The recent controversy over So You Think You Can Dance's audition by a same-sex pair and the homophobic treatment they received by both the show and judge Nigel Lythgoe got us thinking of the rare earlier times pop culture has given us scenes of two guys dancing together. (Yes, Lythgoe has apologized since his coarseness aired, but why pass up a chance to revisit some fancy footwork?)
So enjoy these six two-man dances that managed to sidestep the homophobic knee-jerk reactions seen on Sytycd, and also proved that two guys dancing can be fun, touching, and downright sexy.
Police Academy's Blue Oyster Bar tango
1984
Many of us may remember the gay bar from the Police Academy movies as being a bad gay punchline, but rewatching the scene where two of the bad cops are sent there as a prank and wind up being tangoed by the local leather...
So enjoy these six two-man dances that managed to sidestep the homophobic knee-jerk reactions seen on Sytycd, and also proved that two guys dancing can be fun, touching, and downright sexy.
Police Academy's Blue Oyster Bar tango
1984
Many of us may remember the gay bar from the Police Academy movies as being a bad gay punchline, but rewatching the scene where two of the bad cops are sent there as a prank and wind up being tangoed by the local leather...
- 5/26/2009
- by LyleMasaki
- The Backlot
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