Word: homoeroticism
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The piece raises many intriguing sexual issues, not least that of bestiality. The sequence in which April quite literally rides Michelangelo down a series of stairs is no doubt symbolic of their descent into sexual deviance. The damp, cavernous subterranean lair into which they finally arrive is evocative of the...
DIED. LESLIE FIEDLER, 85, provocative literary and cultural critic, best known for the 1960 book Love and Death in the American Novel, which examined the psychological undercurrents, including the powerful, even homoerotic, bonds between male characters, and the exclusion of women, in the works of Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain and...
Like Pinkerton, some men were drawn to the priesthood as a shelter. Others hoped that by taking the vow of celibacy, they could cancel out the orientation that had caused them so much shame. As one gay priest in New York City puts it, "Think of yourself as a gay...
But it may not be that easy, if legendary spy novelist John Le Carre is to be believed. "The stylized television footage and photographs of bin Laden suggest a man of homoerotic narcissism, and maybe we can draw a grain of hope from that," Le Carre writes. "Posing with a...
In concept and execution, Chop Suey is a marvelous paradox. It is an “autobiographical documentary” about the world of high fashion, of glitzy entertainment, of celebrity—essentially of people who create and inhabit sublime artificial realities. Bright colors, strange costumes and set pieces...