Ugly, Untalented Gays. - by Jen Wilde
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Bottoms is like if Heathers f*cked Superbad and had a queer, feral baby.
It doesn’t care about positive representation. It’s not here to preach an aspirational message about being queer, it just wants to make us laugh and gasp and feel seen. It’s not for the girlbosses, it’s for the girlfailures.
It’s not about catering to straights, either. It doesn’t care if the heteros don’t understand the title or the jokes or think it’s too gay, because it’s literally not for them. It was made for us by people like us. Not to get all dramatic, but this feels like a turning point in LGBTQ+ cinema. And as a queer writer, I’m salivating to see the gay chaos this sparks in myself and other queer creators.
Every time someone like Emma Seligman (and her cinematic universe) comes along and pushes boundaries like this, it makes room for…
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