Posted by Neil at 209.245.186.206 on September 03, 2001 at 15:05:29:
In Reply to: Re: Banky is gay posted by Damn Yankee Comics on September 03, 2001 at 10:41:19:
: LMAO, fact is Banky is Gay. It was plain and simple in J&SBSB. I am laughing because all these guys trying to defend Banky's honor. Are you also gay?!? LOL
: I think with Kevin doing it he is basically say Banky was always in denial during "AMY". Think about it. =)
I have no strange attachment to Banky or to the idea of him being gay. However, I think Kevin was clearly trying to play games with the Internet debate on it. Put conflicting signals and ambiguous dialogue to add further fuel to the fire.
What I don't like it the notion that the film necessarily answers the question. It's not generally been Kevin's style to answer everything, and he - for the most part - kept to that in JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK. And I think the reading of his expression as clearly undeniably an admission and not an ambiguous display that could have easily have been about just thinking Hooper was funny just seems silly and unwilling to consider various viewpoints.
Mind you, I hate the "Oh, no! Banky's gay!" crowd and the "Banky can't possibly be gay!" folks. I think this movie more than any other has shown how ugly elements of Kevin's fanbase really are.