rivjudephoenix: “In the pantheon of gay male icons, of traditional gay male icons, I think Riv
rivjudephoenix: “In the pantheon of gay male icons, of traditional gay male icons, I think River Phoenix really stands apart. And it’s very interesting, insofar as he’s not as messed up by the closet, isn’t as dependent on the closet as Montgomery Clift, or James Dean, or countless others, right? There was a certain outness about River Phoenix. Whatever his sexuality might have been, he did not mind being read, quoted, and performing queer” - José Muñoz, Professor of Cinema and Performance at NYU -- source link