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Subject: "Exploitative And Preachy": Kevin Bacon LGBTQ Thriller "They/Them" Gets Eviscerated By Critics And Viewers
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 by: Ubiquitous - Tue, 9 Aug 2022 17:04 UTC

The LGBTQ slasher horror film �They/Them� was created for a specific
audience, but even the most left-leaning critics say it�s a total mess.

�They/Them,� a Peacock original, stars Kevin Bacon as the head of a
conversion camp that�s being plagued by a psycho killer.

Per Rotten Tomatoes, �Several queer campers join [Bacon as Owen Whistler] for
a week of programming intended to �help them find a new sense of freedom.� As
the camp�s methods become increasingly more psychologically unsettling, the
campers must work together to protect themselves. When an unidentified axe
murderer starts claiming victims, things get even more dangerous.�

The thriller currently has a 29/100 critic score and 15/100 audience rating
after its August 5 release.

https://youtu.be/HtQk6sANmKs

��They/Them� never connects on a gut level, as a horror movie should. It�s
too somber and plodding � a �message movie� delivered in a drab package,� the
Los Angeles Times wrote in its review.

CNN called out writer/director John Logan for failing to get the message
across. Their reviewer said the story �at various times feels creepy,
exploitative and preachy, without becoming particularly tense or scary.�

Fred Topel from UPI said, �As an out gay filmmaker, Logan may have something
sincere to say both about ant-LGBTQ tactics and the slasher movie genre.
Unfortunately, combining them ends up sabotaging both sides of the story.�

The Daily Wire contributor Christian Toto said the film is terrible to the
core and doesn�t live up to the standards of the horror genre.

�Audiences may need Post-It notes on their screens to remind them it�s a
horror movie,� he wrote. �Add clunky romances, endless dialogue that would
make a Hallmark movie scribe cringe and an embarrassing dearth of scares and
you�ve got a missed opportunity on an epic scale.�

Like other critics, he calls out the cheesy camp sing-a-long to a Pink song
as an especially cringe-worthy moment.

Toto concludes that the movie is �woke to its core, but that isn�t its fatal
flaw. It�s cartoonish, scare-free and so intent on empowerment it skimps on
every horror movie essential.�

Most critics hated it, but Gary M. Kramer from Salon had high praise for the
thriller. He described �They/Them� as �a smart and savvy film that
demonstrates the value of putting queer heroes in the horror genre as well as
the damaging effects of conversion therapy and not allowing people to be who
they are.�

�They/Them� is currently streaming on Peacock.

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 by: Otto J. Makela - Wed, 10 Aug 2022 09:25 UTC

Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

> The LGBTQ slasher horror film “They/Them” was created for a specific
> audience, but even the most left-leaning critics say it’s a total mess.

(Not commenting on this movie, since I have no knowledge of it)

Just a side question: are you here making the implicit claim that only
the political left is interested in (LGBTQ+) human rights?

That's a pretty harsh condemnation of other political views.

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