Oscar Wilde Movie Interview 3

Oscar Wilde Movie Interview Part 3

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[loserfreak92]

Oh, Adopt me, Stephen.

[maribyla1]

Stephen, I wish I were a friend of yours. If there was a chance I'd do anything. I admire you.

[shawnanthony1992]

I adore Oscar. I have known of Wilde for a long time and been familiar with some of his work, but it was Mr. Fry that introduced me to Oscar Wilde. I cannot thank Stephen enough for introducing me to such a genius. I also love and admire Stephen Fry. Meeting him was one of the highlights of my life.

[jarvisel]

Stephen Fry is one of nature's most beautiful creations.

[ZolotayaKoshka]

(...) ways by Christians and Muslims. In some centuries, they were rather open and tolerant about it. Among others because the concept itself is only from the 19th century; before that, homo-sex was only seen as an action one could perform, not as a 'sexual identity'. In fact, in many ways this made life easier for people attracted to their own sex. They didn't get identity crises of the same kind as people do today.Though they had other problems.

[ZolotayaKoshka]

@shogunutralisk I am not of course defending this inhuman view. Just saying that it is, historically, very widespread. That we have finally become more generally accepting of it in our culture is probably to a large extent due to the "legitimisation of romantic love" which started in the 12th century. That made (some) people see that love between two people is so vastly more important than which genders they are.

Also, during diffrent periods, homosexuality was viewed in many different (...)

[ZolotayaKoshka]

@shogunutralisk No, it is not historically correct to blame the monotheistic religions alone for condemnation of homosexuality. For instance the vikings also were very scornful about it and had strict laws against it. I can't remember whether it was death penalty, but they were quite up in arms about it certainly. It was considered a great shame. You find something similar in other ancient cultures. The Pagan Romans also thought it was unworthy of a proper Roman to follow the 'Greek custom'.

[alixinthemiddle]

i think the reason i like this movie so much is because no matter how much Bosie bothers me, i can relate to him so well...

[JankeyL]

Oscar Wilde was such an interesting man

[medea1990]

@rabbitwho I find that alcohol, taken in enougth quantities, may produce all the effects of drunkenness...

[medea1990]

How handsome Stephen is at 3:06!

[boydo04]

Um, Alexander the Great & Hephaestion?