😍 2022-06-28 09:31:46 – Paris/France.
Is associated stranger things of Netflix with crystalline character arcs, without undue complexity beyond this Eleven trying to fit into a society she doesn't have the right tools for (which is what growing up in a lab has to see). The Duffer brothers have fun with the cliches of eighties cinema and they do not want to complicate their lives in the midst of popcorn show entertainment. But between the monsters of the parallel realities and the Soviet villains, there is a character who simmers steadily and slowly. I am referring to Will Byers (Noah Schnapp), who approaches the home stretch of the fourth season, scheduled for this Friday, July 1, with a question mark that torments him: his sexuality.
If there are readers who have reactionary thoughts when they see that we are talking about adolescent sexuality, think again. Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Max (Sadie Sink), Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin), and Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) all have romantic interests in the storylines. We even witnessed Mike and Eleven's first kiss. If in presenting and developing these storylines of finding love and attraction to members of the opposite sex, they haven't been tearing their hair out, they shouldn't be dealing with the possibility that Will is gay.
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And let no one confuse the latent homophobia of the time (and therefore of the dominant culture of the time, which made any dissident sexuality or gender identity invisible), with the non-existence of these other realities. Maybe stranger things conventional at the time, for example, to recycle the Soviets as opportune villains of the series, paying homage to the theme of Cold War cinema (and revering, incidentally, capitalism), but he already wanted to rectify the prejudices of the past with the introduction of Robin (Maya Hawke).
At first it was assumed she would be Steve's (Joe Keery) new love interest, as the AV predisposed us to draw these heteronormative conclusions, and in reality she ended up being his best lesbian friend, with an infallible dynamic. but, as a result of the bet, still in the closet. And what about Will? That, as viewers have been speculating for some time, he could be the next character to explicitly come out as gay.
He exhibits a different masculinity from his friends: he's maybe like 90% of gay people who when a ball comes their way, they panic at the thought of having to shoot it
The possible clues have always been there. He exhibits a masculinity distinct from his friendships. Maybe he will even be like 90% of adult homosexuals who, when a bullet comes to them, are afraid of having to shoot it. At one point, Will was even criticized for his lack of interest in girls. This attitude could be attributed to adolescence or late sexual awakening, yes, a possibility that cannot be ruled out. But the start of the fourth season hinted that the blows were going the other way.
It was a consequence of Will's perfectly executed mentality of not wanting attention, of feeling comfortable on the fringes of school if it meant not being the butt of stares or bullying. It was his annoyed look at Mike for ignoring him for months and also during his visit to California. It was Mike's attitude towards him, as if the distance between them was caused not only by Mike's relationship with Eleven, but also by other unspoken issues: the tension generated by the incalculable.
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There may be viewers who consider Will's plot to be queer baitinga way to keep gay, story-hungry audiences attentive and captive coming of age in LGTBQ+ key. This is not the case. It is a portrait consistent with the reality of a homosexual teenager, especially in the eighties. Will has no one to talk to about his doubts, love interests, or non-normative sexualities. Maybe at this point in the story, he's not even aware of what's moving inside him, that piece that keeps him from feeling like he's between Dustin, Mike, and Lucas, who does. feel different. Maybe Mike understood who Will is even better than Will himself (because you can be called "the fag of the class" before you've even finished ordering and deciphering your sexual feelings and urges).
But there's no doubt that the Duffer Brothers put subtext into Will's profile, which Noah Schnapp plays perfectly, and it'll be interesting to see if they expand on it or how they do it so it doesn't blow up. not in their hands. There are two episodes of the fourth season and a fifth which should be the last. It's time to do justice to Will, even in a stranger things which, as we said, may not be fertile ground for such tricky character arcs like this. You could even say that Will shouldn't even come out of the closet, which would be consistent with his age and timing, but then stranger things should find a way to convert subtext to text, something the LGTBQ+ collective has already had to deal with for too many centuries with subtext.
'Stranger Things' should find a way to convert subtext to text, something the LGTBQ+ collective has already had to deal with for too many centuries with subtext
SOURCE: Reviews News
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