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Jane Fonda in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)

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30 Days of Classic Queer Hollywood

Day 28: James Dean (1931 - 1955)

"No, I am not a homosexual. But I'm also not going to go through life with one hand tied behind my back." - James Dean when asked about his sexuality

James "Jimmy" Dean was one of the most iconic actors of the 20th century. Despite only starring in 3 films (East of Eden (1955), Rebel Without a Cause (1955), and Giant (1956)), he is one of the most recognizable actors of his time.

This lasting fame is largely due to the fact that he died in a car crash in 1955 at the age of 24, just as he was reaching stardom. He became the only actor to receive two posthumous Academy Award nominations for Best Actor. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him the 18th best male movie star of the Classic Hollywood.

James Dean was a bisexual man. He had relationships with many women, including model Pier Angeli and actresses Liz Sheridan, Barbara Glenn, Ursula Andress, and Beverly Wills. He reportedly had private liaisons with men including Marlon Brando, radio director Rogers Bracket, writer William Bast, and director Bob Stevens.

He was relatively open about this with his costars and coworkers. Nicholas Ray, the director of Rebel Without a Cause (1955), is on record as saying:

"James Dean was not straight, he was not gay, he was bisexual... Jimmy himself said more than once that he swung both ways, so why all the mystery or confusion?"

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drugstore cowboy (1989) ୨୧

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DRUGSTORE COWBOY ↳ 1989 | Gus Van Sant

I knew it in my heart. You can buck the system, but you can’t buck the dark forces that lie hidden beneath the surface. The ones some people call superstitions. Howling banshees. Black cats. Hats on beds. Dogs and the evil eye. So I relaxed and gave in to the notion that, for the very first time in my life, I knew exactly what was going to happen next.

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Lick the Star dir. Sofia Coppola

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made in hong kong (1997)

dir. fruit chan

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shopping at Blockbuster for a movie night in 1993

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i miss lucas & kai together, i miss superm, i need them back

“eh hehEhe”

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Across the disappearing day I’m standing right here As I let go of another day That I can’t turn back

TOMORROW, TODAY 내일, 오늘 (2017) JJ Project

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Across the disappearing day I’m standing right here As I let go of another day That I can’t turn back

TOMORROW, TODAY 내일, 오늘 (2017) JJ Project

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Moonstruck (1987)

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Don Featherstone, Creator of the Plastic Lawn Flamingos, 1957

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Ornella Muti in "Nessuno è perfetto" (dir. Pasquale Festa Campanile - 1981)

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Catherine Spaak in "Adulterio all'italiana" (dir. Pasquale Festa Campanile - 1966)

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Rosanna Schiaffino in "Scacco alla regina" (dir. Pasquale Festa Campanile - 1971).

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the balcony bromance shows of the 2000s: some notes

(boston legal, 5 seasons, 2004-08 / house md, 8 seasons, 2004-12)

you will wonder, how do these guys keep their jobs i mean seriously, in many episodes

there is a balcony where the two male main characters + coworkers hang out + have homoerotic moments

the younger man is played by an actor who was a very beautiful boy in an iconic 1980s movie; said movie will be referenced by name in an episode

the older man is played by an actor best known for another iconic role like say maybe a useless foppish British gentleman or a starship captain; this role will outstrip it

candace bergen appears, delivers killer put-downs

john larroquette appears, is john larroquette

moderate drinking

copious drinking

many many beautiful women and attractive men will come and go in the cast, sometimes without explanation; the two guys will be there for all of it, come hell or high water

the guys in question love women, love them love them love them, one of them has been married multiple times, the other is a slut with one dark haunting woman behind him, but they will nevertheless end up together in a life-changing situation when the series finishes

someone has a sex doll and is overly fond of her

character gets away with murder

character gets away with malpractice

someone says ‘lock and load’ while wielding a weapon in the workplace (water pistols count shut up)

one of the actors involved pretends there is no homoeroticism whatsoever; has absolutely never played one half of an iconic queer-coded couple ever before nope nope nope

smoking cigars, phallically

meredith hope eaton appears + does some groundbreaking stuff on representing characters with dwarfism

jail time

character sees psychiatrist played by someone about to become best known for iconic comedy role rather than previous serious roles (sue sylvester, captain holt)

autistic characters that main characters understand in ways that others don’t, for what are obvious reasons to 2020s viewers

the Only Sane Woman has a thing for one of the guys and lets them away with more than is reasonable given her position of responsibility

epic, destructive jealousy and meddling when your best boy friend starts hanging out with someone else

character says something insanely un-PC and/or downright offensive to someone, then makes life better for same someone using their mad professional skillz

you will wonder, but seriously are these guys sleeping together because that would make this plot moderately less insane, often

you will never wonder, do these guys love each other; the show doesn't work if they don't