The Advocate looks at the question of whether author Stephenie Meyer's status as a devout Mormon means supporting her books and movies is indirectly supporting anti-gay initiatives like Proposition 8. Maybe a stretch since she isn't out-spoken (or even -spoken!) about political or social topics.
However, having seen the (deadly dull, laughable—sorry, my personal opinion) movie, one thing that really struck me is that Jacob (Tayor Lautner) talks about being a werewolf in terms that are very gay-vibing—he has a secret he can't tell anyone, Bella (Kristen Stewart) should already know it from hints he's dropped and he at one point even states "it's not a lifestyle choice." It's the latter that bothers me; he says it in a nasty way, and I can't think of anything that comes to mind faster than homosexuality when people are saying "lifestyle choice."
Just interesting to think about.
I always thought that the BBC's "Merlin" made more sense if you substituted "gay" every time the topic of "magic" came up. ("But would Arthur still like me if he knew who I really was?" etc.) The relationship between Arthur & Merlin makes more sense if you think of it that way as well, as this YouTube clip illustrates: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsrLdkUjnF4
Posted by: ciarán | November 20, 2009 at 08:53 AM
Funny. When looking at him, nothing comes to mind faster than practicing homosexuality.
Posted by: Tomi Luka | November 20, 2009 at 09:24 AM
I heard that "it's not a lifestyle choice" line as a defense of homosexuality: being a warewolf is who he is and he can't change that. He says it nasty because Bella asked him to stop being a warewolf.
Posted by: Bowler | November 21, 2009 at 02:22 AM
yeah, jacob sounds like a queer, but the douch-I mean, vampire, is the one that gets the girl (which is the character's goal). so, if he is meant to resemble a gay person, he is a negative image.
Posted by: Randy | November 21, 2009 at 07:31 PM