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Title: Malaysia's first film with gay lead characters breaks taboo
Post by: Shana A on March 19, 2011, 09:04:06 AM
Post by: Shana A on March 19, 2011, 09:04:06 AM
Malaysia's first film with gay lead characters breaks taboo
... Dalam Botol shocks conservative politicians but is criticised by gay activists for negative ending
* Dustin Roasa in Kuala Lumpur
* guardian.co.uk, Friday 18 March 2011 17.21 GMT
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/18/malaysia-first-film-gay-characters (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/18/malaysia-first-film-gay-characters)
Boy meets boy. Boy falls in love with boy. Boy has a sex-change procedure in a misguided attempt to please his lover. Boy regrets his decision, moves back to hometown and falls in love with a girl.
The plot of ... Dalam Botol (... In a Bottle), Malaysia's first feature film with gay lead characters, is causing a stir in the Muslim-majority country, where consensual sodomy is illegal and depictions of homosexuality in pop culture are taboo.
The film opens next Thursday, but has already provoked the ire of religious organisations.
... Dalam Botol shocks conservative politicians but is criticised by gay activists for negative ending
* Dustin Roasa in Kuala Lumpur
* guardian.co.uk, Friday 18 March 2011 17.21 GMT
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/18/malaysia-first-film-gay-characters (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/18/malaysia-first-film-gay-characters)
Boy meets boy. Boy falls in love with boy. Boy has a sex-change procedure in a misguided attempt to please his lover. Boy regrets his decision, moves back to hometown and falls in love with a girl.
The plot of ... Dalam Botol (... In a Bottle), Malaysia's first feature film with gay lead characters, is causing a stir in the Muslim-majority country, where consensual sodomy is illegal and depictions of homosexuality in pop culture are taboo.
The film opens next Thursday, but has already provoked the ire of religious organisations.