High School Musical Hatmonger Grapevines Out Of Closet
After a long stretch of experimentation with quantum metaphysics, scientists have at long last succeeded in making High School Musical even gayer.
While watching Disney's wildly popular made-for-TV sleeper hit, your gaydar would have to have a pretty big blind spot not to pick up on the character of Ryan, the fashionable Drama Club co-president with chameleonic hat-wearing abilities. In the stage version of the movie, however, the implied sexuality of Ryan is even more overt, thanks to out playwright David Simpatico and interestingly progressive Disney producers. Simpatico comments:
"I wanted to present Ryan as something from my own past, a version of me, I guess -- though he's a lot better dancer than I ever was!" David says. "In the movie, the character has a gay tint. But in the stage version, I wanted to more fully articulate that tint and say, hey, this kid is who he is. Yes, I consider him a young gay guy without ever having to say it. I'd rather say it with behavior and action. And we do."
"High School Musical" Character Outed in Disney Stage Production [AfterElton]
Will O'Wisp
Posted to Gaiety, TV on 12 June 2008
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Translation: We decided to play up the gay stereotypes even more because GAYDOM IS FUNNY!
I fear what kind of "behavior and action" they use to convey his homosexuality on-stage. FIVE-MINUTE MAKE-OUT SESSION!
Heaven forbid one of the jocks ends up being the "gay one"...I find this kid kinda creepy, myself.
Hey, at least it looks like they didn't play into the stereotype of gay guys always dressing well.