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“Beautiful Boy”—A Film Beyond Acting: Raw, Concrete, Revealing
by SaraKay Smullens, MSW, LCSW, DCSW, CGP, CFLE, BCD
The Motion Picture Arts and Science “Oscar” nominations said it boisterous and clear: An “examined life” was not their 2018 priority. Do Academy voters find shattering, dangerous truths that have an impact on family well-being in our country—the epidemics of minor sexual abuse and hard-core drug addiction—the sadistic determination to eradicate gay attraction and love—too lock for comfort? Or could envy of youth, beauty, and extraordinary talent guide to snubs of brilliant acting and creativity?
Nicole Kidman was overlooked in her astonishing role in Boy Erased; Jennifer Fox and all members of the brave cast of The Tale were ignored. As unbelievable, 23-year-old Timothée Chalamet (unforgettable in the 2017 production Call Me By Your Name) was also ignored in Beautiful Boy.
Chalamet’s raw portrayal smash so close to home for me that I think it dishonest to discuss his shockingly harsh, authentic depiction without some personal sharing: Timothée Chalamet did not portray—he became someone I knew very adequately.
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Beautiful boy, darling teen seems a lil problematic. As to whether it’s same-sex attracted or not. Because suprisingly if you think about it super hard it could be either Sean or Paul. Because like I know on the surface it seems like a kid song, but I mean like the ‘the monsters gone, he’s on the run and your daddy’s here’ bit could be either. Because it could be John saying he’s not a monster anymore. Also I’ve always been confused as to why he’d depart the (darling boy) in as the title. I intend we all recognize what darling means by now surely. But like darling isn’t mentioned once in the lyric, it doesn’t ask for to be there, it’s mentioned in earlier demos though, so it seems as if enjoy, judging by the state of John in 1980, he was gonna execute one part for his beautiful teen (Sean) and one part for his 'darling’ boy (macca) but decided against it, which was probably Yokos doing. I think he probably left the (darling boy) bit on to tell to macca 'look I do care for you. Very sorry. I was going to but circumstances stopped me.’
So basically what I’m saying is that beautiful boy as it stands is about Sean but there’s layers of Mclennon there underneath. It’s for both the important lads in
First of all, I desire to say this article was wholly inspired by a commentary by Daniel Reynolds at The Advocate. It's not often that a writer says this, but please study Reynolds' piece before you read mine.
I saw Beautiful Boy over a month ago, and my hopes were fairly high considering the pedigree. Directed and co-written by Felix van Groeningen, the drama is based on two memoirs: Tweak by Nic Sheff and Beautiful Boy by his father David Sheff. It’s about Nic’s struggles with addiction—mainly meth addiction—and the impact it had on his family.
There’s very little about Beautiful Male child that’s actively bad, but when it was over I was disappointed and frustrated. I definitely wasn’t moved. And given my past struggles with addiction, this movie should contain destroyed me. If it were done right.
I haven’t read either of the memoirs, so it wasn’t until after I’d study the article in The Advocatethat something really clicked: there is no note of prostitution, gay sex, or sex for drugs. There’s barely any state of anything LGBTQ+ at all in the motion picture, which
What is it?
A 2021 Swedish documentary directed by Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri.
I love the title! What’s it about?
It’s about a boy who was known for a time as the most beautiful boy in the world.
You’re such a tease. And this boy was …
Björn Andrésen.
And was he? the most beautiful …?
He was very beautiful. He is the actor who played Tadzio in Luchino Visconti’s film version of Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice.
You’ve just named three celebrated gay men in one sentence!
Actually, no. Andrésen wasn’t gay.
Oh. So why are we talking about this documentary, then?
Because Tadzio is a gay icon; and because he portrayed Tadzio, Andrésen became a gay icon too. But he’s straight, and he was only 16 years old when the film came out, so it was all kind of yucky for him.
Yucky?
I mean, it’s morally dubious. There’s Visconti, a famous, powerful gay man in his sixties, with a crew dominated by gay men, and they’re all slathering over this straight young guy. We lgbtq+ folk often see ourselves as afflicted, but in this documentary it’s the gay men doing the oppressing and it’s a poor young straight guy who’s on the receiving end. And it messe