[radio-schedule-recent-played-song]Producer and writer Bryan Fuller, who's contributed to the Star Trek series and created TV shows such as Hannibal
, has some outspoken views about the forthcoming Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. He's accused the film's makers of '
Hetwashing'. The term coined by Fuller, is when a character is changed from a gay character to a straight one.
Shortly after the Bohemian Rhapsody
trailer was released Fuller took to social media to offer his opinion of the footage. He offered a fairly damning criticism about what he saw. It's important to note that this is the critique of a movie trailer and not the entire film itself.
Fuller, who is gay, had a specific problem with what he saw as a deliberate avoidance of the non-heterosexual characteristics of the frontman's love life. On Twitter, Fuller asked followers if anyone else was 'mildly annoyed' by the trailer. He pointed out that it 'features gay/bi superstar Freddie Mercury flirting with and twirling with a woman but no indication of his love of men.
Fuller continued: "I feel what the trailer is doing is queer-erasure. If they were out and proud with his bi-sexuality they would have indicated he was bisexual. Showing him romantic with a woman, but not a man (3 frames don’t count) is not a celebration of bisexual identity. It’s hiding it."
In an another tweet, Fuller posted a screencap of the studio's Bohemian Rhapsody synopsis, highlighting the way it mentions the 'life-threatening illness' that ultimately killed Mercury without specifically referring to it. Fuller concludes: "Dear 20th Century Fox. Yes, it was a life-threatening illness, but more specifically it was AIDS. From having gay sex with men. Do Better."
