Gay actors still pressured to stay closeted in Hollywood

[nwgirl]

Originally Posted by Fluffy

"Family movies are the ones that are making the most money, like 'Wild Hogs,' for example - that made tons of money. The top-grossing movies are very family-oriented, and nobody wants to imagine that the stars of those movies are gay or to take their kids to those movies and have to explain that to them," she says.

Explain what exactly? Lets say one of the actors in Wild Hogs was actually openly gay. Would you have to, as you're watching the movie with your child, whisper to them "see that guy in the leather chaps? No, no, the one on the right. Well he likes to kiss other men on the pee-pee."

Since when would your children need to know the sexual preference of an actor in a movie they're watching? Unless they're playing a homosexual in the movie, why would it ever even come up? I mean, do you have to explain to your kids every time you watch a movie with them that the man likes to kiss girls or vice versa?

Maybe I'm missing something.

[sweetness]

Originally Posted by nwgirl

"see that guy in the leather chaps? No, no, the one on the right. Well he likes to kiss other men on the pee-pee."

[Fluffy]

Originally Posted by nwgirl

Explain what exactly? Lets say one of the actors in Wild Hogs was actually openly gay. Would you have to, as you're watching the movie with your child, whisper to them "see that guy in the leather chaps? No, no, the one on the right. Well he likes to kiss other men on the pee-pee."

Since when would your children need to know the sexual preference of an actor in a movie they're watching? Unless they're playing a homosexual in the movie, why would it ever even come up? I mean, do you have to explain to your kids every time you watch a movie with them that the man likes to kiss girls or vice versa?

Maybe I'm missing something.

There's still a lot of homophobic people out there who CANNOT get beyond reality when they watch a movie, particularly if it's well known they're gay. Wild Hogs was a Disney movie. A gay man (Travolta) may never have gotten cast due to a presumed box office stigma.

[bum331]

Wild hogs was not a Disney movie. it was done by Touchtone pictures.

[MissVenus]

But the major movie studios seem to feel that audiences simply will not buy a gay actor in a heterosexual role, so no leading men or women are coming out."

Oh come on, people have been buying Tiny Tom as a straight guy in the movies for years!

[Fluffy]

Originally Posted by bum331

Wild hogs was not a Disney movie. it was done by Touchtone pictures.

Touchstone is owned by Disney. Has been since it's inception.