The movie, which shows the effects of this repressive society on the characters through their constant policing of each other, would support Chauncey’s idea that change is not always progressive and that there hasn’t always been a steady movement towards freedom, while also offering an example that complicates the idea that the post-Stonewall liberation movement was exclusively about an “I’m gay and proud” rhetoric.
The film itself, as well as the reception it received after its release, largely defines and portrays the characters as struggling with some form of internalized self-hatred that is the result of an intolerant and oppressive society. I immediately related and compared this myth to themes in the film, The Boys in the Band. The myth that I found particularly interesting was Chauncey’s myth of internalization. In Gay New York, George Chauncey identifies three widespread myths that largely shape our current view and understanding of gay history before the rise of the gay movement.
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