Slash Goggle Alert

[erastes]

Well I watched a film this afternoon - The Black Rose with Tyrone Power.(1950) and bloody hell. I mean I know I have slash goggles on half the time, but STILL. This was unbelievably slashy, I wish I'd videoed it - Orson Welles played one of Kubla Khan's warlords who Tyrone Power signed up with and at one point TP had to leave and head off to China and there was a MOST affectionate leave taking by Orson Welles - he said "I shall kill ten of them for every hair on your head if you are killed. I hate to see you go, I miss few men, but I shall miss you." Tyrone was being all bluff and jolly about it and I was half expecting him to punch Orson on the arm at one point, while Orson was CLEARLY having a UST moment.

Then at the end, Orson sends a letter to Tyrone and says "I wish you were back here."

!!! 

There's also quite a lot of homoeroticsim between Tyrone and Jack Hawkins who he has a Great Friendship with throughout the entire film - there is a "Flossie", but you very much get the feeling that she's a last minute insert because someone read the script and thought "eek! Far too Gay!"



So much subtext.  However it seems to be me, as there's nothing on line about the homoeroticism.

Just me then.

Comments

Re: Black Rose

[erastes.livejournal.com]

oh it's not a good film at all - and as I said, I'm notorious for finding slash in such things as Father Ted and The Big Country, so I do tend to view the world in a more slashy vein than the rest of humanity.

But the Orson goodbye scene certainly made me sit up and take notice, as did the final argument between Tris and Power, I'll have to see it again and try and work out what is actually being said.

the collection sounds great! *rushes off to order*

And HellO!