Is it Exploitation?

There was a blurb on TV advertising some movie with Anne Heche. It shows her being kissed by a leading man. Let's say, that I did a double take!

I remember her in a movie with Harrison Ford. I think it was after her "coming out." She also did that volcano movie with Tommy Lee Jones a few years ago but I don't think there was a love relationship between them.

Movie stars generally have sex with each other or at least another professional in the industry -- nothing can be said without that person outing themselves.

Hollywood is packed wall-to-wall with bisexuals -- perched on those fences, it must be very uncomfortable. Well, if that's the only thing thats poking them.

BTW, the best documentary on gays in film is "The Celluloid Closet." Link:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112651/combined

LOL! I am sure lots of gay actors have played straight roles!!!!!!!

Or, do you mean, will audiences accept an "out" gay actor in a straight role. Ann Heche?

I mentioned Rupert Everett. My question is do you think an audience would accept him playing a straight romantic character in a movie? dlowan, did the audience accept Ann Heche? I don't think so. The movie she did with Harrison Ford (usually a guaranteed moneymaker) bombed at the box office but why? Was it a stinko movie or was it Ms. Heches' performance as a straight woman while publicly involved with Ellen Degeneres?

I guess Gandalf doesn't count as a romantic lead...

Seriously, I think having openly gay Hollywood stars is too new of a phenomenom for most people to ignore. I hope that someday it would be possible for Rupert Everett (or any gay actor) to play a straight romantic role without it being an issue.

On "straights"a s gays in film, does anyone remember a movie about the Symbolist poet Rimbaud, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the top, which had graphic scenes of him grudging his "bottom?"

I do remember that one, hobitbob, it was called Total Eclipse.

hobitbob, what does 'grudging his bottom' mean?

"To Grudge": To have agrressive, vigourous thrusty-like intercourse, from the phrase "grudge f_____g."
"Bottom." The person not on top is on the ______.

Wow! Who was his partner?

David Thewlis, as Paul Verlaine.

And a mediocre film at that -- the sick relationship is further compounded by making both characters so repulsive that it puts Leopold/Loeb to shame. There's no attempt to convince that either of them were great writers.

Can't reach the Tiny URL site this morning -- their server is having problems. I'll try moving the image to Raven's Realm and then move it over here. Sorry, don't know what happened.