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First Draft 10/21
My assigned article is New Queer Cinema.


 * I plan to add the following section to the article:

Queer Representation in Classic Cinema
Before the Motion Picture Production Code was instituted in Hollywood in 1934, filmmakers had more flexibility in telling queer stories. After the Code began to be seriously enforced, it became impossible for filmmakers to even elude to any type of homosexual actions, behaviours, beliefs, or lives. As such, queer filmmakers began to insert subtle references to their sexuality in their films through the specific words, gestures, and actions of the characters on screen. According to queer film scholar Vito Russo, filmmakers often used the term lavender to suggest queerness, and would often imply that a male character was gay by making them very effeminate, often portraying them as emotionally and physically weak.