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The 127 Year History of LGBTQ+ Representation in Film
By Abby Monteil, Stacker News
On 6/15/21 at 8:00 PM EDT
Depictions of queer and trans people have been present in the film medium since its inception more than 100 years ago. But due to censorship and varying degrees of prejudice against the LGBTQ+ community at different points in time, representation onscreen has a long, complicated, and often coded history. While gay characters were frequently used for laughs or not explicitly stated to be queer in most early mainstream Hollywood films, a brief relaxation in Germany s film production code in the early 20th century allowed for LGBTQ+ classics like
Vincent Price knew enough to stay out of a machismo-off between Heston and Brynner.
It s Yahweh or the highway.
Posted: Mar 31, 2018 10:24 AM
Updated: Mar 31, 2018 11:24 AM
Posted By: Mike Bunge
In 1923, Cecil B. DeMille made a movie about the problems he saw corrupting his society. In 1956, DeMille remade that film because he saw his civilization threatened by a force of evil. In 2014, Ridley Scott retells the story of Moses and the Jews in Egypt as a way to work out his own religious hang ups. Yes, it’s The “Ten Commandments” (1923) vs. “The Ten Commandments” (1956) vs “Exodus: Gods and Kings” (2014) in KIMT’s Weekend Yahweh Throwdown! And at the risk of spoiling things, the third time was definitely NOT the charm.