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Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan provide a delicate, and practical, depiction of an LGBTQ+ relationship within the 1840s, but does the world require another corseted lesbian love tale?
As soon as the trailer for Ammonite was launched in 2020, a collective sigh reverberated through many queer movie fans’ lockdowned homes, as to the tinder vs pof solitude we asked: as it does, swiftly after 2019’s wonderful Portrait Of A Lady On Fire“Do we really need another film about white lesbians in bonnets staring pensively at the sea?” Coming.
Nevertheless, when you look at the exact same sentence where my eyes flicker slightly upwards at corseted enthusiasts being the prevalent type of LGBTQ+ representation on display, I’ll also admit that I’m extremely into period dramas. Furtive glances, discreet hand details, and heaving sighs, are typical my case, and I also invested the complete of Bridgerton attempting to will a queer love tale into existence. Maybe it’ll completely manifest next period…