The actor says it hit different than it did in The Birdcage, the movie the launched him into stardom.
During Jezebel’s interview with actor Nathan Lane on Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson’s outrageous new movie, Dicks: The Musical, the conversation turned to the word “faggot,” as it sometimes does when gay men talk gay culture. But it was relevant, swear! For the uninitiated, the movie’s final number, “All Love Is Love,” prominently features the slur-slash-reclaimed term of endearment. “All love is love/All love is love/God is a faggot/And all love is love,” goes the refrain.
He was 40 when The Birdcage was released. “Even at that age I was naive,” he said. Nichols told him, “We’ll try different things. But for me, would you just do me a favor and do one as written?” “It’s like he saw me coming. And so that’s what’s in the movie. And now, of course, when it’s on network television, they have to bleep it,” said Lane. “Robin and I both fought for certain things,” he continued. “He didn’t want to refer to me as his wife. But they didn’t want to change any of that.
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