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garycottle:
Shakesthecoffecan:
--- Quote from: garycottle on August 04, 2009, 03:35:21 pm ---Ritchie Warned on Gay Sherlock Holmes
By Julie Bolcer
Who is going to want to see Downey Jr. and Law make out?
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ME ME ME ME ME, I DO! I WANNNA SEE THEM MAKE OUT. I DON;T CARE IF THEY ARE STRAIGHT, THEY ARE HOT !!!
bailey1205:
So, this man thinks straight women wouldn't want to see two straight men make out !!!!
ROFL.............................
What a dufus !!!!!
milomorris:
--- Quote from: garycottle on August 04, 2009, 03:35:21 pm ---However, critic Michael Medved deflates the idea in an interview with Tuesday's Page Six column.
"There's not a seething, bubbling hunger to see straight stars impersonating homosexuals," Medved said. "I think they're just trying to generate controversy … They know that making Holmes and Watson homosexual will take away two thirds of their box office. Who is going to want to see Downey Jr. and Law make out? I don't think it would be appealing to women. Straight men don't want to see it." As for who constitutes the other one third of movie audiences, Medved does not specify.
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As much as I hate to say it, Medved is partly right. Straight men will not be interested in seeing M2M intimacy onscreen. I'm sure that this resistance diminishes with younger demographics, but its there. On the other hand, I completely disagree about his assessment of women. Even if some women don't find M2M intimacy appealing, I doubt they will find it distasteful enough to avoid seeing the film.
delalluvia:
"There's not a seething, bubbling hunger to see straight stars impersonating homosexuals,"
Oh, yes there is!!!! ;D
Matter of fact, as the news of this has been trickling out, I had no interest at all in seeing it, but now that I know Jude Law is in it and there's going to be at least a homoerotic element - suddenly I'm incredibly interested in seeing it!!!
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