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A paper which considers the interaction between heterosexual and homosexual subcultures in Condon's film, Gods and Monsters, with reference to the social comment which the director is making through the text. Bibliography lists 3 sources
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out, "by the end of the film, we see both characters (Whale and Boone) as gods, both as monsters"; Condon knows "when to push the esthetic toward humorous self-parody and
when to bend it toward tragedy" (Jaehne, 2006). Ian McKellen (2006) comments that in the past twenty years, film and stage drama about gays
and gay issues has moved away from parody, or the portrayal of gays as "either villainous or stupid" (McKellen, 2006) to a much more serious approach, in which "homosexuality (is)
worthy of the same serious approach as any other aspect of human nature" (Mckellen, 2006) and this is something which is exemplified in Gods and Monsters.
The film is a keenly-observed delineation of what Jaehne refers to as "the two stark and intolerant positions of homosexual and heterosexual camps" (Jaehne, 2006) at a
period when only the tip-of-the-iceberg of homosexuality was known to the heterosexual mainstream culture. When Clayton states "You seem to think, Mr. Whale, that half the world is queer. Well,
its not!" that is certainly the perception held by the majority of heterosexuals, and Whales silent, significant raised eyebrow in response indicates clearly how inaccurate that perception is.
However, Condon never allows the characterization to slip from deliberate parody into stereotyping; his characters are complex and credible, and we see Whale more
in the light of a Pygmalion than a von Aschenbach. Clayton is excellently portrayed by Brandon Fraser as a determinedly straight young man who is nonetheless flattered by Whales attentions,
and whose vanity is fed, despite his confusion, by the idea that Whale finds him beautiful enough to be the subject of a portrait.
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