Today's Example of an Egregious Use of Something a Writer Once Learned in Freshman Philosophy

[scalzi]

(Still fixing the Whatever. In the meantime, here's what I was going to post there this morning)

It comes from Matt Feeney in Slate, discussing whether various action films are homoerotic (in this case, the Keanu Reeves/Patrick Swayze Surf Crime Dude flick Point Break):

Indeed, claiming a macho film friendship is not-so-secretly gay has become

Comments

[ckd]

Oh, and your internal Mr. Sulu? Also gay.

[captain_button]

ckd wrote: Oh, and your internal Mr. Sulu? Also gay.

I should say so. The man raised flowers in his stateroom, even!

Has someone compiled a list somewhere of what is really all about what? I remember being told that horror movies are all about oppressing women, and that "The Cold Equations" is all about rape, but there are others I've forgotten I'm sure.

[ckd]

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is about the politics of bimetallism in the 1890s, and "Last Train To Clarksville" is about the draft and the Vietnam War.

[captain_button]

Thanks for reminding me about Oz. I hadn't heard the Clarksville one, thanks again.

[ordgddss]

ckd wrote: Oh, and your internal Mr. Sulu? Also gay.

captain_button replied: I should say so. The man raised flowers in his stateroom, even!

And he brandished a mean sword.