Now I wanna go watch Callista episodes. I remember her being super OTT but I can't remember if she was downright camp.

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First of all, hello mature, eloquent and insightful person, thank you for being a member of MB and for saving a thread that was going to hell real fast. :love:

Second, I never though about it before you mentioned it, although she does seem a bit tomboyish. I would hope that in 2018 she wouldn't have to hide though. So hopefully not, because that would just be a little sad.

In Europe, we'd just call that an "art film". I don't remember much about it, apart from "the sex scene" and generally terrific performances, but I found I liked Carol better. Ironically, it was "warmer"? for me.

Good LGBT films are extremely difficult to find in general though, not just netflix. Depends on your preferences of course, I for example, didn't care at all for Call me by your name even though most people were fawning over it (even Ivory had an issue with its puritanical approach to gay intimacy DESPITE being directed by a gay man, probably because he's an Italian gay man).

Most LGBT films either suffer from lackluster performances (difficult to find good gay actors or believable straight actors playing gay characters), low budget or throwaway silly storylines when they try to go for a more "mainstream" appeal.

And obviously lesbian, bi and trans content is even harder to find than gay so...

Still some classics to choose from, not on netflix maybe...:)

I can't even imagine how many repressed lesbians must have splooshed when they first heard this **** in '73:

Splooshed lmao.

Ori >>>

She does come from country music so maybe old habits die hard? I hear that Dolly Parton is a barely closeted lesbian with a beard husband and a "best friend" who went on their honeymoon, and if true she's one of the biggest country stars of all-time and a 1st tier gay icon to boot but she won't even come out after decades. Country music is slightly stifled like that.

I've heard that Whitney Houston was gay too.

I'd imagine it'd be extra difficult for someone like her, considering how her original fanbase (country fans) may be a bit conservative and not as open to the idea (if my conspiracy theory is correct). I found this clip from a Chely Wright interview that talks about it more in depth-- not that it's really new information for most of us, seeing as all this has been going on since the old hollywood days.



Oh, I've nothing against long, moody art films; Lea Seydoux was pretty convincing in the role, but I don't know, I just felt it was lacking something. Carol definitely felt warmer, as you said. (And also.. Cate Blanchett. I was going to love it regardless) Haven't seen Call Me By Your Name; when I first started hearing about it I felt sort of iffy about the plot, though I don't remember why.

I dearly hope that the movie coming out about Virginia Woolf and her lover will be good or at least not too terribly butchered.

And yeah, netflix has never had a great movie selection in general. And plenty of older films especially are filled to the brim with gay/lesbian subtext, so I often just rewatch those instead. (Fried Green Tomatoes, etc)

I think Gia was my first Gay Movie Experience. Saw it when it first came on HBO (I think?) when I was a teenager.

Shout out to my first gay experience even if I didn't know it.

Oh ****, I'd forgotten about that :laughing:

Genuinely can't remember my first gay experience tbh.