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Batman and Robin savor some downtime: a panel from World’s Finest Comics #59 (1952)
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Today’s National Post contains an article an article I’ve written examining the history of the rumour that Batman and Robin are gay. (like everything I write for the Post the article came along with an instant rebuttal, which you can read here. As a special treat for Sans Everything readers, I’ve posted below the full-length version of the article, which has many details that didn’t make it into the Post.
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Inside the Batcave: Intellectual Genealogy of A Rumour
by Jeet Heer
When Batman returns to the big screen later this summer in The Dark Knight he’ll be joined by his familiar cast of secondary characters: Alfred the Butler, the decent cop James Gordon (soon to be a commissioner), the evil Joker. One character, however, will be missing: Batman’s familiar sidekick Robin, the Young man Wonder. In part this is due to the fact that the feature focuses on the adv years of the Caped Crusader. But it’s also the case that feature makers in general acquire been reluctant to convey in Robin lest they revive longstanding rumours that Batman is gay.
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A Brief History of Dick
Freely adapted from The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture by Glen Weldon, out now from Simon and Schuster.
Let’s get one thing absolutely clear: Robin isn’t gay.
Don’t let the leafy Speedo and the pixie boots steer you wrong; Dick Grayson is as straight as uncooked spaghetti. In fact, there contain been several Robins over the years, and not one of them has exhibited any trace of same-sex attraction or evinced anything resembling a gender non-conforming self-identity.
Neither, it feels significant to note here at the start, has Batman.
Don’t take my word for it. Ask anyone who’s written a Batman and Robin comic. Or, you know what, you don’t have to: Dollars to donuts they’ve already been asked that question, and have gone on register asserting the Dynamic Duo’s he-man, red-blooded, heterosexual bona fides. Batman’s co-creators, Bill Finger and Bob Kane, both firmly swatted the question down. So contain writers like Frank Miller, Denny O’Neil, Alan Grant, and Devin Grayson—though Grayson admitted that she could “understand the gay readings.”
So there you have it. After all, if a character isn’t written as gay, then that personality can’t possibly be g
We Need To Talk About The Inherent Queerness Of 1997's Batman And Robin
While superhero movies are everywhere thanks to the various cinematic universes in perform, there was a moment when they were massive risks for the studio. Given how popular the Caped Crusader is, fans spent years watching Batman movies in order, including the franchise that ran through the '90s (which is streaming with a Max subscription). And while it's usually listed bring down when ranking the Batman movies, Joel Schumacher's 1997 movie Batman& Robin is campy fun that I've always loved. But we need to talk about the queerness of this comic book flick.
To be clear, there aren't any LGBTQ+ characters or storyline in this movie. But there are various elements of it that perceive inherently queer. And speaking as a nerdy kid from the '90s, I'm not the only one of my peers who shares the same connection to Joel Schumacher's delightfully bonkers classic. So without further ado, here are the biggest moments that have made Batman & Robin into a gender non-conforming cult classic.
Chris O'Donnell, especially after kissing Poison Ivy
For many LGBTQ+ kids who grew up in the '90s, Chris O'Donnell was a major heartthrob, o
Batman & Robin Director Weighs in on Perceived Gay Subtext
Joel Schumacher -- director of 1995's Batman Forever and 1997's Batman & Robin -- has addressed the latter film's perceived homosexual subtext. Schumacher, who himself is openly homosexual, has long been accused of projecting his sexuality onto the film (through such things as the infamous costume redesigns.) The director denies this, however, explaining it was never his intention and that perceived gay undertones had been a part of the Batman franchise well before he entered the fray.
In an interview with Vulture, Schumacher was asked about audience interpretation that his two Batman films, Batman & Robin in particular, made the titular character "gayer." He simply replied, "If I wasn’t gay, they would never say those things."
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Schumacher was then asked if he believed this mindset came from a place of either homophobia or laziness. "You realize what I think? I shouldn’t have made a sequel, and that’s all there is to it," he answered. "I learned that sequels are only made for one reason. I’m sure that Batman Forever was the cheapest Ba
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