[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Who is queer?

[Kimberly]

That is a good question, I don't really know how Dumbledore would "read gay".   To me, that is what makes a subtle inference, subtle.  It is exactly what I was trying to say....not necessarily about me thinking about a character being gay.  I was more referring to the idea that what makes a book personal to an individual reader is the things we read in between the lines, not what is stated by an author.  You referred physical descriptions, I'm referring to the things a reader "reads" into a character/scene for whatever reason.   It's what makes the books personal to the reader.   The subject at hand just happened to be a characters sexuality.   If we were talking about Ron's organizational skills I would have used that as an example.   Kwim ?

Kimberly





  What is a gay character? The idea that someone would come across "gay" in a
  book makes no sense to me. What, should he speak with a lisp, stand with
  hand on hip, hold his wrist limply? Dumbledore is an old man and the story
  does not focus on him, it focuses on Harry. 

  When I read "The Deathly Hallows" I remember thinking during the parts about
  Dumbledore and Grindelwald that she was making it out more like they were
  lovers than friends. I even said so to my wife when I read it, needless to
  say I was a bit full of myself when I learned the undertones there were
  purposeful. 

  What I want to know is, how would Dumbledore read gay? Why do we assume that
  aside from their choice of partners there would be anything different about
  a gay person? Gandalf was portrayed by a gay actor, my favorite author,
  Clive Barker is gay and when I listen to the commentary on "Hellraiser" I
  don't "hear" a gay man.

  I certainly didn't think Portia DeRosi (is that spelled right?) was a
  lesbian until she was with Ellen.

  So what reads as gay?

  md 
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