Homosexuality in Horror Movies
These representations are however beginning to change although stereotypes of homosexual characters in film still uses the way they are being portrayed. Below are stereotypical characters that you would expect to see homosexuals playing?
QUEEN- A very flamboyant, effeminate gay man who can be considered a drama queen at times.
DRAG QUEEN- Someone who dresses up as a women but is still a man.
SISSIE- A camp person who is not very masculine and is easily scared.
BUTCH- A woman who is the masculine character within a lesbian relationship. So she is a bit of a tomboy.
FEMME - The more female character within a lesbian relationship.
LIPSTICK LESBIAN- Slang term used to describe a lesbian women who exhibits extreme feminine gender attitudes.
SOFT BUTCH - A woman who exhibits some stereotypical butch lesbian traits without fitting into a masculine stereotype.
The horror movie that I chose to write about in “The Lost Boys”(1987). I chose this particular film because it is one of my all time favourite horrors and there is a debate going on whether the main character's brother, sam (Corey Haim), is gay or not. But I think he is gay in this film simply by the way he acts and the things that he does to suggest that he is gay.
During different scenes throughout the film his character is portrayed towards boys rather than girls. This could be proven because in one particular scene where a topless saxaphone player is drawing his attention while his brother is focused on a pretty girl in the crowd. Another example is that he keeps a poster of a boy on the front door of his closet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwW7pWaGCeI
http://www.joblo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33356
This is a really good start again but your last point just touches on some really interesting points that could be developed further to hit the merit level.
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