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You know what they say about assumptions... (startrek.website)

submitted 8 months ago by RandalThor@startrek.website to c/risa@startrek.website

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

He wasn't a Hollywood camp gay stereotype character.

[–] USSBurritoTruck@startrek.website -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why would anyone think he would be?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Because usually when Hollywood includes a gay character they're doing it to villainize them, make fun of them, or show them off to cynically virtue-signal diversity. Having a character that's just a normal character who happens to be gay, without making a big deal about it or using it as a plot point, is rare.

[–] USSBurritoTruck@startrek.website 1 points 8 months ago

Having a character that’s just a normal character who happens to be gay, without making a big deal about it or using it as a plot point, is rare.

I don't know if that's as true even in 2016 when the movie came out, as it once was.