Lupin and Sirus... gay?

[Jeanette]

eilissf2000" wrote:

 However in the movie...look I'll be the first to admit that 
> my gaydar is wonky, but to me there are clear signs of queerness.
> 1)The music. yes it's a cliche; but it's a movie, they MUST speak 
in 
> short-hand- there's only a few hours to tell the tale and so they 
do 
> it constantly, with speech patterns, walk, name (come on, 'Draco 
> Malfoy?!) and clothes. Which brings me neatly to...
> 2)Tweed. That, I believe is more to do with him being a Brit than 
> gayness really, but still it is worth taking a look at.
> 3)The gentleness. I have yet to meet a 100% straight man who is 
> quite that sweet. I'll give you there probably are some out there, 
> but I have yet to meet them.

>
     Actually, thinking about it, I think the movie director did put 
in the gay cliches BECAUSE he wanted to have the viewers watching 
relate on a deeper level to the discrimation that werewolves suffer 
in the WW.  Not many of us know any werewolves in our everyday life 
but we are all aware of the difficulties facing gay people both in 
our culture and around the world.  Gay bashing has been deep in our 
cultures for centuries. 

     A very profound theme in all the books is judging people for 
themselves, not the group they were born into.  To bring that theme 
into a context that the moviegoers could "get" in the two hours that 
the movies run makes hinting that being an werewolf (a life-state 
not choosen) equals being gay in terms of social treatment a very 
good tool. Remember most of the movie run time must be about Harry 
and his troubles with very little left to comment on such a wide-
ranging problem.

   So, in a way, everybody who has commented on this topic is right; 
the relationship between Lupin and Sirus may be just deep friendship 
in the books; AND yes there are hints of a gay bond between them in 
the movies.

 Hope the spellings not too bad, I am dashing this off before 
running to work, no time to reread.

Jeanette