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** Hank has an ex wife and kids and is described as swinging both ways but preferring men, but it's also not entirely clear if this preference means he's gone the other way and it didn't work or if he's genuinely attracted to women but legitimately likes men better.
** Alan is adamant that he only likes women, but the text has enough backing for him to be played as a man whose attracted to both sexes and is only open about one of them.
** Alan is adamant that he only likes women, but the text has enough backing for him to be played as a man whose attracted to both sexes and is only open about one of them.
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** Hank has an ex wife and kids and is described as swinging both ways but preferring men, but it's also men. However, it’s not entirely clear if this preference means he's gone the other way and it didn't work or if he's genuinely attracted to women but legitimately likes men better.
** Alan is adamant that he only likes women, but the text has enough backing for him to be played as a manwhose who’s attracted to both sexes and is only open about one of them.
** Alan is adamant that he only likes women, but the text has enough backing for him to be played as a man
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* CampGay: Most of the characters to varying degrees, but especially Emory. Done in a "laughing with" way rather than the [[AcceptableTargets usual]] "laughing at", and the characters are treated as people rather than as simple caricatures.
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* CampGay: Most of the characters to varying degrees, but especially Emory. Done in a "laughing with" way rather than the [[AcceptableTargets usual]] usual "laughing at", and the characters are treated as people rather than as simple caricatures.
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* BigEntrance: Harold's arrival at the party. His deadpan facial expression and dark glasses make him seem like a rather sinister character, until he sees Cowboy's card and starts giggling.
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* TallDarkAndSnarky: [[UpToEleven HAROLD]]. Michael is this too, but he's a far second to the queen bee himself.
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* TallDarkAndSnarky: [[UpToEleven HAROLD]].HAROLD. Michael is this too, but he's a far second to the queen bee himself.
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* BisexualLoveTriangle: Hank left his wife to be with Larry. According to both his own comments and Michael's, Hank really did love his wife, but his desire for men was far stronger than any feelings he could have for a woman.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Michael remarks that something must be really wrong with Alan for him to break down and start crying on the phone.
-->'''Michael:''' [Alan] was crying on the phone, and that's not like him at all. He's so pulled together he wouldn't show any emotion if he was in a plane crash.
-->'''Michael:''' [Alan] was crying on the phone, and that's not like him at all. He's so pulled together he wouldn't show any emotion if he was in a plane crash.
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** Donald also has no gay affections, save being a DeadpanSnarker and openly discussing gay sex.
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** Donald also has no stereotypical gay affections, save being a DeadpanSnarker and affectations (at least until openly discussing discusses gay sex.sex with Michael).
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* NoSell: Michael attempts to read Harold ("You starve yourself, all day, living on coffee and cottage cheese, so you can gorge yourself on one meal, and then you feel guilty... And this pathological lateness... standing in front of a bathroom mirror, for hours and hours before you can walk onto the street, and then looking no different...") but Harold turns right around, unfazed, and lands a critical shot on constantly in-debt Michael, who pays for everything on credit:
-->'''Harold:''' What you're saying may be true. Time will undoubtedly tell. In the meantime, you left out one detail: the cosmetics and astringents are '''PAID FOR''', the bathroom is '''PAID FOR''', the tweezers are '''PAID FOR''', and the pills are '''PAID FOR.'''
-->'''Harold:''' What you're saying may be true. Time will undoubtedly tell. In the meantime, you left out one detail: the cosmetics and astringents are '''PAID FOR''', the bathroom is '''PAID FOR''', the tweezers are '''PAID FOR''', and the pills are '''PAID FOR.'''
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* InsistentTerminology: Emory calls everyone a "she", including Alan.
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* InsistentTerminology: Emory calls everyone a "she", including Alan. Harold does the same.
-->'''Harold:''' ''(meeting Alan)'' Who is she? Who ''was'' she? Who does she hope to be?
-->'''Harold:''' ''(meeting Alan)'' Who is she? Who ''was'' she? Who does she hope to be?
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* StraightGay: Hank. The very first shot of him is playing street basketball with friends.
