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It was played for laughs, and it worked. My friends chuckled. The knife twisted a little more in the heart of a kid just dying to watch someone who felt the same way he did.
“You know who the real villain is?” I continue, strolling through the lobby and joining a line of other writers, directors, cinematographers, and actors as they filter inside to find their seats. “Unchecked capitalism and the desire for capitalist systems to monetize other people’s trauma.”
“It’s about telling all kinds of queer stories. Yes, there can be tragedy and death and darkness, there’s an important place for that, but don’t forget about queer beauty and queer catharsis and queer joy! Every gay character doesn’t need to die in the first scene, or in a third-act blaze of glory to save everyone else. Support queer heroes, not just onscreen, but offscreen too!”
No adult gay man in their right mind would own that fucking couch.
