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?
I'll keep thinking....
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting that Woody Allen's films lack gay characters
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
DeleteIn 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!
ReplyDeleteThank you to TheSkooMoo. It seems there's not such a hiatus after all.
ReplyDeleteComing 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.
ReplyDeletehis new movie has gay characters!
ReplyDeleteIs that Whatever Works? What can I say? Mr Allen reads my blog.
ReplyDeleteIn 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!
ReplyDeleteWoody was called the Bard of Manhattan. A Manhattan with very few black, brown or gay characters.
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