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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 411527" data-attributes="member: 23">I believe the characters were in a gay relationship in the original play, which wouldn&#039;t have flown in 1940s American cinema due to the Hays Code, so I&#039;ve leaned towards it being implicit in the material (and of course it&#039;s easy to find).Years ago I remember watching or reading something on the making of the film where it was said how brave Jimmy Stewart was to take the role when all three characters were &quot;it&quot;.But yes, equally I&#039;m sure it&#039;s possible to watch without seeing any kind of suggestion and still get something from the film.Yes, I can imagine the risk is what makes it worth doing for Brandon. I&#039;d think he&#039;d find it too easy otherwise.There&#039;s also that moment where he kind of throws Phillip under the bus with that chicken-killing story. He&#039;s toying with his guests by laying it out in the open and toying with Phillip by seeing how far he can be pushed in front of said guests.He really wanted to see how far he could take it.Oh yes. That hadn&#039;t occurred to me, but I really like it.Great! That&#039;s something to look forward to.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 411527, member: 23"] I believe the characters were in a gay relationship in the original play, which wouldn't have flown in 1940s American cinema due to the Hays Code, so I've leaned towards it being implicit in the material (and of course it's easy to find). Years ago I remember watching or reading something on the making of the film where it was said how brave Jimmy Stewart was to take the role when all three characters were "it". But yes, equally I'm sure it's possible to watch without seeing any kind of suggestion and still get something from the film. Yes, I can imagine the risk is what makes it worth doing for Brandon. I'd think he'd find it too easy otherwise. There's also that moment where he kind of throws Phillip under the bus with that chicken-killing story. He's toying with his guests by laying it out in the open [U][I]and[/I][/U] toying with Phillip by seeing how far he can be pushed in front of said guests. He really wanted to see how far he could take it. Oh yes. That hadn't occurred to me, but I really like it. Great! That's something to look forward to. [/QUOTE]

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