Siskel & Ebert 1982: Changing Attitudes Toward Homosexuality

[@heartjakehotel9955]

Incredible to be watching this in 2022. They were WAY ahead of their time.

[@Marc010]

My thought exactly. I did a double take that this was from 1982.

[@Hoju3942]

Oh thank god, I just started watching this video thinking "Oh god, I hope whatever they say isn't going to make me regret watching so much of them."

[@BishopWalters12]

Gen-Z acts like America was the dark ages before 2010 but that just wasn't true.

[@castle3267]

They’ve got a point, they’re icons, they’re legends, and they are the moment, now come on now

[@bobthebear1246]

OMFG I obviously missed this special episode till now. I had no idea it existed until now. Now that I've seen it, I'm just floored by it. I am a 57-year-old gay man who came-out 30 years ago this October. At the time this episode aired, I was WAY in the closet and at the time I probably would have even shied-away from it. But that was my problem back then, not anyone else's; certainly not Siskel and Ebert's. This episode was WAY ahead of its time, and it makes me all the more proud that these two guys are my favorite critics of all-time (with Roger Ebert being #1).

[@edreid7872]

These films reminds me of all of my friends and lovers that has past away from AIDS...we all attended these films..😥

[@nicoledenise32]

Sorry for you loss that was a difficult time for many

[@edreid7872]

@@nicoledenise32 Thank you..some 30-40 years later, I think of them daily..and I truly understand when they say those gone will always be a part of you..

[@ericfelds6291]

❤

[@CaptainSpalding72]

What other show on the air today is this movie literate? None

[@terrygracy8345]

I’m tending to agre. I’ve watched numerous podcasts of people reviewing movies and these two still give better analysis and arguments ( even when I disagree) than anyone I’ve seen recently

[@ssssssstssssssss]

There are KZbin channels that analyze, but don't review movies that are quite good. Most review shows are not close to being in the league of Siskel and Ebert though.

[@brianc3761]

@@terrygracy8345 i would say ESPECIALLY when they disagreed, because they both make clear, rational, compelling points for completely opposing ideas. They really make their profession into an art form.

[@ricogomez4020]

Same can be said about mainstream liberal media.

[@brianc3761]

@@ricogomez4020 no one cares what you have to say

[@piper888]

Cable TV did a massive expansion in 1982.was the first time there was R rated movies on TV uncut. Personal best sauna scene was watched multiple times by me...!!

[@jstewlly4747]

This blows my mind from 1982 wow this shows how back in day was Siskel explaining how powerful gays become smh wow jus wow 8:49

[@brianc3761]

Lotta power.

[@kd17Burger]

The Celluloid Closet is a Fantastic Documentary on the history of Gay people in Film

[@sha11235]

Oh, this is from Ebert Presents At the Movies when they showed some SP episodes.

[@newenglisharchitecture1012]

Wonder what they would have made of Moonlight or Call Me By Your Name.....

[@AngelofMusic04]

Ebert would certainly have thought very highly of "Moonlight", particularly since he generally gravitated strongly to films dealing with Black issues, and probably would have thought well of "Call Me by Your Name". Also, his thumbs up review of "Weekend" backs that up. Bigger ones would be wondering what they would have thought of films like "The Handmaiden", "Love, Simon", "Bros" and "Tangerine".

[@sonnyblack0870]

This is the gayest episode of Siskel & Ebert I’ve ever seen

[@BM-wh5qk]

If only they had lived to see "Bros"...

[@BeldenClearwater]

The Baby Boomers were going to “fix” all this. All they did was pave the way for the Rainbow Reich.

[@LannieLord]

Making Love was like a LIFETIME movie basically ; Kate Jackson was pretty good in it. The movie came out just a few months before the first reports of a "mysterious gay cancer" popped up in the news.. What a DREADFUL time , I did not like the 1980s.

[@danorthsidemang3834]

2:20 Roger laughs at gay death lol

[@Hellraiser0601]

Death is funny, regardless of the sexual orientation of the dead 😂

[@kevinivers]

Seeing this on PBS when I was 14 made me feel like a human being

[@ricogomez4020]

@@kevinivers Try reading the Bible next time.

[@gus4u2c]

@@ricogomez4020 be careful who you stone in public. You might end up stoning yourself.

[@spb7883]

What he’s laughing at is the trite predictability of consumer culture.

[@LannieLord]

Boys in the Band is DREADFUL and unrealistic. Not 1 character is likable. The movie was well done and I love the set. Cruising is now regarded as a flawed but classic NOIR set piece showing life in NYC .

[@owenbloomfield1177]

And then the Moral Majority came around and shut it all down.

[@43nostromo]

A man? Pretending to be a woman? Pretending to be a man? Oh, come on. Only in the movies.....

[@hungwilliam44]

I wonder if Gene and Roger ever kissed each other deeply.

[@sha11235]

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@reesespeanutbuttercups7584]

you know they did. They always got so heated. talking about "movies". Such tension

[@BM-wh5qk]

The passion was real.

[@MurphyAmadeus]

i bet the hatefucking was incredible

[@Dr170]

What happens in the balcony stays in the balcony 😂

[@BishopWalters12]

See Gen-Z, most people didn't care if you were a fruitcake, but we just didn't want to hear about it all the time.

[@castle3267]

Girl the entire episode was about homophobia and combating stereotypes are you dense

[@BishopWalters12]

@@castle3267 Need a tissue, little lady?

[@castle3267]

@@BishopWalters12 are you like from the 1930s

[@BishopWalters12]

@@castle3267 No need to get triggered little lady.

[@castle3267]

@@BishopWalters12 I’m reading all your comments in the voice of that guy from Wicked cause he’s the only other person I’ve seen say little lady, can’t believe the Wizard is a right wing weirdo smh

[@ricogomez4020]

Today gays appear in family Disney & comic book movies.

[@oligneisti]

Which is good.

[@Somethingwicked1x]

Why does that remind you that you are in closet?

[@citygirl5705]

@@oligneisti It's not good. Not when they try to shove it down your throat and indoctrinate and confuse your kids about their gender.

[@BishopWalters12]

@@oligneisti It is pretty fruity.

[@SamJohnsonAZ]

The problem is that they’re promoting false narratives about gender politics to kids. Gay characters aren’t the problem it’s the messages their promoting

[@chrismolina3197]

I have how gays have become accepted i miss the 80s when the absolute worst thing in the world you could be was gay it was a glorious time one i wish America would go back too