The reading that I did for this week was about Batman and his queer tendencies. I must say I found pretty interesting as I have never considered Batman to have homosexual innuendos or symbols. This reading kind of reminds me of the one about Seinfeld and the hidden homosexual symbols in that show.
I liked how the author's style and tone of this essay. However, parts of it did seem to come across as, "Well, duh, if you people would pay attention, you'd notice these things." Also, her reading kind of ruined the childhood icon of Batman for me. Not that there is anything wrong with being gay, one of my closest friends is gay, but as child you think, "WOW! Superhero man is tough." And now every time I'll see Batman, I'm going to scrutinize his actions and think, "Gay!"
Ok, I guess I couldn't leave the Batman thing alone because I asked my gay friend Audrey to read the essay. She totally agreed with what the author wrote. She also said something interesting. When a director or author has their character have gay tendencies that straight people wouldn't pick up on, they are doing it as "secret" message to all other homosexuals that they are on their side and that it is okay to be gay. Hmm...never even would have thought that.
So, all in all, I think if Audrey's right about the secret message thing then by all means let Batman be gay.
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