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Why wasn’t Edge of Seventeen bigger than Brokeback Mountain?In the gay community, why wasn’t Edge of Seventeen bigger than Brokeback Mountain? I just watched Edge of Seventeen with my boyfriend and I was wondering, why do you think Edge isn’t more respected in the gay community than Brokeback?
Edge is a more relatable movie. I bet more gay men have been through the “questioning your sexuality, first love, first crush, realization” phase than the “married and living in the closet phase.”
I wish more straight people would see Edge of Seventeen than saw Brokeback Mountain.
Don’t get me wrong, I think Brokeback is a great movie…but Edge is more “real”.
I’m only 20 and I realize this movie was set in 1984, before I was even born, but it totally resonates with my first experience and coming out. It’s not a perfect match but close enough.
Edge has coming to terms with your sexuality, developing an identity, awkward first experiences, fears and doubt, first gay friends, coming out to your parents, coming out to a friend, and accepting your sexuality. I even think the acting was good as well as the dialogue.
Do you think it has something to do with the fact that the actors in Edge aren’t “name brand”? I like them both but I think Edge is a better movie. Plus, Edge had some actual gay actors playing in the leads! Submitted by GayTVluver (2544 points) (516 posts) on Sun, 2007-07-15 01:28. |
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Too "real" for me.
Agreed
Who wants to see a movie about something you've already lived through?
It's the same problem I have in a typical gay bookstore. So much of the content is drawn from author's needs to write about their experiences in coming out that it actually gets kind of repetitive. Brokeback Mountain was less about being gay than about two men being in love.
Also, and I know I could be accused of homophobia for this, a lot of us who weren't fem twinks growing up and who are not effeminate as adults have gotten rather tired of this being treated as the "default" gay life experience. The kid gets some forgiveness for it being the early 80's, when half the teenage male population wore makeup. But still, a lot of those of us who didn't fit the stereotype have a hard time relating to some of these stock gay characters.
Finally, I think that Brokeback had crossover appeal whereas Edge didn't. Edge was the kind of movie that maybe if you were a gay teen your devoted fag hag would watch it with you to humor you. But the likelihood of her dragging her boyfriend to see it in a theatre was practically nil.