I found it very interesting in The Celluloid Closet that people kept discussing the realism of films and how they portrayed real life occurrence/ how they affected the way people acted. Tony Curtis said, “Cary Grant taught me hoe to treat a lady, how to dress for dinner..” and a female screenwriter goes on to say that life in Hollywood was “more like the movies than you could ever dream.” Movies effect the way people view certain  things and the way people develop opinions or stereotypes.  Gay and lesbian characters were portrayed as “prissy” and used to create comedy. Back in the early/mid 20th centuries a director could count on a gay character to make an audience laugh. This influenced the way people saw gay men and women in real life. They judged them and felt they were a source of comedy, and were not to be accept seriously.

Movies are can be such a powerful tool without it intending to be.