Tuesday, 21 August 2007

Gay characters in Woody Allen films

At dinner tonight I was trying to list Woody Allen films that feature gay characters. This LiveJournal user says the only gay character he has ever seen is in Stardust Memories, which I haven't seen yet. One of the comments on that post adds that there's a flamer in Sleeper, which I can't recall at the moment, and of course there's Meryl Streep's lesbian couple in Manhattan. Are there any more?
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  1. Steve MiddletonThursday, 23 August 2007 at 19:40:00 GMT+1

    I'll keep thinking....
    It is interesting that Woody Allen's films lack gay characters

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    1. AnonymousSunday, 28 July 2024 at 21:28:00 GMT+1

      Allen known as the Bard of Manhattan portrays a Manhattan with very few black, Hispanic or gay roles. Gay characters are the butt of a joke. He may be the Bard of the Upper Rast side minus the gay bars

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  2. AnonymousFriday, 20 June 2008 at 06:21:00 GMT+1

    In Bananas, a judge mentions to Allen that a homosexual sits on his jury, but he/she is not identified. In Everything You Wanted To Know About Sex, there is a satire of a commercial for hair tonic featuring a gay couple. In Love and Death Allen remarks that "all men are homosexual". In Sleeper he and Diane Keaton seeek refuge at the home of a flamboyant gay couple who have an equally flamboyant robot butler. In Annie Hall, there is a young boy in the opening classroom scene is is uninterested in girls. When Allen asks him what he does now, he responds that he "runs a profitable dress company". Later in the film Allen and Keaton are people watching in the park and remark on a gay couple. Currently doing research on this topic, so its not exhaustive but I hope it helps!

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  3. Christopher WhalenWednesday, 23 July 2008 at 02:15:00 GMT+1

    Thank you to TheSkooMoo. It seems there's not such a hiatus after all.

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  4. Red SevenSaturday, 28 March 2009 at 15:58:00 GMT

    Coming to this rather late, but this year's VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA featured bisexual Penelope Cruz and bi-curious Scarlett Johannsen, so there's two more.

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  5. AnonymousSaturday, 15 August 2009 at 00:42:00 GMT+1

    his new movie has gay characters!

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  6. Christopher WhalenSaturday, 15 August 2009 at 00:52:00 GMT+1

    Is that Whatever Works? What can I say? Mr Allen reads my blog.

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  7. AnonymousSunday, 15 January 2012 at 19:09:00 GMT

    In Another Woman, we hear the conversation between a therapist and his gay male patient. That was the only one I knew of, before reading this post (thank you all).In Woody's NYC, very few blacks and gays...interesting!

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  8. AnonymousFriday, 9 February 2024 at 02:17:00 GMT

    Woody was called the Bard of Manhattan. A Manhattan with very few black, brown or gay characters.

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