Benshoff and Griffin point out, entertainingly and urgently, the false either-or 'thinking' that informs American attitudes toward sexuality and gender in real life and reel life "crucially so, for the huge chunk of citizens who believe they have never met 'a homosexual.' Gay-, lesbian-, and bi-themed films and characters are undeniably engaging "and often upsetting "but as this fun and riveting book makes clear, it's one thing to preach 'liberty and justice for all,' and another to practice it "on screen or in life., Replaces Vito Russo's The Celluloid Closet as the authoritative text on this subject. Understandably, a minority that mostly fails to identify and define itself will be 'explained' and misrepresented by others, especially its cross ill-wishers. For better or usually worse, motion pictures and the visual media are overly influential in defining who and what non-heterosexual people are. Benshoff and Griffin ably guide the avid reader through this by-now vast yet still under exposed field of entertainment and concern.
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