James Franco slams representation of gay sex and Fassbender’s character in ‘Shame’
James Franco criticises Steve McQueen’s 2011 film ‘Shame’ for its depiction of sex addiction and gay sex.
Franco went on to say: “I mean, what did he do? Watch porn and screw a handful of people a week? I could point to quite a few folks who do that.”
As an outspoken equal rights advocate, he criticises the scene where Fassbender’s character goes to a gay club in a moment of desperation.
“And that scene where he’s at his lowest point and wants to fuck and goes into a gay club, and it’s depicted like the seventh level of hell…”.
“I mean, it goes back to the horrible representations of gays in the 70s, where the gay club is meant to signify everything dark and depraved,” Franco argues in his article, “then the guy gets a minor blowjob, from, Oh no, a man! The horror!”
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