In many ways, Roger is the clown inside of every queer kid who felt the need to entertain lest they lose the love of their parents or the approval of friends. But, as Jessica tells Eddie (Bob Hoskins) in a later scene, he makes her laugh. For one, he’s a rabbit - and kind of a nuisance. Throughout the movie, no one understands what Jessica sees in Roger. She rebels by using her sex appeal to get what she wants from men, and then ditching them for her true love, Roger Rabbit. READ MORE: ‘The Devils’ Is Just As Blasphemous, Bawdy, and Relevant Today As It Was When It Was Banned In 1971 Drawn precisely to be the most-exaggerated caricature of a “desirable” woman, Jessica wears the trappings of femininity like a costume. When Jessica says with husky relish, “I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way,” she gives voice to every queer person whose body does not fit inside societal lines. She also has much in common with the SlutWalk feminists who chant, while topless, that their short skirts are not an invitation to street harassment. (A true femme fatale: femmes want to be her, and femme-admirers want her). You’d be hard pressed to find a more iconic cartoon than Jessica Rabbit, whose voluptuous figure in elegant gowns appeal to queers of all stripes, albeit for very different reasons. Love follows no rules in this groundbreaking neo-noir comedy from Robert Zemeckis – a commercial Hollywood heavyweight who probably has no idea how queer his film really is (making it all the more fun to discuss). (Or maybe you did, but your straight friends didn’t.). In the spirit of honoring our coded past, here are five queer films you didn’t know were queer. That’s why there will always be value to the cinematic equivalent of a lingering gaze or an aggressive piercing – movies that are so queer they hardly need to announce it. READ MORE: LGBT Superheroes: Why ‘Wonder Woman’ Couldn’t Be The Lesbian Avenger We Still Need However, even after the success of “Moonlight,” it’s still difficult to finance an explicitly queer film, and LGBT filmmakers often have to fight to avoid being pigeonholed.Įlvira Recalls Seeing Brad Pitt Train for ‘Fight Club’ with a Punching Bag in His Garage The tides of change slowly but surely progressed throughout the ’70s and 80’s, on to the New Queer Cinema boom of the ’90s. Old Hollywood movies had to dance around overtly queer stories, although that didn’t stop them from scoring big with thematically queer classics “Some Like It Hot,” “Rope” and “Rebecca.” (To say nothing of any movie musical ever made). READ MORE: The 11 Most Exciting Queer Films of 2017 So Far While straight cinephiles scratched their heads at the recent claim that Jennifer Kent’s “The Babadook” is a queer icon, LGBT audiences were unsurprised: We have always known how to make our own fun. Since we’ve been around (at least as far back as ancient Greece), queer people have learned to read between the lines to find kindred spirits out in the world - and onscreen.
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