As a gay woman, I’m expected to be fascinated by a royal period drama with lesbian love triangle, but I don’t see what the fuss is about
For weeks people have been telling me how great The Favourite is. “You must see it!” they say. “You’ll love it!” they say. “It deserves so many Oscars!”
I don’t really keep up with what’s on at the cinema, as I have a very busy Netflix schedule to attend to. So I found all the Favourite buzz somewhat baffling, particularly as random people kept telling me, with knowing smiles, how much I’d like it. Eventually, I discovered that the film is a royal period drama featuring a demented lesbian love triangle and, suddenly, everything made sense. Because I’m gay, people had the audacity to assume I would automatically love a movie containing Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone and Olivia Colman cavorting in scenes of a homosexual nature. Which, I mean, yeah, fair enough. I bought a ticket immediately.
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