There have been other major, Academy Award-nominated releases, like Brokeback Mountain and Call Me By Your Name, that depict sex between two men, but both films were released by smaller studios, while Rocketman is released from mega studio Paramount. It’s 2019-is this really the first time a major studio has released an R-rated film with a sex scene between two men in it? The Hollywood Reporter boasted an interesting headline yesterday: “ Rocketman Blazes Trail as First Major Studio Film to Depict Gay Male Sex.” My first reaction was shock.
