# Gayest Scene in a Non-Gay Film **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 20, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109 "2011-06-20T03:14:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/21 "2011-06-20T13:32:12Z")
I also came in to mention the volleyball scene in _Top Gun_, wherein Tom Cruise checks the time by flexing all his arm muscles. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/22 "2011-06-20T14:23:49Z")
The Mos Eisley Cantina scene from Star Wars IV? Interstellar Gayness! ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/23 "2011-06-20T14:42:28Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > _Spartacus_. “[My taste includes both snails and oysters](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc3b7MP4pyw).” And pretty much the whole of the recent TV Spartacus. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/24 "2011-06-20T14:46:00Z")
The pilot talking to the little boy in the, uh, cockpit in _Airplane!_ Batman and Robin with nipples on their suits in the George Clooney _Batman_ movie. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/25 "2011-06-20T14:48:09Z")
I was surprised that the scene linked to from “5000 Fingers…” was that dance number. I don’t find that scene gay at all. Unless you find any dance scene from any movie or musical performed exclusively by men to be ‘gay’. Now “Do-Me-Doe Duds” is a different story: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/W8TQOzyCu8Q/hqdefault.jpg "Doe-Me-Doe Duds") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8TQOzyCu8Q) Disclaimer: I’m not gay and “5000 Fingers…” is one of my favorite 50s movies. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/26 "2011-06-20T14:54:21Z")
The “squeal like a pig” scene in _Deliverance._ ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/27 "2011-06-20T15:01:11Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > The “squeal like a pig” scene in _Deliverance._ That was a rape scene, not a gay scene. Homosexual rape isn’t “gay” in my opinion. The rapists in that movie would have happily raped any stranger they caught alone in the woods. They’d have raped a \*real \*pig. I never got the impression the rapists were gay. I doubt they even have a term for the concept. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/28 "2011-06-20T15:03:15Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > That was a rape scene, not a gay scene. Homosexual rape isn’t “gay” in my opinion. The rapists in that movie would have happily raped any stranger they caught alone in the woods. They’d have raped a \*real \*pig. I never got the impression the rapists were gay. I doubt they even have a term for the concept. On second thought, you’re right. I withdraw the nomination. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/29 "2011-06-20T15:11:46Z")
Jane Russell’s big number in [Gentlemen Prefer Blondes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPuT0k4Zdog). The song really ought to be called “Ain’t There Any Guy Here That’s Straight?” ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/30 "2011-06-20T15:17:27Z")
> [@Chef\_Troy](#): > > The first thing that popped to mind is the one ghostly (male) partygoer giving another one a BJ in _The Shining_, but I’m sure I can think of more. I missed that in the film, though I remember it from the book. Gonna have to watch that movie one more time. > [@Don\_Draper](#): > > Jane Russell’s big number in [Gentlemen Prefer Blondes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPuT0k4Zdog). The song really ought to be called “Ain’t There Any Guy Here That’s Straight?” Seconded. Especially considering it’s Jane Russell. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/31 "2011-06-20T16:01:27Z")
The scene in _Casablanca_ in which Captain Renault is explaining to Ilsa that, “Well, Rick is the kind of man that…Well, if I were a woman, and I were not around, I should be in love with Rick.”. In fact, the character of Renault is generally as floppy as a fish, to the point that one suspects he was written that way intentionally. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/32 "2011-06-20T16:14:39Z")
["]Top 5 homoerotic things]([http://lifeingraphs.com/?p=176](http://lifeingraphs.com/?p=176)[/url) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/33 "2011-06-20T16:20:57Z")
Well, someone already suggested **A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge** , but let me add my voice. I discovered its gayness when I wrote a review for it back in 2002 (as part of a review of the whole series). Here’s a list I made:[ul] [li]The “hero” has the androgynous name “Jesse”.[/li][li]Jessie screams. A lot. At an unusually high pitch.[/li][li]In one of the first scenes, Jesse’s good friend Grady pulls Jesse’s pants down during a baseball game. Naked man-ass shot number 1.[/li][li]Because of that, their coach orders them to do push-ups. Exact words, “Assume the position.”[/li][li]Lest you think I’m grasping at straws with the above, Grady and Jesse then discuss whether the coach is gay.[/li][li]An “unpacking montage” with Jesse, including close-ups of him butt-bumping drawers closed and doing a “yankin’ my crank” movement.[/li][li]Dialogue: “Grady, do you remember your dreams?” “Only the wet ones.”[/li][li]Jesse sneaks out at night, looks for a bar, and ends up at a gay club. And guess what, the coach is there![/li][li]Coach makes Jesse run laps and shower. This leads into Coach’s death scene, which includes Coach being tied up with jump ropes, stripped naked, and his ass snapped with towels. Naked man-ass shot number 2. Total number of boobs in the movie, by the way, is zero.[/li][li]More close-ups of Jesse’s crotch in his underwear.[/li][li]A freaked-out Jesse runs away from his girlfriend to Grady’s house. Dialogue: “Something is trying to get inside my body.” “Yeah, she’s female and she’s waiting for you in the cabana. And you wanna sleep with me.” Grady then agrees to watch Jesse sleep.[/li][li]Then there’s more gibbering and crying and stuff until the very chaste ending.[/li][/ul] The director apparently didn’t even like horror movies, which is pretty clear from the finished product; established horror conventions are ignored in favor of shots of bare man-ass and teenage boys in their underwear. If you’re looking for a single scene, I’m gonna go with the coach being stripped in the shower and getting his bare ass snapped with towels. That doesn’t belong in _any_ mainstream movie, much less a horror movie. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/34 "2011-06-20T16:41:19Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > Well, someone already suggested **A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge** , but let me add my voice.\ Heh, look what I found [on Youtube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bwn7TgPkZ4). Now I’ll have to see if I can track down a good coach scene. I don’t remember having seen that movie. Seems like I would have eventually, but it doesn’t ring a bell. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/35 "2011-06-20T16:56:43Z")
The fraternity initiation/spanking scene in _Animal House_. The tux-clad dancers led by Dom DeLuise in _Blazing Saddles_. All of Roger DeBris’s and Carmen Ghia’s scenes in _The Producers_. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/36 "2011-06-20T17:21:46Z")
> [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](#): > > Are we even sure Top Gun is a non gay movie? > > [Top Gun Explained](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzY9a-WmE6o) I think Kelly McGillis was the only person in that movie who liked girls. ---
**Author:** ![Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Throatwarbler_Mangrove)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/37 "2011-06-20T17:29:41Z")
I’m pretty straight but **Commando** leaves me confused for up to 24 hours after each viewing. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/38 "2011-06-20T17:34:57Z")
There’s a movie from the late 40’s entitled _Brute Force_ which I saw a couple of years ago. It’s a flick about a brutal, abusive prison headed by a brutal, abusive warden. The warden is played by Hume Cronyn, and a couple of scenes distinctly imply that he’s getting a sexual thrill out of tying up and torturing the prisoners. It’s unusually explicit for a movie of its time, and Hume Cronyn was most convincing in his role as depraved sadist. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/39 "2011-06-20T17:50:08Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > The answer is “300” > The question is “On a scale of one to ten, how gay was that movie?” I laughed. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109/40 "2011-06-20T18:33:09Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > I was surprised that the scene linked to from “5000 Fingers…” was that dance number. I don’t find that scene gay at all. Unless you find any dance scene from any movie or musical performed exclusively by men to be ‘gay’. Oh come on, lilac and pink boxing gloves? The limp wristed xylophone performance? This is the 50’s, remember, with stereotypes a-poppin’. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gayest-scene-in-a-non-gay-film/586109.md?page=3)