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was jeff suppose to be gay?

posted 8 years ago by known_troll
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i thought that was the subtext like he was looking out the window to check out hot guys

[–] cfwente 8 years ago

Surely you jest.

[–] known_troll 8 years ago

i don't jest!

[–] Guamley 8 years ago

Yea, that girl who he was always checking out was a tranny. Douche.

[–] otter 8 years ago

Okay, here's a movie about a middle-aged not very good-looking man who has GRACE KELLY chasing after him, and he's always telling her it can't work out and ignoring her to stare out the window at his neighbors.

Of course you're not jesting, no straight man treats a beautiful woman who's half his age that way.

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[–] cfwente 8 years ago

Being gay has only recently become the default explanation for someone rejecting a permanent relationship with a gorgeous woman. If you've lived as long as I have, you'd know there are plenty of other reasons to do what Jeff reluctantly did. He by no means rejected being with her (he wanted that to continue), only his marrying her.

[–] gottaluvafriend 8 years ago

You were born way too late. Too bad.

[–] dencas 8 years ago

Not at all

[–] vinidici 7 years ago

i thought that was the subtext like he was looking out the window to check out hot guys

Gay guys don't usually have gorgeous women throwing themeslves at them and frequenting their apartments and (between movie lines & scenes but implied in the movie) having sex with those "gorgeous women."

Jeff watches his neighbors because he's immobile, confined and bored, end of story. That's about as lurid as it gets. Nice try, though! Thanks for playing!

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[–] noveltylibrary65 (200) 4 years ago

Yes, he was SUPPOSED to be.

[–] pluckytotheend (263) 4 years ago

Really doubtful. This was a guy who was used to traveling around the world as a professional photographer. Grace Kelly's character no doubt would want him to settle down and raise a family. And the reason he was peeking at other people, both men and women, was because he was simply bored out of his mind waiting for the leg to heal.

[–] Heisenberg (6389) 4 years ago

He was obviously not gay.
But I agree with you, they tried to give him a loner type of aura, and instead he comes off as somebody that doesn't like women.

[–] TheArgentinian (6512) 4 years ago

The way he kept talking about his neighbor while Grace Kelly was trying to make out with him made me ask the same question.