我经常看同志片,但是我觉得大家把“同志片”是一种电影类型是一件很滑稽的事情。我从来没有听过有人说是”异性恋片“是一种电影类型。大家会说,”《蒂凡尼的早餐》是爱情片“,“《异想天开》是科幻片”。But being gay alone has already made it stands out, doesn't it? 再进一步,when the main characters in the movie are gay, it is a gay movie, so everything they do is gay. They have gay breakfasts in the morning. They share gay secrete between gay friends. Even the shoes they put on are gay shoes,(or fabulous shoes). That is so bloody discriminating!
当然,你也可以justify“同志片”是一种电影类型,因为有太多的cliché。譬如经典情节一:在茫茫人海中苦苦寻觅,几经放弃,忽然“人群中幻影般浮现的脸”重燃希望,于是几经波折鼓起勇气告白,碰巧英俊高大帅气温柔体贴而且单身的对方也有意思,最终happily ever after大团圆结局,you really believe you are Cinderella , don’t you?再譬如经典情节二:深柜青年(可以是青涩少年或者已婚大叔甚至白发老爷爷)出柜(或者说“觉醒”)的故事,附带朋友的不理解、他人的歧视的经历,最后勇敢自信的Be yourself. I am who I am. I never change. Or I will always love. Blah, blah blah…..
我意思是:同志不都是这样的。除了以设计师、画家和摄影师为首的艺术人和广告人,同志还有很多职业选择。除了娘炮以及强迫自己假装很man,其实同志也可以很自然得man(真不敢相信,打这句话的时候我很自然得把自己的头发撩到耳后)。很多同志不喜欢穿裙子(当然有的同志之所以穿裙子是不认同有关裙子的“刻板印象”)。同志不都是picky, jumpy or melodramatic.
But what should be gays look like? Normal. They look normal.高中毕业的同志会担心升学考试,就像其他的高中生。三十岁的中产男同志像普通的三十岁中产异性恋男子一样担心房贷和车贷的问题(当然,如果在国内可能会顺带考虑形婚和骗婚的问题)。They have a normal life. Everything is twists from the counterpart in straight people’s normal life a little bit and makes it still normal but not that straight.
好久没有一部电影或者电视剧,这么认真得去讲普通的同志的普通的生活。所以我自己看这部剧会有共鸣,会有思考,会有收获(,虽然我没有像Patrick这么高,这么帅,这么甜,或者以为像Kevin 这么hot的老板who I can have sex with in the office, literately)。