Homosexuals/Gays

Running head : THE PORTRAYAL OF HOMOSEXUALS IN MOVIES

The Portrayal of Homosexuals in Movies

Introduction

In this , I will be discussing two movies that portray homosexuals and homosexuality in very different ways . The first movie is The Birdcage (1996 , a comedy directed by Mike Nichols , and starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane as a pair of long-term gay lovers . The second movie is Brokeback Mountain (2005 , a drama directed by Ang Lee , and starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as star-crossed gay lovers

A Movie Filled with Stereotypes

In The

Birdcage (1996 , the movie that I have chosen that I feel stereotypes homosexuals , all the typical gay stereotypes are there : the flamboyant physical gestures , the garish color scheme of the dycor and the wardrobe , the hysterical emotional reactions , the drag queens , the cattiness , and even the lisps . In brief , Robin Williams plays Armand Goldman , a middle-aged gay man who is the owner of a gay cabaret in Miami . His live-in lover , Albert , played by Nathan Lane , is also the star of the cabaret show , a drag queen named Starina . Armand has a 20-year-old son , Val , from a brief heterosexual relationship , and Val has been raised in Armand and Albert 's household . Val arrives home declares that he 's engaged to the daughter of an extremely right-wing conservative U .S . senator , and that the senator and his wife are coming to dinner . Albert decides to dress in drag and pretend to be Armand 's wife

The garish dycor and wardrobe...