Aren’t these the same people who are pro-life?
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on calls to boycott the Bohemian Rhapsody movie
Based on a 90-second teaser trailer and a few assumptions, the calls have gone out that we should boycott Bohemian Rhapsody for queer erasure.
“The trailer doesn’t show any gay content, only het stuff!”
There’s a split-second shot of Freddie hugging his girlfriend at one point. There’s also multiple shots of him obviously flirting with guys. The contention that the trailer is queer erasure is mostly coming from cis gay (white) men mad that the movie seems to be depicting Freddie Mercury as bisexual and capable of loving women at all, but given how significant his relationship with Mary Austin was to his life, it would be a disservice to everyone to exclude it.
Also, the cast list includes several male characters listed as “Freddie’s Lover,” as well as Jim Hutton, his partner in his final years.
“They’ve said the movie is going to ignore the AIDS crisis!”
No. What’s been said is that the movie ends in 1985. Once this information was released, people immediately jumped to assume that because the movie wasn’t going to chronicle Freddie’s illness and death in detail, it was avoiding the subject entirely. But the AIDS crisis was in full swing in ‘85, and Freddie of all people was extremely aware of it. The description of the trailer (the first teaser trailer!) even alludes to it.
It’s a fair point that they haven’t mentioned AIDS by name yet, but also, the only materials they’ve released so far are some promo images and one teaser trailer.
In this context, for people wondering why the creative team or the remaining band members don’t come out to “put the matter to rest” by assuring us the film deals with AIDS, it might help to remember that the media has in the past been extremely tawdry and exploitative in its treatment of Freddie Mercury’s illness and death (have you not seen all the “HIS TRAGIC AIDS STORY!!!” videos floating around Youtube? Not read the biographies that linger in lurid, dubiously sympathetic detail?). It makes sense to me that if Brian May and Roger Taylor have a heavy hand in the making of the film (which they seem to), they’d ask for a more subtle approach.
Also, again: we have six months till the movie comes out and only one teaser trailer at this point. Be concerned if you feel the need, but it’s a little early to call for a boycott.
Do not tell people to shun queer content because you have decided, six months in advance with very little information, that it won’t be up to your standards when it comes out.
This is very helpful, thank you.
Just in general, can we quit with this constant need to judge everything AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE? Enough with the “X IS BAD” the very instant something about it doesn’t live up to your expectations.
I like to make my own decisions, thanks.
I am incredibly guilty of this, and I am TRYING to do better. :/
We were just talking about this, @firebirdscratches.
But yeah, I’m not about to write off an entire queer movie based on one teaser trailer and a bunch of angry white men.
This post seems very interesting to me 💞
1) IT’S JUST A DAMN TRAILER OF JUST ONE MINUTE! It’s just the “tip of the iceberg” of the project. Also, if it’s because of “non-queer material”, In the trailer appears a scene of Freddie with, surely, one of his lovers. Nerves down a little :-P
2)Because of the illness, the members of the band wanted to show the happy side of Freddie’s life: there are already too many documentaries and things about Freddie and AIDS and they wanted to show another side, okkk?
Missing months for the premiere, stop complaining about everything and enjoy ;D
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Still reblogging even tho he’ll prolly just get back to his grave if he met me…
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Things That Actually Happened in Deep Purple
- Ian Gillan running around a hotel naked because he woke up with a spider in his mouth
- Ritchie suggesting Roger die onstage as part of a show
- Glenn getting hit by one of Ritchie’s guitars when he overstepped “the stage line”
- Ian Gillan attempting to go to third base with Roger in the back of the limousine with Ritchie repeatedly yelling “what the fuck is going on?”
- Tommy accidentally tripping David and causing him to split his pants in Melbourne
- Rod Evans straight up disappearing after 1980
- Cal Jam ’74
- Ian Gillan pouring ketchup on Ritchie’s spaghetti and Ritchie promptly throwing it in Gillan’s face
- Ian Gillan having sex with a groupie underneath Jon’s Hammond during one of Ritchie’s guitar solos
- The fact that Tommy was vegan but liked to cook steaks for Glenn
- When Tony Edwards decorated Jon’s entire apartment with tinfoil while he was away
- Whenever David does The Mic Thing™
- Ian Gillan’s nudist tendencies
- Tommy dashing onstage at Wembly Stadium and accidentally running into David again, but this time knocking him into the orchestra pit
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Didn’t think this band still existed. Apparently they are still making music and touring.
There’s a giant space squid humping a spaceship. Life always finds a way <3
Yeah, they’re still around and better than ever.
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