In the past, representations of alternative lifestyles on film
were, even in their most explicit forms, faint and ambiguous, and
the television industry was even more conservative. But in more
recent years, thanks in part to the success of such films as
Philadelphia, The Birdcage, To Wong Fu and In & Out, and
television programs such as Will & Grace, a collective effort
is underway to construct a positive new public image for gays and
lesbians. This work studies recent cinematic and television
depictions of gays and lesbians. It examines the gay male
conversion fantasy in Get Real, Beautiful Thing, I Think I Do, and
Billys Hollywood Screen Kiss, the metaphor of the aging artist as a
teacher to young gay men in Love and Death on Long Island and Gods
and Monsters, gay violence in Shakespeare and The Talented Mr.
Ripley, unacknowledged homophobia and theories of traditional
masculinity in Gladiator, the ethical complexities of the human
genome project and genetic screening for the gene associated with
homosexuality in Twilight of the Golds, profanity and protest
masculinity in The Usual Suspects, the controversy arising when the
cast of Will & Grace urged Californians to vote against the
Knight Initiative refusing recognition to same-sex marriages, male
egotism in Flawless, gay parenting and other family issues in The
Birdcage, The Object of My Affection, and The Next Best Thing, and
rehabilitating homophobia in American Beauty, Urbania, Oz, Ki
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