Walter Hill’s The Warriors (1979) is an interesting critique of the hyper masculinity that has been idealized in our society. The blatant homophobia is something that would appall most modern audiences. However, in the 1970s, this is something that was quite common among the American people.
Homophobia is something that has existed for a very long time in our country. This can be seen in how the subject is treated in The Warriors. This film was based off of the ancient text Anabasis by Xenophon. Xenophon was an ancient Greek. In Greek culture, it was not uncommon for an older male to take a young male as his lover. The homophobia that can be seen in The Warriors is not something that Xenophon included in his text. The fact that is does appear
Homophobia is something that has existed for a very long time in our country. This can be seen in how the subject is treated in The Warriors. This film was based off of the ancient text Anabasis by Xenophon. Xenophon was an ancient Greek. In Greek culture, it was not uncommon for an older male to take a young male as his lover. The homophobia that can be seen in The Warriors is not something that Xenophon included in his text. The fact that is does appear