Batman as a character works as an allegory for being closeted, and "Batman Forever" takes that to new levels with both its story and its aesthetic. "Batman Forever" is full to the brim with campy. Para muitos fãs, o Batman retratado nos filmes de Joel Schumacher, diretor de Batman Eternamente e Batman e Robin, dava indícios de homossexualidade, mas isso nunca foi confirmado pelo diretor. Em entrevista ao Vulture, Joel Schumacher falou sobre essa questão, afirmando que o Batman não é gay e que essa dúvida só existe pelo fato do próprio diretor ter se assumido gay publicamente. Ainda de acordo com o diretor, os rumores sobre o Batman ser gay já existiam bem antes dele entrar para a franquia.
Why ‘Batman Forever’ Is an Important LGBTQ Movie Drew Dietsch Jun 18, Movies DC Batman Forever is not exactly a widely beloved entry in the Batman filmography. After the intensely grim Batman Returns — which is the best live-action Batman film — the studio decided to turn things around and get goofy. By the time Batman Forever hit theaters in June of , the franchise was already running out of steam. Tim Burton had back way from directing the third movie following criticism of Batman Returns. He later admitted that Warner Bros.
Batman Forever and Batman & Robin function as Trojan horses for explicitly gay aesthetics and theming, even if the famously gay director was unable to make the narratives themselves explicit in their queerness. Joel Schumacher's Batman movies are pretty contentious among fans of the Caped Crusader, as they embraced the campier side of the character's history. Schumacher, a gay man, went on the record in an interview with Vulture in to say that he never intended for Batman or Robin to be gay in his movies, but perhaps he just made it all incredibly queer subconsciously. Both of his Batman films are deliciously camp, pulling from the s' Adam West "Batman" to create a colorful comic book world, but "Batman Forever" is a bonanza of bisexuality.
By the time Batman Forever hit theaters in June of , the franchise was already running out of steam. Tim Burton had back way from directing the third movie following criticism of Batman Returns. As mais recentes reações chocadas à revelação da sexualidade de Robin são desconcertantes, uma vez que as preferências do assistente de Bruce Wayne já eram óbvias há 80 anos. A enxurrada de títulos de primeira página a que assistimos nos últimos dias deu a impressão de que Robin , o fiel assistente de Batman , tinha feito alguma espécie de anúncio bombástico sobre a sua sexualidade. Não sendo contextualizado, o título "Robin surge como bissexual na banda desenhada da DC Comics" como referiu o website de entretenimento TMZ só poderia surpreender aqueles que, de entre nós, partiram do princípio que ele era a personagem fictícia gay mais óbvia do universo.