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2. Suddenly Last Summer was 1959

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Fri Aug 19, 2022, 04:06 PM

Aug 2022

But, of course it was delivered with heavy servings of pain for all.

…Unlike Tennessee Williams’ other queer coded film adaptations of the 1950s, A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Suddenly, Last Summer leans into its queer content and grapples more openly with cultural taboos. In 1959, enforcement of The Hays Code was declining but studio film depictions of homosexuality in positive terms were still all but non-existent. …

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The first movie to use the word "homosexual" [View all] Behind the Aegis Aug 2022 OP

👇 Goonch Aug 2022 #1

Suddenly Last Summer was 1959 blm Aug 2022 #2

Was the word "homosexual" actually uttered in Suddenly Last Sumer? ShazzieB Aug 2022 #3

I don't know. I have only seen tv versions, but blm Aug 2022 #4

The point made in the OP was that "Victim" was the first movie to use the actual word. ShazzieB Aug 2022 #5

Of course. And I honestly can't say. blm Aug 2022 #6