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- Also to the players on the football team that Howard coaches, although one of them says there are two places where it’s OK to be gay: “Prison, and space, where they kind of float into each other while they’re weightless.” “In and Out” is a light-hearted, PG-13 rated comedy about homosexuality, so innocuous you can easily imagine it spinning off into a sitcom.
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Sep 20, 2017 · Following the great depression, studios turned up the sex and scandal factor to sell more tickets, including salacious (for the time) portrayals of homosexuality -- a decision that pissed off a...
- Inspired by Tom Hanks' Oscar Speech
- A Different Time For The Gay Community
- Gay Stereotypes Are only Made Tired by Straight People
- Society Is The Punchline, Not Queerness
Released 25 years ago this week, In & Out stars Kevin Kline as Howard Bracken, a high school English teacher in Greenleaf, Indiana who is outed as gay by a former student, Cameron Drake (Matt Dillon), during his acceptance speech for the Academy Award for Best Actor. The film’s comedic premise was based on Tom Hanks’ real-life Oscars acceptance spe...
I watched In & Out for the first time about a month ago and would be lying if I said I didn’t watch with bated breath for all the ways this gay comedy film that was so obviously made for straight audiences didn't age well. After all, this was pre-Will & Grace and was released the year that Ellen received a parental advisory notice just because she ...
Although it does incorporate homophobia when Howard’s students begin pointing out his effeminate mannerisms or when he ends up being fired over his newfound sexuality, the film reminds us that those gay stereotypes only became “tired” once straight people started using them against us. Heteronormative media and culture have spent years telling peop...
It would have been so easy to have Howard’s queerness be the punchline of every joke like most gay representation up until this point, but instead, the film makes society the punchline for not considering that there is more than one way to be a man. Whether it’s the soundtrack’s repeated use of The Village People’s “Macho Man” or Tom Selleck’s legi...
- Jeffrey Davies
During the wedding ceremony, Emily recites her vow without hesitation, but when Howard is prompted by the minister, he finally comes out as gay. The wedding is called off, and although Peter is proud of him, Howard is angry with himself for hurting Emily.
Aug 8, 2018 · The movie, directed by Frank Oz, has that Muppet-y, goofy yet sardonic sense of humor, skewering Oscar-bait films, pompous Hollywood actors, and neighbors who are accepting in theory but who...
The rest of Greenleaf also openly wonders if Howard is indeed gay, as he exhibits many stereotypical gay tendencies, such as being neat, and loving music, dancing, poetry and Barbra Streisand. His cause is not helped in that his and Emily's relationship has not yet been consummated.
- (45K)
- Comedy, Romance
- Frank Oz
- 1997-09-19
Sep 16, 2014 · While In & Out means well and shows, well, It’s OK To Be Gay!, it doesn’t particularly help that it’s riddled with ridiculous stereotypes about gay men. Sure, it’s a comedy, but it’s a bit...
Sep 19, 1997 · Also to the players on the football team that Howard coaches, although one of them says there are two places where it’s OK to be gay: “Prison, and space, where they kind of float into each other while they’re weightless.” “In and Out” is a light-hearted, PG-13 rated comedy about homosexuality, so innocuous you can easily imagine it ...
