"gay" redux

[Jonathan Lighter]

But maybe he's in the closet. Then the title would be the screenwriter's
way of outing him. Then the title would mean he's gay, even if he's not gay
in  the movie. Then somebody can cite the title as an early ex. of gay.

JL

On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 10/29/2012 02:01 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >I've seen it. He's not gay.
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> >JL
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> No, I suppose one would not ever call George Sanders
> "gay".  "Debonair", perhaps.
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> Joel
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> >On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > > OK, Jon, you didn't accept "Bringing Up Baby".  What about "The Gay
> > > Falcon", 1941, starring George Sanders and Wendy Barrie?  (I haven't
> > > watched it, so all I have is the title.)
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> > > :-)
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