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* StraightGay: StraightGay:
** Hank. The very first shot of him is playing street basketball withfriends.friends.
** Donald also has no gay affections, save being a DeadpanSnarker and openly discussing gay sex.
** Hank. The very first shot of him is playing street basketball with
** Donald also has no gay affections, save being a DeadpanSnarker and openly discussing gay sex.
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Despite its reputation for being a "period piece", most of the issues addressed (internalized homophobia, effemiphobia, etc.) remain relevant to this day, and the characters seems as real as they were 40 years ago. Plus, it's hilarious, endlessly quotable, and genuinely poignant, if not always easy viewing. Check it out if you get a chance.
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* SocietyMarchesOn: An interesting example. The ''play'' first ran in 1968. The Stonewall Riots occurred in 1969, changing the views of being gay from a disease to a sexual orientation. The ''film'' appeared in 1970, and even in 1970 it was a window into the psychiatric self-loathing of gays pre-Stonewall that at the time was too soon to examine. A few decades later, despite the datedness of some of the psychiatric attitudes, almost all of the actual personalities and dialog still ring true in the 21st Century.
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* TheFirstLawOfTragicomedies: While the first half has drama and the second half has comedy, the show gets much more serious midway through.
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* TheFirstLawOfTragicomedies: FirstLawOfTragicomedies: While the first half has drama and the second half has comedy, the show gets much more serious midway through.
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* NWordPrivileges: Emory, literally, but all of the characters have no trouble calling each other "fags" and other slurs - with no malice at first. Lampshaded by Michael when he drunkenly rants at Alan some dated gay slurs like "sodomite".
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* NWordPrivileges: Emory, literally, (though ironically once Bernard openly addresses this it causes Emory to swear to never do it again) but all of the characters have no trouble calling each other "fags" and other slurs - with no malice at first. Lampshaded by Michael when he drunkenly rants at Alan some dated gay slurs like "sodomite".
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''The Boys in the Band'' is an off-Broadway play written by Mart Crowley which premiered in 1968. It was faithfully adapted into a film (starring the original stage cast) by Creator/WilliamFriedkin in 1970. When it first opened, it was notable for the being first mainstream play (and film) to treat gay people in a direct and realistic way rather than cloaking it in subtext or portraying the characters as freaks. Furthermore, to quote Vito Russo, "[[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped The internalized guilt of eight gay men at a Manhattan birthday party formed the best and most potent argument for gay liberation ever offered in a popular art form.]]"
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''The Boys in the Band'' is an off-Broadway play written by Mart Crowley which premiered in 1968. It was faithfully adapted into a film (starring the original stage cast) by Creator/WilliamFriedkin in 1970. When it first opened, it was notable for the being first mainstream play (and film) to treat gay people in a direct and realistic way rather than cloaking it in subtext or portraying the characters as freaks. Furthermore, to quote Vito Russo, "[[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped The "The internalized guilt of eight gay men at a Manhattan birthday party formed the best and most potent argument for gay liberation ever offered in a popular art form.]]"
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* InsistentTerminology: Emory calls everyone a "she", including Alan.
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* BetterAsFriends: Michael and Donald.
-->'''Michael:''' ''(sings)'' Just friends, lovers no more.
** EveryoneCanSeeIt:
--->'''Emory:''' You may as well be. Everybody thinks you are anyway.
* BiTheWay: Michael notes that Hank swings both ways but prefers men. Hank doesn't object, [[AmbiguouslyBi but there’s is a bit of an ambiguous level to it]].
* BrainlessBeauty: Cowboy, in the film adaptation, a fact that everyone else keeps bringing up in his presence. On the other hand, he didn't know what lasagna is. The stage version isn't as naive or ditzy.
-->'''Michael:''' ''(sings)'' Just friends, lovers no more.
** EveryoneCanSeeIt:
--->'''Emory:''' You may as well be. Everybody thinks you are anyway.
* BiTheWay: Michael notes that Hank swings both ways but prefers men. Hank doesn't object, [[AmbiguouslyBi but there’s is a bit of an ambiguous level to it]].
* BrainlessBeauty: Cowboy, in the film adaptation, a fact that everyone else keeps bringing up in his presence. On the other hand, he didn't know what lasagna is. The stage version isn't as naive or ditzy.
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* BuryYourGays: "[[DiscussedTrope It's not always the way it is in plays.]] [[DefiedTrope Not all faggots bump themselves off at the end of the story!]]"
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* ChromosomeCasting: A male example.
