I can’t even count how many ways I relate to American Pie. From the band geek I was in high school to trying to get a girl (real smart, Chris…) to being in this group of friends where sex seemed to be the #1 discussion. Everything in this movie felt like it was me and my group of friends. But instead of essentially repeating my last review for Animal House, I want to complain/celebrate just a hair.
In the 21 years since this film came out (oh, the irony) a lot has happened to society’s ideals. One of the biggest of those is the acceptance of everybody. If you’ve been reading these blogs (or watching my YouTube Channel) you will know that I identify as LGBTQ+. And no, I’m not going to complain about how this film didn’t have any gay characters and really the only mention of it was Stiffler calling someone gay. No, what I want is to have a movie with the same cultural relevancy as American Pie or as Animal House but have a gay character. And not something like Love, Simon where the whole coming out is the story. No, I want a movie where there’s a group of friends trying to get through High School and one of them is gay.
And we are getting there. Again, I’m not asking for domination, I’m asking for representation. As someone who was in the closet throughout high school, I can only imagine what it would have looked like to see someone like me in a film as great as American Pie. The Entertainment industry is catching on to this and we’re getting a whole lot more of it. But man, I would just love to have a comedic film set in high school with LGBTQ+ representation. And shows like Sex Education are doing this where we have actual representation. But as great as that is, American Pie is just such a well done movie that it’s nearly impossible to replicate, so we can only try…
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