The fight club

One connection between the reading Hiding homoeroticism in plain view and the fight club is that, the reading opens another perspective for the audience on how they perceive the film.  I believe many people liked the film because of the extreme of masculinity in the movie because “Fight” according to our social norms is something that men would do, it represents violent and masculine. However, Brookey and Westerfelhaus don’t see it as a way to express Masculinity but the film is very homoerotic. Therefore, after reading the article then watch the film again; I noticed many little details in the film seem very homoerotic.  Such as when Jack and Tyler were in the bathroom together as Tyler was in the bathtub, when the guys in the clubs were shirtless and physically wrestling each other and when Jack were jealous of Tyler for not includes him in his plans. When you think about it, those are the feminine behaviors according to our social norms. The film really mixed masculinity with femininity. The article also talked about during the interviews that is included in the DVD, Fincher and the actors denial the homoerotic behaviors in the film, such as the scene when Tyler and Jack talks in the bar, the actors describe it as a joke instead of flirtations. I think there is no right or wrong on how an individual understands a movie, producers can deliver so many messages through the films that we just have to pay attention to the little details to receive it and sometimes watch it in a different perspective.