Upon watching Bridget Jones Diary 2: The Edge of Reason, it caught me thinking...Do people really accept or welcome the idea of lesbian or gay kissing without the yucks, the ews the 'kadiris' and other eerie disgusts or contempt?Are people ready for this bold move (it isn't actually bold at all) and revolution in Philippine cinema?
There was this scene where there were two girls kissing (not french kissing) and one was actually lesbian and people started wooing and yucking and stuff so profusely it outshone the movie the moment they saw the scene. That was their initial reaction and it ruined my mood to tell you the truth. But since I was all-for-the-gold for the movie, I eventually resumed my interest in it lest the energy I once had from the start and during the course of the movie.
The movie ended like the usual feel-good movie and it did satisfy my apetite for that romantic comedy genre. But still, what got me thinking was that three-second incident that made the crowd frenetic from silent. Were those wooing and yucking a form of shock or just mere expressions of such actions that were considered "abnormal"? (like they know what normal really means!)And get this, these expressions were the exact same replica and were absolutely true in a few gay (same-sex) scenes and shots in the movie Alexander. Bluntly enough, THAT was the expression.
In reality, majority of the people accept the minority of gays and lesbians and also the rising of bisexuals. That was the predicament, that IS the predicament. Straight people find awkwardness in acts and manifestations of 'un-straight lifestyle' where they should be not. It is a different lifestyle, and yes, it is unconventional. But please, what was manifested in the two films aforementioned were just kissing for crying out loud. And people took those actions in total condemnation (or maybe I am just over-reacting). Maybe I was just making matters worse but majority of straight people should widen their perspective and start to at least be reasonable and just and equal.
Two guys or two gals kissing is the same as two heterosexuals doing it. It is a preference just like some wanting a Fuji Apple and others wanting a California apple.
Get over it and if you wooed and yucked over that three-second kissing scene, start yucking yourself and grow up. If you are part of the few understanding, well-mannered and well-educated ones - you deserve a kudos!
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