My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

It’s time to say goodbye to this month’s theme, MOVIES ARE GAY, but we won’t be so cold about it like a department store purging all of it’s rainbow displays a day after the percieved profiteering window. We all know, deep in our hearts, that movies will always be gay. At least a little bit. We send off our theme with a movie that has an abundance of what so many modern movies lack, charm and charisma. We have an Honest-to-God, Gay Rom-com from 1985 and the layered commentary of race and class in Margaret Thatcher’s England doesn’t overshadow the romance with overt seriousness. A first generation Pakistani (Omar) reunites with a childhood friend turned racist street thug (Johnny) and they both revitalize a struggling launderette and rekindle a love for one another. It also happens to be Daniel Day-Lewis’s breakout role. We watched Stephen Frear’s “My Beautiful Launderette” and it’s a breath of fresh air and the perfect movie to end our Month with after all this sad shit we’ve recently watched. It’s on MAX if you want to check it out.

 

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