![]() This fact is one he keeps to himself, until on Creek Secrets, a blog for his high school, there's a post from "Blue", another closeted teen male. Coffee should always be hot, but I'm not one to dump on these hip Millennials.Īnyway, Simon is pretty average save for one thing: he's a closeted gay young man. Simon Spier (Nick Robinson) tells us he's just like us: with successful parents, a bedroom larger than my office, appropriately multicultural friends and a daily iced coffee habit.Īt this point, I'd like to say that 'iced coffee' is a crime against humanity. I've heard it called a landmark in cinema.Īfter having seen it, I just wonder, 'were all teen romantic comedies this dopey'? I've heard it compared to a John Hughes movie (which, curiously, are now seen as 'problematic' and 'bigoted', so I wonder if that's a good thing). ![]() Now we have Love, Simon, a film feted for being a young adult romantic comedy with a gay lead character. Sometimes it gets to the point of parody in Spider-Man: Homecoming, for example, while it was good to see a more ethnically diverse Queens, one began to wonder if Peter Parker was the only white male in the borough. Perhaps this is why I do not see a female King Lear (Glenda Jackson be damned). I have long-argued that so long as a role does not specifically call for a particular ethnicity/gender, it should be open to a wider casting. We see 'representation' everywhere in terms of casting women, people of color, LGBT actors/actresses, females of color, and LGBT characters of all ethnic backgrounds. We even have a female Predator, which appears to some to be a landmark equal to the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment. ![]() We see it with the television show Doctor Who, which has been feted (horrendously in my view) for casting a Female in a role that has been male for 50+ years. ![]() We see it with A Wrinkle in Time, which has been feted (to varying degrees of success) for its casting of a biracial female lead character and a multicultural cast. We see it with Crazy Rich Asians, which has been feted (correctly, I think) for its all-Asian cast. To highlight the absurdity of even having a conversation about sexuality, the film has a scene where kids are coming out to their parents as “straight.” It’s a contemporary theme, according to Robinson.Representation is all the rage these days. The film also found support on social media where people are sharing their experiences with the film. Robinson pointed out after watching a screener in Kansas, a young audience member found the courage to come out to his father. After Kenworthy’s ESPN cover, many teenagers reached out to him to share stories of how he inspired them to come out to their families. Stories like these have already started having an impact. “We want new stories told and I think that’s where we are headed.” “I think that in the past couple of years you’ve seen a huge influx support for movies like this,” said Robinson. Kenworthy pointed out that films like “Black Panther”, “A Wrinkle in Time” and now “Love, Simon” have ushered a new era in Hollywood where stories are being told for and by underrepresented communities. Gus Kenworthy talks to director Greg Berlanti and actor Nick Robinson about their upcoming film "Love, Simon."
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