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Originally Posted by jackhammer
Oh dear Oh dear WITHNAIL AND I is a truly brilliant film. Stunningly written and performed. It is one of our nations favourite films. The so called homophobic subplot is non existent, you are looking for it. The film has never been called homophobic or bigoted. Watch it again with a different mindset.
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Once was quite enough. That wasn't the main problem...apart from a few funny scenes in the beginning and the end, it had little else to offer...
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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger
Don't really see how.
Monty takes a shine to I , Withnail tells Monty that I is gay so they can use the cottage.Monty goes there thinking I is gay.
That doesn't sound homophobic to me , Carry on films used this kind of plot all the time with men thinking women liked them & vice versa. I don't see how using it in a gay context makes it homophobic.
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I thought the pushy old
fag that wants to arse innocent young men and can't take no for an answer was a tad off putting/stereotypical/bigoted...but I have a different mindset of course...I suppose it wouldn't be such a problem if I didn't think it perpetuated some very negative stereotypes...I have enough problems dealing with those so I'm a tad too sensitive perhaps.