You know, I don't believe I have ever watched more than 30 minutes of any movie by the late Joel Schumacher, and that was probably Flatliners, which I thought very silly.
He was openly gay, and from what I have read and seen, it is easy to see a gay sensibility in some of his comic book movies at least. He was no ordinary gay dude: he claimed to have slept with "up to" 20,000 men. Let's see - at age 80 and assuming 60 years of highly active sex life, that works out to 333 men a year. If you allow for some slowing down in his 70's, the maths could easily indicate more than 365 in a year, or a new partner every day.
Of course, he could have been lying. And the actual quote is "10,000 to 20,000". I'm just looking at the extreme. But seriously, whether straight or gay, and whether 10 or 20 thousand, numbers in that range indicate something more like pathological compulsion than anything healthy.
Falling Down was pretty good. Lost Boys is thought to be something of a classic for teenagers and the younger kids.
ReplyDeleteOf course, he could have been lying. And the actual quote is "10,000 to 20,000". I'm just looking at the extreme. But seriously, whether straight or gay, and whether 10 or 20 thousand, numbers in that range indicate something more like pathological compulsion than anything healthy.
ReplyDeleteSteve the two books I have read on sexuality both highlighted how sexually active homosexuals are. The researchers were stunned by it. The Sydney Mardi Gras, how much of the floats are sexually oriented? He may not be an unusual case. There have also been some news reports concerning homosexuals want to change the idea of marriage to "open marriage" which destroys the central idea of marriage. I have often thought that their quest for marriage had more to do with being perceived as normal human beings and a kick in the guts to the church. I can't blame them for the latter because the churches broadly have repeatedly condemned them to hell but in regard to the former their campaign reflected their insecurity about their status as human beings.