Vagina panic replaces gay panic, and in a casually funny scene, Stephens finds a correlation between straight dudes fronting sexual bravado and the familiar and obnoxious spectacle of gay guys who bottom calling themselves tops in order to assert a hegemonic masculinity. The film, in short, represents: In responding to American Pie almost point-by-point, Stephens is able to acknowledge the similarities and differences between gay and straight modes of sexual expression. Stephens understands that young gay boys are just as horny and pressured as straight dudes to go cherry-popping, the crucial difference being that most gays like to pop and get popped. Had Stephens stayed on point, understanding that his queering of the straight jock-boy comedy was a necessary one-of-a-kind proposition, the film might have been called American Quiche. Writer-director Todd Stephens’s Another Gay Movie strikes a very distinct pose as a queer counterpoint to American Pie but doesn’t trust its gut, overextending itself by performing in Scary Movie drag.
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