| Billy Wilder and the Gay Subtext |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 11:32 pm EST 12/22/22 |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 11:32 pm EST 12/22/22 |
| In reply to: re: I wouldn’t put hot in that category - AlanScott 06:38 pm EST 12/22/22 |
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When Wilder wanted to add a gay subtext to a film, he certainly was adept at doing it. For example, The Lost Weekend -- subtle, but it's there -- and The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes -- pretty obvious but tasteful (IMO).
I don't think there's much of a gay subtext in Some Like It Hot as a whole, although I've always felt that Osgood as a rich, aging Mama's boy knows what he wants and is aware from the get-go that Daphne is a man. |
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