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Lost me at "got skydiving right"
I know this doesn't speak directly to the author's main point about homoeroticism and macho swagger, but for me, the quality of analysis went right downhill when he makes the claim that ''Point Break'' got skydiving right in the same ways it got surfing wrong. No. ''Point Break'' gets skydiving about like it gets surfing - lots of spectacular ...
Posted to Summer Movies by pratkat on June 30, 2007
Is Freeny Homophobic?
Yes. Homoeroticism in no way signfies being gay -- to conflate the two is homophobic. The line between male homosocial behavior (being interested in another man because you like him) and homosexual behavior (expressing that affection physically) is pretty slim. Homoeroticism is somewhere in the middle and can apply to both homosocial ...
Posted to Summer Movies by Justin Johnston on June 28, 2007