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A Different Story (1978)
Homosexuality is not a lifestyle
The movie starts and remains until its half by doing a good representation of a gay man and a lesbian woman. The relationship they form is nice and despite having some stereotype, it's not so bad. They then proceed into a marriage by convenience that ends in "love", but at that point the movie seems to be taken by a whole other direction.
Here are the problems the second half brings to everything:
-They "fall in love" immediately. There's no real building into that and the friendship seemed to be used as the development, which didn't make sense in the contest. Also, BOTH of the characters are homosexuals, but they don't give a single thought about that from the moment they have sex forwards.
-After the sudden "real relationship", the script insinuates that they "gave that life" as if homosexuality is a lifestyle, which is NOT.
-One could think: "Maybe they are both bisexuals", but that clearly is not what the movie is showing. It becomes very obvious when you see they way they are stereotyped.
--First, he's then clean and orderly gay that cooks and takes care of the house (there's even a comedic scene where she considers him "the lady of the house"), and she's the unclean manly lesbian woman that can't cook.
--After they get their baby they reverse their roles, where she takes care of the house and he's the insensitive working man of the house.
-Their sexuality is so disposable in the movie. That if you watch from the scene she gets pregnant onward, THERE IS NO REFERENCE whatsoever about before, even his AFFAIR is with another woman.
-Lastly, the ending scene, she indicates that she doesn't want to see him anymore (since she wants space but he doesn't leave her alone), but they magically reverse that in their heads and run back to each other!?
This "Different Story" is more for people that believe gays "just didn't find the right woman" and analogously for lesbians and men. People who say it's "realistic" and it comes from "a real story" need to understand that this movie is not a good portrayal on the subject at all.