suppose, be bi since they don't actually self-identify. (Richie also presents as straight in the movie, but not on stage.)
Are we meant to assume that all the other men and some of the women, at least, are gay, do you think? I'm not so sure. Maybe, but it ultimately doesn't matter since sexuality doesn't play into any of the other characters' stories.
I'm kind of the mind that sexuality was such a big deal in those days that, if any of the other characters were meant to be anything other than straight (or cis-gendered, for that matter), they would have mentioned it, as Greg does very casually and Paul does not-so-casually. So it almost seems to me that straightness is the default here. But, of course, an actor playing any of the other roles might decide that their character is anything. |
