7/13/2023 0 Comments Love simon cast ethan![]() Based on Becky Albertelli's 2015 young adult novel, Simon vs. ![]() Berlanti, 45, who grew up in a New York City suburb, went to Northwestern University, and was eventually hired by Kevin Williamson to work on Dawson's Creek, has not been able to pioneer representation in the same way for film.īerlanti's third movie as a director, Love, Simon, comes out March 16 on 2,400 screens in the United States. Among many other characters he's created or overseen, there was Jack (Kerr Smith) on Dawson's Creek, a gay high schooler who enacted network television's first passionate kiss between men Dirty Sexy Money's Carmelita, Candis Cayne's transgender character who had an affair with a rich politician (Billy Baldwin) and, currently, Chyler Leigh's Alex Danvers, a kick-ass lesbian secret agent who happens to be Supergirl's sister. “Love, Simon” opens in theaters nationwide on March 15.Greg Berlanti - television's most prolific producer - has methodically and purposefully revolutionized how LGBT people are portrayed in popular culture. It’s too bad that the movie isn’t as vibrant, funny, and entertaining as the community it wishes to represent - but it’s a start. Berlanti’s gay Midas touch has ushered in countless LGBT characters to television, and his film venture is no less significant. “Love, Simon” deserves celebration as a groundbreaking achievement from a major studio. When Simon cringes at the vice’s cell phone jokes, he’s not acting. Don’t ask me how I know.” Tony Hale fares far worse as a vice principal who tries too hard to be hip. During rehearsals for a production of “Cabaret,” she tells an unfortunate set builder: “It needs to look like a real German sex club. That’s okay, because it paves the way for Natasha Rothwell (“Insecure”) to steal the show as the embittered drama teacher with a secret wild side. The whole movie is like one giant “Masc-for-Masc” Grindr ad.īut it hits all the notes of a satisfying teen drama, even when the jokes fall flat. You look like a drag queen.” Clearly, Simon could use a gender studies class. When the fantasy ends, he says: “Okay, maybe not that gay.” When Martin cleverly dresses as a Freudian slip for Halloween, Simon tells him “Maybe you shouldn’t have worn a dress. Observing Ethan being bullied, Simon says: “I wish he wouldn’t make it so hard on himself.” The movie is full of these kinds of rigid gender stereotypes that shame kids who don’t happen to be “totally normal with a huge ass secret.” In one sprightly fantasy dance sequence, Simon imagines his future life as an out gay man. Most LGBTQ youth will see more of themselves in Ethan (Clark Moore) than in Simon, the school’s resident flamboyant. Simon gets his happy ending, but it’s unclear just who will be able to relate. It’s the kind of neither here nor there outcome that keeps “Love, Simon” firmly middle of the road. Those dark moments set the stage for a finale that’s somehow less than the sum of its parts. To make matters worse, Blue goes radio silent. ![]() Pretty soon, the entire school knows Simon’s secret. Humiliated after a particularly brutal public shaming when his seduction goes awry, Martin sends Simon’s emails to the gossip blog. His subterfuge even goes so far as to push two other friends into a relationship neither of them wants, which comes back to bite him later. Rather than risk being outed or scaring Blue away, Simon goes along with Martin’s plan, inviting him to hang out with his crew and pushing Abby to give Martin a chance. Even though Martin’s brother is gay, he still copies Simon’s emails and blackmails him into setting him up with Abby (Alexandra Shipp), one of Simon’s friends. ![]() When he forgets to log out of his email on a school computer, the aggressively dweeby Martin (Logan Miller) discovers his secret. ![]()
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