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Just sayin': A gay Sherlock Holmes would be awesome

By Ari | Aug 5, 09 09:12 PM

Robert Downey Jr. has said of his Holmes and Jude Law's Watson in the upcoming Sherlock Holmes, "We're two men who happen to be roommates, wrestle a lot, and share a bed. It's bad-ass." And in reply, some homophobic movie critic has said, "There's not a seething, bubbling hunger to see straight stars impersonating homosexuals... I think they're just trying to generate controversy… They know that making Holmes and Watson homosexual will take away two thirds of their box office. Who is going to want to see Downey Jr. and Law make out? I don't think it would be appealing to women. Straight men don't want to see it."

For the record, Mr. Spoilsport, people really like gay movies and shows. There are a surprisingly high number of people of all orientations out there who are only too happy to watch The L Word and Brokeback Mountain and all the recent post-queer bromances like Superbad.

I have a feeling that Downey is playing up the queer element a bit and that we're headed for a more subtle, less overtly gay movie-watching experience than Michael Medved fears. But for the record, just to put this up on the interwebs in case this asshat critic likes to Google himself: Personally, I would love to watch Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law make out, and more. I think that would be fantastic. I'm a queer woman, not even interested in dudes, but I would pay double to go see those two smooching and groping on the big screen in a bad-ass manner. My hunger? It is both seething and bubbling.

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