{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "okay, okay, maybe \"ardent teens ravishing old men\" is back on the table, but when does \"men being gay\" get to be a punchline...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/648376141691961344/", "html": "<div class=\"question\"><strong>Anonymous</strong> asked: <p>okay, okay, maybe \"ardent teens ravishing old men\" is back on the table, but when does \"men being gay\" get to be a punchline again?</p></div>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/theresponseblog/648373392174628864\" target=\"_blank\">theresponseblog</a>:</p><blockquote><p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"/post/648367103860244480/\">kontextmaschine</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote><p>when the time comes you can get there in one step from soyface</p></blockquote><p>It&rsquo;s surprising to go back to older movies and see how commonly &ldquo;he&rsquo;s GAY&rdquo; was a punchline. And that was it, that was the joke, &ldquo;hey that dude&rsquo;s <i>queer!</i>&rdquo;, 100% of the laugh line right there. This hung on well into the 1990s.</p></blockquote>\n<p><i>Three&rsquo;s Company</i> and its combination of &ldquo;obviously the subtext of <i>all</i> male-female interaction is that they <i>could</i> fuck each other&rdquo; and broad comical like, <i>gay drag</i>, is particularly nuts to watch today</p>"}