[ SECRET POST #4136 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4136 ⌋

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[initiala]

Moonlight is specifically about the toxic masculinity that is part of many young black men's experiences growing up, and the effects that has on anyone who is not "the norm" in that community. (hence, Chiron growing up to be the muscular tough guy drug dealer, when he was very much the opposite when he was young. He's trying to survive, and burying a vital part of himself, his vulnerability and desire to be with another man, in the meantime)

Love, Simon is...not that.

Racism absolutely plays a part in some of it, but yeah, like what most everyone else said, Moonlight gives you a lot to think about, just the tip of that being "here's a coming of age story about a gay black man". Love, Simon is "here's a coming of age rom-com about a gay high school kid".

[morieris]

^^^^^^^^^^^

[cbrachyrhynchos]

And Love, Simon was a pretty standard teen romcom.

[(Anonymous)]

+10 to what you said

(although the last part of Moonlight had some strong rom-com wibes for about 15 minutes, which was a suprise when I first saw it)

[initiala]

The whole cooking thing was 10/10 adorable and did a lot to help me finish that movie feeling like not all was lost.

[(Anonymous)]

When you say "coming of age rom-com about a gay high school kid", what are we talking about in terms of humiliation and second hand embarrassment?

Those are big squicks of mine and all the genres you mentioned tend to come with with them. Does the movie avoid those things or would I fast forward through half of the movie?

[(Anonymous)]

I didn't get too much secondhand embarrassment (though I previously read the book and liked it, so maybe that's just me), but there are at least two humiliating parts. One was cringey, while the other was plain uncomfortable, but both are near the end.