Is Revenge of the Sith all about who’s bitch Anakin is going to be- Obi-Wan or Palpatine? Obi-Wan offers true love and Palpatine offers fisting?
There’s no homosexual subtext. You may be drunk. I know I am. But still, there’s no homosexual subtext.
The plotline was so hamfisted that it didn’t even have a compelling heterosexual subtext. I mean, Amidala’s pretty and all, but she turns into such a noodlehead that her death is big fat “meh”.
If you’re creative enough, any story with two men in it could have homosexual undertones. Big whoop.
This OP totally cracked me up.
But no, I didn’t see any subtext at all. As Bryan points out, the hetero romance nearly made me vomit. I watch it - and the other two newer movies - for the Jedi/Sith stuff only and forward all the damn annoying whiny romance.
Well, maybe not literally a subtext (or that a contradiction of terms?), but it all fits so perfectly that you could make a gay burlesque parody of it. Young pretty boy Anakin is initiated by Obi-Wan, who chides him for wanting the love of a woman. Obi-Wan preaches sweetness and light; Palpatine whispers of darker practices. After Palpatine [del]catches AIDS[/del] is ravaged by the force bolts, he’s turned from a refined older gentleman into a hideous old skag. All all-male clone army with bulging armored codpieces.
Yes, I’m posting high. Maybe I’ll regret this tomorrow but the words are writing themselves.
I suppose you could read a homo subtext into any of the master-apprentice relationships of the Sith.
Nah, Qui-Gon Jinn was the one giving off the been-celibate-for-too-long vibe.
You know, I loved ROTS, but I really, really could have gone for some Obi/Anakin scenes. Mmmm…yummy!
Holy crap on a stick…in regards to the top photo in that entry…didn’t anyone pull the photographer aside and say “Hey um…don’t wanna rain on your parade but that pose looks really really…REALLY gay…and I don’t mean in the derogatory way…I mean…literally…gay…”