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* YouAreWhatYouHate: An interpretation of Alan. He doesn't care for Emory's CampGay nature, at first keeping it to himself and Michael but later having a freak out where he drops a slur and attacks Emory. If you believe Alan is gay, then this could be his self homophobia reacting very poorly to being so close to a man whose as out of the closet as possible.
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* AmbiguouslyBi:
** Hank has an ex wife and kids and is described as swinging both ways but preferring men, but it's also not entirely clear if this preference means he's gone the other way and it didn't work or if he's genuinely attracted to women but legitimately likes men better.
** Alan is adamant that he only likes women, but the text has enough backing for him to be played as a man whose attracted to both sexes and is only open about one of them.
** Hank has an ex wife and kids and is described as swinging both ways but preferring men, but it's also not entirely clear if this preference means he's gone the other way and it didn't work or if he's genuinely attracted to women but legitimately likes men better.
** Alan is adamant that he only likes women, but the text has enough backing for him to be played as a man whose attracted to both sexes and is only open about one of them.
* BiTheWay: Michael notes that Hank swings both ways but prefers men. Hank doesn't object, [[AmbiguouslyBi but there’s is a bit of an ambiguous level to it]].
* TheFirstLawOfTragicomedies: While the first half has drama and the second half has comedy, the show gets much more serious midway through.
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* RecycledInSpace. ''Theatre/WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf'' [-WITH GAYS!-]
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* RecycledInSpace. ''Theatre/WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf'' [-WITH GAYS!-]GAYS!-] [[AmbiguouslyGay Or at least ones that aren't ambiguous]], outside of Alan.
* RiddleForTheAges:
** The inscription on Michael's gift is enough to cause a genuinely heartfelt thank you from the usually cold Harold, but he won't tell anyone else what it said.
** Basically everything about Alan.
*** What did he want to tell Michael?
*** What causes him to flip flop on telling whatever it was and attending the party?
*** Did he really have an affair with another man in college?
*** Is he straight, gay, or bi?
* RiddleForTheAges:
** The inscription on Michael's gift is enough to cause a genuinely heartfelt thank you from the usually cold Harold, but he won't tell anyone else what it said.
** Basically everything about Alan.
*** What did he want to tell Michael?
*** What causes him to flip flop on telling whatever it was and attending the party?
*** Did he really have an affair with another man in college?
*** Is he straight, gay, or bi?
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** Many examples to go around, as the characters are just as quick to make fun of themselves as they are each other.
** The entire character of Michael counts since he was based on playwright Matt Crowley. While he's not without his good qualities, he still partakes in some nasty behavior and is rightfully called out for it.
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* TallDarkAndHandsome: Larry and Hank in the movie - especially to [[AmbiguouslyGay Alan]] who compliments the latter on his good looks. Alan himself is very good looking in the film as well -- but is blond.
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* TallDarkAndHandsome: Larry and Hank in the movie - especially to [[AmbiguouslyGay Alan]] who compliments the latter on his good looks. Alan himself is very good looking in the film as well -- but is blond. There's also Donald who plays this trope as straight as can be be.
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* TheCameo: The fat woman in black Emory [[https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/theatrical-movie-originally-released-march-17-1970-news-photo/594337184 shares a glance with]] during the opening was Elaine Kaudman, owner of the then-famous celebrity restaurant [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine%27s Elaine's]]. Also Maud Adams as the fashion model during Larry's photo shoot scene.
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* TheCameo: The fat woman in black Emory [[https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/theatrical-movie-originally-released-march-17-1970-news-photo/594337184 shares a glance with]] during the opening was Elaine Kaudman, Kaufman, owner of the then-famous celebrity restaurant [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine%27s Elaine's]]. Also Maud Adams as the fashion model during Larry's photo shoot scene.
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* TheCameo: The overweight woman in black Emory [[https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/theatrical-movie-originally-released-march-17-1970-news-photo/594337184 shares a glance with]] during the opening was Elaine Kaudman, owner of the then-famous celebrity restaurant [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine%27s Elaine's]]. Also Maud Adams as the fashion model during Larry's photo shoot scene.
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* TheCameo: The overweight fat woman in black Emory [[https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/theatrical-movie-originally-released-march-17-1970-news-photo/594337184 shares a glance with]] during the opening was Elaine Kaudman, owner of the then-famous celebrity restaurant [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine%27s Elaine's]]. Also Maud Adams as the fashion model during Larry's photo shoot scene.
