I don't know when it started, male friendships on the big screen are easily considered to have something to do with homosexuality. Most people are joking, and some people are serious, such as Captain America and the Winter Soldier in the MCU.
After the American drama "Falcon and winter soldier" was launched, some people thought that falcons and winter soldiers had "basic feelings", because in the first episode, sebastian Stan played by winter soldiers seemed to mention a certain gay dating APP. Anthony McKay, who plays Falcon, was recently asked this question by foreign media "Variety", and he seemed to give a negative answer, triggering protests from some netizens on social media, and some people thought that what he said was fine.
"Variety" asked this way, "Is there any mutual attraction between the Winter Soldier and the Falcon in terms of sex or love?" ”
Anthony McKay responded:
"A lot of things are twisted and complicated, and people understand something in their own way so that they can have a big relationship with this thing." Due to the excessive exploitation (exploitation) of the gay issue, it has become a problem for two men to become friends and fall in love with each other in 2021. Before men could be friends and could hang out together, that was cool, you always met at bars and your friends. ”
"You can't do that anymore now because something as pure and beautiful as homosexuality has been exploited by people who are trying to rationalize themselves." For me, it's important to present sensitive and masculine male characters. There's nothing more masculine than being a superhero flying around and beating someone up. There's nothing more sensitive than having an emotional conversation with someone you care about and love, and maintaining friendships with like-minded people. ”
Anthony McKay's words have been interpreted in various ways, with most believing that he was denying that the Falcon and the Winter Soldier were gay, and the claim that the homosexual issue he mentioned in his reply was overused (exploited) and led to his own social media attacks.
What do you netizens think about this?