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== Theatre == |
== Theatre == |
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* This seems to be a favorite trope of Tennessee Williams, much of the anguish motivating the protagonists of his two most famous plays, ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' and ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'' revolves around gay men who commit suicide. |
* This seems to be a favorite trope of Tennessee Williams, much of the anguish motivating the protagonists of his two most famous plays, ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' and ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'' revolves around gay men who commit suicide. |
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* ''[[The Boys in the Band]]''. Michael both [[ |
* ''[[The Boys in the Band]]''. Michael both [[lampshade]]s and [[Inverted Trope|inverts]] the Trope. |
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{{quote|'''Michael:''' It's not always the way it is in plays. Not all faggots bump themselves off at the end of the story!}} |
{{quote|'''Michael:''' It's not always the way it is in plays. Not all faggots bump themselves off at the end of the story!}} |
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* Beautifully subverted in ''[[Angels in America]]''. Although deaths of Prior and Belize's friends are mentioned, the only one of the gay characters to die is Roy Cohn, [[Armored Closet Gay|the malicious, heartless bastard of a closet queen who refuses to think of himself as gay]]. |
* Beautifully subverted in ''[[Angels in America]]''. Although deaths of Prior and Belize's friends are mentioned, the only one of the gay characters to die is Roy Cohn, [[Armored Closet Gay|the malicious, heartless bastard of a closet queen who refuses to think of himself as gay]]. |
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