I can't think of a witty title because I'm too busy lol'ing at straight people

[poetic_pixie_13]

‘Magic Mike’ Is Big Draw for Gay Men

Men flirted and showed off their muscles through tight-fitting tank tops. Women with no shoes gyrated next to men with no shirts. A D.J. played deep beats. Shachar Keizman, 24, climbed atop an armrest and peeled off his shirt to reveal a chiseled torso. People screamed and stuck dollar bills in his shorts

Comments

[shukivengeance]

The movie was marketed to get the pink dollar so what's the big deal here? Am I missing something?

[windsong_moon]

I'm not sure what's surprising here. The movie was made for anyone who wants to see men nude.

[mahasin]

Exactly, almost everyone I know that saw it was either a gay man or a horny woman.

[clevermanka]

A-yep.

I'm going to see it next week. The only reason I didn't make it this week is I'm organizing a conference that's due to start in...um...two hours and fifty minutes.

[mahasin]

Good luck with the conference!

[ladypolitik]

1) Need gifs of straight ladies accessorizing gay men generally; I wanna say there are clips out there but nothing comes to mind and the captions would pretty much write themselves

2) “I think there’s a change in how straight men are willing to be physically objectified and want that kind of admiration,” Mr. Ayers said. “They are happy to have gay men find them attractive.”

Not only is this nothing new, it's not exactly profound/noble, either. One of the biggest tropes of hypermasculine dudebro homophobia is the old It's Not Gay/As Gay If I've "Receiving"; Just "Giving"™ phenomenon. It's not always consistent (read: rife with violent hypocrisy) either; ogle one micro-millimetre to the right and suddenly it's all about rationalizing gruesome "gay panic" tropes. Which is to argue, all of this should be less (read: not at all) about implicitly giving straight guys 'credit' for not being ~squicked out~ by the gay gaze.

3) ...Mildly NSFW (bum exposure/crotch-driven body rolls), so scroll by REAL fast.

[popehippo]

You make an excellent point with #2, but I am incredibly distracted by #3, that is all.

[wikilobbying]

i can't see #3 :'(

[bmh4d0k3n]

Nor I :(

[popehippo]

what, you mean gay folks go to movies that may have leads they find attractive, just like straight folks?

ALERT THE PRESSES

[popehippo]

I also love how I've seen other articles expressing shock over just how many straight women went to go see it too.

Like, for real, quit being surprised that anyone other than straight dudes go see movies because they find the actors/actresses sexy.

[mycenaes]

yeah, I noticed that too, lol.

like, god forbid women/gay men/etc have ~sexual urges~!!1!

[popehippo]

I wanna see the opposite of those now.

"Surprisingly enough, though they weren't the key demographic, 80% of Showgirls viewers were either dudes who got kicked out of the theater for masturbating or lesbians who were banned for going WHOOOOOO at the screen too much."

[terribilita]

“But I don’t think anybody walked out of it hot and bothered.”

Everyone in my theater was hot and bothered. Including the men (I can't believe this has to be said).

[ladypolitik]

LMFAOOOOOO my FAVE bootleg clip to come out of Magic Mike screenings.

"UUURUGHHH"

"DAYAAAAAAAAM...."

HAHAHAHAAHA YES GURL

[bmh4d0k3n]

People were much more polite in Wisconsin.

Speaking of bootleg clips with commentary:

[ladypolitik]

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