Are you Straight - Will this image turn you gay?It seems the Daily Mail has blown a gasket over a school putting on a version of Romeo and Juliet with a gay slant -
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1156534/Wherefore-art-thou-Julian-School-performs-Romeo-Julian-celebrate-gay-history-month.html
"Political Madness gone mad" they shriek. We all know that the Daily Mail is shall we say, a bit reactionary, but hang on. Do they actually know the story of Romeo and Juliet? Forbidden Love ends in tragedy. Apparently the pupils themselves put on the play to counteract bullying. Does the Mail support homophobic bullying? My Dad, who was a rather- Heterosexual ex Air Force Pilot made me watch "The Naked Civil Servant" - The Life Story of Quenten Crisp in the 1970's. Why? Because it had good reviews and he thought it would teach me something about a side of life which I knew nothing. Did it turn me gay? No. A mate of mine who swings that way told me that when he came out, his brother insisted he watch some hard core porn to cure him. Did it work? No
The Mail are clearly unaware of the message of Shakespeares play. That if you fall in love with someone you shouldn't have, you are in for a hard time. If you get offended by that you are an idiot.
At the Top of this page I've put a picture of Lenny Henry playing Juliet for Comic relief. Will it turn a straight man gay? I've put a picture of Debbie Harry at the bottom of the page. Does it for me, but will it turn a gay man straight? In the wonderful world of the Daily Mail, it probably will.
Are you Gay - Will this image straighten you out?
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