I noticed a surplus of homosexual characters in a lot of movies I've watched on Netflix, many of them movies made for Netflix. Figure 10% of the population is gay, I noticed I was seeing it in a lot more than 1 in 10 movies, so wondered if writers are making up for a lack of representation by overdoing it.

It also occurs to me that I tend to watch movies that make it into the top 10 viewed, because I'll check those and see if I like the trailer, and watch it if it seems interesting. Maybe one of the reasons these movies make the top 10 is because the homosexual demographic watches these movies because they're represented, and that pushes these movies into the top 10?

So are gays over-represented in Netflix films, or is it just a quirk of the ranking system that causes a lot of their top movies to have gay characters, which means they're viewed more?

Buzzy said:

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Figure 10% of the population is gay, I noticed I was seeing it in a lot more than 1 in 10 movies,

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If 10% of the population is gay, then your measuring stick is 1 in 10 characters, not 1 in 10 movies.

I don't think gay characters are over represented, but interracial couples definitely are.

Gramercy Riffs said:

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Buzzy said:

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Figure 10% of the population is gay, I noticed I was seeing it in a lot more than 1 in 10 movies,

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If 10% of the population is gay, then your measuring stick is 1 in 10 characters, not 1 in 10 movies.

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Six of one, half-dozen of the other.

I'm just noticing a lot of gay characters in movies recently, and the way they show they're gay is by putting them in relationships with other gay characters. So it's minimum two characters per movie. Their love always features at least one gratuitous sex scene, often taking away from the movie.

Think of it this way, they were underrepresented for 70 years and now they're making up for it.

Bruce Almighty said:

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I don't think gay characters are over represented, but interracial couples definitely are.

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Only in advertising. It's just comical to me how every other commercial right now has an interracial couple. It doesn't bother me in the least, but it's so obvious that this is the trend du jour for advertisers right now.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Think of it this way, they were underrepresented for 70 years and now they're making up for it.

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wondered if writers are making up for a lack of representation by overdoing it.

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Fit, attractive people are also over represented.

But ambidextrous people and more often left handers (aka hands-gendered) , who clearly choose their handedness to be flashy and stick it in our right handed faces are the most over represented.

I've always assumed that, no matter what percentage of the population is gay, it's a much higher percentage in the drama club. That's going to be reflected in cinema.

Real manly men like Rock Hudson would get to play big burly gay characters today if they wanted to, and probably encouraged by millennial doofuses who think it's edgy and cool.

expresswrittenconsent said:

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Fit, attractive people are also over represented.

But ambidextrous people and more often left handers (aka hands-gendered) , who clearly choose their handedness to be flashy and stick it in our right handed faces are the most over represented.

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right privilege

Buzzy said:

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Gramercy Riffs said:

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Buzzy said:

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Figure 10% of the population is gay, I noticed I was seeing it in a lot more than 1 in 10 movies,

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If 10% of the population is gay, then your measuring stick is 1 in 10 characters, not 1 in 10 movies.

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Six of one, half-dozen of the other.

I'm just noticing a lot of gay characters in movies recently, and the way they show they're gay is by putting them in relationships with other gay characters. So it's minimum two characters per movie. Their love always features at least one gratuitous sex scene, often taking away from the movie.

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wow. A&M is becoming a diploma mill.

There is no way in hell the percentage is 10%. I suspect it's 5% tops, but most of them you would not know by seeing them or interacting with them in normal situations. The percentage of "obviously gay" (where you know through normal interaction) has to be something like 1%. Not 10% as it's shown on TV (or 80% on Survivor).

Alf wasn't gay, he spent most of his time trying to eat that *****(cat)

The answer is yes, they are way overrepresented in all media now. They're really about 1% of the population, along with some confused and marginalized kids who are trying it out because our depraved media pushes it as a trendy thing. The media is now going to shove atypical relationships, fat people, ugly people, angry hairy legged *****es and any group that can claim victim status down our throats with a vengeance. This is the pendulum going way to far the other way after depicting too many unrealistically attractive, successful, happy normies for decades.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Think of it this way, they were underrepresented for 70 years and now they're making up for it.

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It also means all homosexuals who said, "We just want to go to work, make a living, and live our lives in peace like everyone else" were lying their asses off. Because apparently being free to live their lives isn't enough, they need 'representation'.

I remember reading where one person asked, "Do you have any idea what it is like to see every single gay character in a movie die? Like that is what is going to happen to you in your life?" when discussing the 'kill your gays' trope. Some people have difficulty discerning the difference between fiction and reality.

Buck Turgidson said:

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The media is now going to shove atypical relationships, fat people, ugly people, angry hairy legged *****es and any group that can claim victim status down our throats with a vengeance.

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You saw that Facebook Groups commercial too, huh?

I will also throw out there, if you want to write a story and make your characters gay, good on you. It's your story, do what you want to do.

I hate this rage from minority groups when someone doesn't include "representation" in their story. Why does any artist need to be obligated to do anything with their art?

It's why I didn't care that Hamilton only had minorities. I think the sad part is when the shoe is on the other foot and everyone's in an uproar because there aren't enough minorities or under represented groups in a story.

Now, I think it's sad if production companies start requiring representation in stories to even adapt them to the medium

Sounds like the gays just organize and lobby better. Have you guys considered some type of rally to unite the right?

Buck Turgidson said:

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The answer is yes, they are way overrepresented in all media now. They're really about 1% of the population, along with some confused and marginalized kids who are trying it out because our depraved media pushes it as a trendy thing. The media is now going to shove atypical relationships, fat people, ugly people, angry hairy legged *****es and any group that can claim victim status down our throats with a vengeance. This is the pendulum going way to far the other way after depicting too many unrealistically attractive, successful, happy normies for decades.

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I'm ready for this trend to end:



I watch TV and movies to escape. If I wanted to see ugly people, I'd just go outside for a while.

There is no way this is a real thread.

expresswrittenconsent said:

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Sounds like the gays just organize and lobby better. Have you guys considered some type of rally to unite the right?

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you always seem to just miss the point of what everyone is discussing just so you can drag politics into it. it's strange.

Attractive people are WAAAAYYYYYYY overrepresented in movies.

Four Seasons Landscaping said:

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Attractive people are WAAAAYYYYYYY overrepresented in movies.

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So are "good stories" and "interesting characters". I mock "serious" shows where everybody is a smoke show (like CSIs and crap like that), but I'd be far less likely to watch a sitcom if everybody was fat and ugly. Why subject myself to that?

expresswrittenconsent said:

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Fortunately I have you following me around like a puppy dog. Fetch, boy.

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i honestly have no idea who you are outside of several asinine posts like the one earlier. be proud your ignorance has shined bright enough for someone to remember you.

PatAg said:

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There is no way this is a real thread.

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You've been on this site long enough that you shouldn't be surprised

For lack of a better word; this thread (and the op by extension) is gay