General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTchaikovsky Wasn't Gay Claims Russia's Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky
A new biopic will not recognize the composer's love or sex life
According to The Guardian, "Medinsky claimed that there was no evidence to suggest the 19th-century composer was anything other than a lonely man who failed to find a suitable woman to marry."
Considering Russia's recent track record of anti-gay laws, Medinsky's statement isn't surprising. When news of a Tchaikovsky biopic surfaced, however, we wondered how the composer's personal life would be potrayed onscreen. Because the film is being produced with funding from the Russian government, it will allegedly ignore Tchaikovsky's sexuality completely.
The script went under a recent revision that wiped away any possibly queer innuendoes that wouldn't hold under Russia's gay propaganda laws.
The film's screenwriter, Yuri Rabove, added that the composer of Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty was "a person without a family who was stuck with the opinion that he supposedly loves men."
http://www.out.com/entertainment/popnography/2013/09/18/tchaikovsky-wasnt-gay-claims-russias-culture-minister-vladimir
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)That's some serious denial.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Denial to the point of rewriting somebody's life.
William769
(55,147 posts)nolabear
(41,991 posts)Drop dead gorgeous, yes.
markpkessinger
(8,401 posts)Gravitycollapse
(8,155 posts)That's...uhhh...bros being bros?
JI7
(89,262 posts)when you are trying to push some idea about how gays are not equal as human beings .
btw, i remember hearing a story about how some people from the former Soviet Union were surprised to learn that Freddie MErcury was gay. i guess because they grew up being taught certain things which would not fit .
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)All the people my age (college) grilled me about him. Was it true he was dead? Gay? Had AIDS? Over and over again. But never did I hear anything about how awful it was that he was gay or had AIDS. Not a word. Just sadness that he really was dead.
ETA to clarify: They were pretty sure he was dead, and pretty sure he was gay, and pretty sure he had AIDS. They had heard such things. None of it mattered beyond the fact he was dead.
JI7
(89,262 posts)i do find most who loved him continue to do so . and i'm speaking not just of russia here but even idiots in america . but there are people who are anti gay but they still love him. but they don't want to talk about him being gay or have it mentioned.
when i mention how it's part of who he was and the music he made they get offended. it should be kept private . as if it's comparable to something like having a bad addiction .
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)His greatest joy was giving blowjobs, but we can't possibly think of a reason why you'd think he was gay.
JI7
(89,262 posts)because one has to be in love to be attracted to someone ...............
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)Doesn't EVERYONE switch to guys when they can't find women?