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SHORTED

Today's movie was a couple of shorts that I got for about ten bucks off the internet.

And that is about what they were worth.

I am only noting this because I usually do have a real movie, I used up the time on this stuff and that is that.

I should know better.

One film is almost an outrage.

Two actors, straight, are left to work out how they will do a gay love scene together. The name of the short is Performance Anxiety.

It is awkward, homophobic and ultimately a failure as, by the time you see the gay scene, they are lousy in it.

I vote that this one be burned. I will not show a trailer for it. Go find one for yourself.

One of the films was not bad. At times, it was almost good and just a tiny part of the time sweet and touching. A conventional romance.

It does show some small glimpse of gay life in India. That is why this is a short. There is no gay life to report. India is one of those countries that has no gay people. All are closeted and any that are not are not taken seriously. Perhaps they are not really harrassed at all but they are lost in the caste system somewhere between untouchables and whatever else slinks across the bottom.

The guy who made this is an American and "cheated" by using a plot device where one of the men is an indian by heritage but is fully westernized. Otherwise, none of this could happen.

There are other countries where there are "no gays". Not just because of political and religious suppression (Iran) but also a result of the culture. Men may have sex and be close to one another in any way but there is no open gay life. Everyone marries heterosexually. This is most prevalent where marriage is still a feudal form binding together property or prestige.

Labels: films, gay life, international gays