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=== ''Bent'' provides examples of: === |
=== ''Bent'' provides examples of: === |
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* [[Ain't Too Proud to Beg]]: Max. At first. |
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* [[All Gays Are Promiscuous]]: Averted. Max seems to be quite loose in the beginning of the movie, but his lover was ''very'' upset about him seeing other people. Horst, too, was shocked at what Max was willing to do with the guards to get some extra medicine. |
* [[All Gays Are Promiscuous]]: Averted. Max seems to be quite loose in the beginning of the movie, but his lover was ''very'' upset about him seeing other people. Horst, too, was shocked at what Max was willing to do with the guards to get some extra medicine. |
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* [[Anguished Declaration of Love]]: While Horst is nearing a complete mental break down from their rock duties, he confesses to Max that he loves him. Much to Max's frustration, as Max refuses to risk giving the guards any reason to make their lives more hellish. |
* [[Anguished Declaration of Love]]: While Horst is nearing a complete mental break down from their rock duties, he confesses to Max that he loves him. Much to Max's frustration, as Max refuses to risk giving the guards any reason to make their lives more hellish. |
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* [[Four Eyes Zero Soul]]: The bespectacled Nazi on the train. |
* [[Four Eyes Zero Soul]]: The bespectacled Nazi on the train. |
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* [[Gayngst]] |
* [[Gayngst]] |
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* [[Good Hair Evil Hair]]: In the beginning Max has a fancy styled hair and a pencil thin mustache to show his being part of the uppercrust. After he's made bald and given [[Perma Stubble]] he becomes sympathetic. |
* [[Good Hair, Evil Hair]]: In the beginning Max has a fancy styled hair and a pencil thin mustache to show his being part of the uppercrust. After he's made bald and given [[Perma Stubble]] he becomes sympathetic. |
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* [[Hey It's That Guy]]: [[Lord of the Rings|Gandalf]] is Max's Uncle Freddy! |
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* [[I Am What I Am]]: Max's final act in the film is putting on a blood stained uniform with a pink triangle sewn on, {{spoiler|before committing suicide.}} |
* [[I Am What I Am]]: Max's final act in the film is putting on a blood stained uniform with a pink triangle sewn on, {{spoiler|before committing suicide.}} |
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* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]: Max uses this as his justification through out the movie. Being willing to do things like {{spoiler|beat his boyfriend to death, have sex with a recently murdered corpse of a teenage girl, or perform sexual acts for the guards}} if it meant even having a small chance of getting out of the camp alive. |
* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]: Max uses this as his justification through out the movie. Being willing to do things like {{spoiler|beat his boyfriend to death, have sex with a recently murdered corpse of a teenage girl, or perform sexual acts for the guards}} if it meant even having a small chance of getting out of the camp alive. |
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* [[Nobody Over 50 Is Gay]]: Subverted. Uncle Freddy seems to be gay, but is happy to hide it for practical reasons. |
* [[Nobody Over 50 Is Gay]]: Subverted. Uncle Freddy seems to be gay, but is happy to hide it for practical reasons. |
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* [[Not Even Bothering With the Accent]]: The film takes place in Germany, and yet everyone still has British accents. |
* [[Not Even Bothering With the Accent]]: The film takes place in Germany, and yet everyone still has British accents. |
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* [[Please I Will Do Anything]]: Max's general plan of escape seems to be ''whatever it takes''. |
* [[Please, I Will Do Anything!]]: Max's general plan of escape seems to be ''whatever it takes''. |
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* [[Queer Romance]] |
* [[Queer Romance]] |
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* [[Remake Cameo]]: Sir Ian McKellen, who played Max in the original production of ''Bent'' on stage, shows up in the film as Max's uncle. |
* [[Remake Cameo]]: Sir Ian McKellen, who played Max in the original production of ''Bent'' on stage, shows up in the film as Max's uncle. |
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