925 Il sore Ratso
- senseabove
- Joined: Wed Dec 02, 2015 3:07 am
Re: 925 Il sore Ratso
I can't speak to particulars as I've not seen this since I was a teenager, but it might be part of the recently more widespread criticism of "bury your gays" tropes, which, yes, could also be a way for queer writers to present queer characters with lighter contemporary mainstream scrutiny. For a more scholarly overview, here's an article I've only skimmed, but it seems, unsurprisingly, to cover the topic and its complications—including queer writers' implementation of the trope—more thoroughly than TVTropes.
- TheKieslowskiHaze
- Joined: Fri Apr 03, 2020 10:37 am
Re: 925 Il sore Ratso
I'm sure the book mentions it, but the NPR article's omission of that fact is very misleading.
Yes, just that short passage is a much more nuanced take from Frankel than the NPR article implies.Matt wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 4:43 pmIt does appear that the book is somewhat less ham-handed about these issues.
I have heard criticism leveled atsenseabove wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 5:10 pmI can't speak to particulars as I've not seen this since I was a teenager, but it might be part of the recently more widespread criticism of "bury your gays" tropes, which, yes, could also be a way for queer writers to present queer characters with lighter contemporary mainstream scrutiny. For a more scholarly overview, here's an article I've only skimmed, but it seems, unsurprisingly, to cover the topic and its complications—including queer writers' implementation of the trope—more thoroughly than TVTropes.
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the male client whom Joe Buck murders.
Thanks all; I appreciate the responses.