Some people may say that many gay movie fans like this show because their eyes are covered with a filter. Ordinary movie fans seem to be accustomed to seeing topical events such as AIDS, coming out, racial prejudice and human rights struggles in gay-themed films, rather than ordinary people talking about love, work and life, but the life of the gay community in life is just like ordinary people. Same. You said that "Gays and Mortals" is a classic, of course, but that kind of carnal life is more in line with the gay life in the eyes of ordinary people. The characters in "Xun" are like living in the present. The past of the characters does not seem to be important. The screenwriter only briefly mentions their past. The point of the story is to use their own experiences to define who they are. They are looking, trying to find what they want, looking for a choice, a choice that will determine the fate.
Just like when you watch "Girls" and find emotional resonance and feel like you're being shot with the plot, so does "Looking." Like Joe's first date with Richie, with someone he likes, and he looks like a lunatic and doesn't keep his mouth shut until it scares people away. The difference of "Xun" is that it can always capture some kind of intimacy between people. When straight men and straight women see Xiao Qiao and Xiao Lang playing video games in the office, they will definitely think it's okay, because they will not perceive the sexual tension between the two men. In the eyes of gay movie fans, do you know how hard you have to control your heart when you are in the same room with someone you have feelings for? This is some kind of intimacy! Playing video, having a sense of humour, and tying a bow tie for you at your wedding, or being rich and handsome, that's fucking perfect, isn't it? Have you ever tie someone else's bow? I really want to count all the intimate moments in this show, it's likely that you, as a straight man and a straight woman, don't even notice it. Let's take another example, if a girl asks her boyfriend to accompany her at home, she means that you should always be by her side. You hold her and watch Teacher Cang's love action movie together. This is company. The company between two boys is completely different. You watch a movie in this room, and he bathes your Akita in the bathroom. This is considered company.
Another point worth noting is that gay films in the eyes of comrades and gay films in the eyes of the public are two different concepts. Take "The Life of Adele" and "Stranger by the Lake", which many people liked last year, for example. Adele's lace love was handled very popularly. Their emotions eventually broke up because of the difference in class and lack of common language. This is no different from straight men and straight women, except that two beautiful girls are presented like a sex tutorial. In the various positions of the bed scene, this film has no gay qualities at all. The lakeside is different. In this film, the men are hunting by the lakeside. Even if their companions are murdered, they still gather at the lakeside to hunt. They only care if they can hunt the prey in their eyes. This kind of fluke mentality and hunting behavior are seen by the public as perverted, because they are difficult to understand. "Looking" is also on this point. For example, in the end, Xiao Qiao was slapped by Xiao Lang. When he met his Mexican boyfriend Richie at the door, he cried stupidly, but the audience was moved, and even hoped that Xiao Qiao and Richie would meet up with him. The little wolf is together, they are both husbands. If Joe was a woman, what would you think? Look, the difference comes again.
What's different about "Looking" is that it seems to jump out of people's thinking about gay films. It's very life-like, it's very white, and although several of the main characters Agustin, Richie and Frank are Latino, their lives The way is very white. This show is trying to make you see the most down-to-earth side of gay men's lives. They don't care about racial conflicts or AIDS. They only care about their small lives and social circles, and how they figure out themselves in life. What is needed in the end, the reality is always good or bad anyway.
The only issue of race and class involved in the show is Joe's Mexican boyfriend Richie, whom Joe thinks is a little out of hand and doesn't meet his parents' expectations. He has no money, no diploma, no decent job, or even ambition, but he is handsome and sincere. Xiao Qiao has the upper hand in this relationship. Whoever loves who is more and who really likes who is easy to tell between two men. If there is any small attack willing to let you down, he must really love you. So Xiao Qiao was like a hesitant saint in front of Richie, and a shy bitch in front of Little Wolf. People always like to stare at what they like in love. Even if you know that you are about to face a mountain, you are reluctant to stop and look at those who like you, because you feel from the bottom of your heart that they are not worthy of you. This sucks, in order to change yourself from the bottom of your heart, you need to suffer for a long time. At this point, it seems to be the same whether it is straight or curved, so you often hear a lot of people complain about being lonely. Whenever this time, I want to say, you deserve it.
HBO has already booked the second season. In the next season, the emotional branches of Coyotes and Dom's friend Doris will also be launched. This season is actually like interweaving the emotional relationship network of a character. Agustin, who is dying, does not know his true nature Xiao Qiao, who needs something, and Dom, who began to think about career and feelings when he was not confused. People will mature slowly, but the true meaning of life requires you to summarize a little bit from the constant search and mistakes. The charm of this show is that it is changing people's stereotypes and mindsets about gay themes and gay groups. The characters talk about Bottom shame, about their own upbringing and the views of their families, and ramble about the love of a young couple. One day, what else do you expect to see? Don't say that you've seen it in other films before, but I'd believe it if you say you've done it yourself.
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