Blog entry 5

Reading the article opened my eyes to the possibility that Walter and Keyes had something going than just a bro-mance. I don’t necessarily think, in that time period such thing was in the movie industry. To me it just seems too immoral. For that time period, the values that citizens had would reject such behavior or even the idea of two men having an attraction toward each other. Another thing is that just because, the cliché of lighting a cigar or whatever for a women, doesn’t mean its only for women. Plenty of men light each other’s cigars or cigarettes. My disapproval of the article is mostly based on the moral identity by which people had back then. But yet again because of the article I had to think twice about Walter’s and Keye’s relationship as co-workers. The idea is kind of gross actually, it completely perverts the attraction between Walter and Phyllis. The title of his article as well, sexual warfare? I don’t think Walter is fighting sexual desires for Keyes. Between the two is a sort of respect for one another and they both get along well. They are both very good at their jobs and both know it. (which is what led Walter to act the way he did, somepart),anyway, the men shared a unique skill and that’s what makes them brothers and also the many years of working with each other. I believe the long years of laboring with a friend would cause anyone to become close and every once in a while seem like they care for one another a bit much then they should. Like I said my disapproval comes from my own values and the facts on how people used to live in that time; for most people such behavior and idea of that certain topic, is unheard of. The relationship between Walter and Keyes resembled a brotherly love, the two were professional coworkers that’s it at least in my opinion, by what I see and how I base my facts on the way of life in that time period. The definition of homoerotism is comprised of a feeling that is only temporary, there were a few times were Walter and Keyes showed brotherly love but I don’t believe they were attracted to each other at all. Yes there were some seens where it looked like it, but Walter’s lust was for Phyllis. All in all the genre is all about corruption and as we know many other bad qualities that make it a world of back stabbers, so I suppose that the slight idea of it, that this genre particularly could in fact hold some attributes of the sexual orientation that is, homosexuality. Due to this genre the producers had to be a little immoral in order to fit such qualities of the noir era. Still to me I don’t see it, the two were very good friends and cared for one another even though they didn’t really show it enough to convince me of more than a bro-mance. Which brings me to my opinion that they weren’t attracted to each other just friends that were brothers at heart.