NYP: ALEX THE GAY -- Greeks fuming at 'flaming' film by Oliver Stone

New York Post ^ | November 20, 2004 | LOU LUMENICK

[OESY]

Oliver Stone and the studio releasing his $150 million historical epic "Alexander" should beware of Greeks bearing writs — over the film's depiction of Alexander the Great as Alexander the Fabulous.

The controversial director and Warner Bros. were yesterday threatened with a lawsuit by a group of Greek lawyers who are incensed that the new movie "Alexander" portrays the hero as bisexual.

The group of 25 Athens-based lawyers said they sent a letter to Warner Bros. demanding that it label "Alexander" ... as a work of fiction....

"We are not saying that were are against gays, but we are saying that the production company should make it clear that this film is pure fiction and not a true depiction of the life of Alexander."...

Colin Farrell, who plays Alexander in the 3-hour epic, sports a blond pageboy and mini toga and is seen kissing two different men on the lips.

Though the film includes a steamy wedding-night sex scene between Alexander and his wife Roxane, played by Rosario Dawson, it makes no bones that the true love of the emperor's life was his pal Hephaistion, portrayed by Jared Leto.

Alexander came from northern Greece, which has long been touchy about most historians' belief that like many men of the era, one of the greatest military leaders of all time swung both ways.

Two years ago, hundreds of Greeks stormed an archeological symposium where a speaker presented a paper on Alexander's sexuality and police were called in to restore order.

"We cannot come out and say that President... Kennedy was a shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers and so Warner cannot come out and say Alexander was gay," Varnakos said....

According to the film's narration, "It was said . . . that Alexander was never defeated, except by Hephaistion's thighs."

[ShakinItUpHereBoss]

God**mn Faggots!!!!!



(Not that there's anything wrong with that)

[technomage]

I might also add, why is Stone even mentioning it.

You know why. It has nothing to do with history or historical accuracy. It has everything to do with trying to convince the American peeples that homosexuality is pretty common and that one of the greatest conquerers in the history of the world was gay, proving that gays are tough, warlike MEN.

[latina4dubya]

"White folks was in the caves while we was building empires. We taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it."~Al Sharpton

did he truly say this? hahahaha!

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

Is this a real quote?

[Ciexyz]

Reminds me of Tom Hulce in Amadeus

LOL! At any moment, you'd expect Colin as Alexander to giggle obnoxiously and fart.

[AntiGuv]

I just Googled it. It seems the Sharp One had that little brainstorm in a 1994 speech at Kean College. The stupidity is quite astounding. LOL

[beckett]

Stone is off his gourd. He's the silliest kind of contrarian, the kind that will say anything at all as long as it's transgressively trendy enough.

What a bore the left has become. How petty their "causes."

[elhombrelibre]

It's a real quote, but I thought it was a black professor in NYC who said it.

[Ma3lst0rm]

Alexander may have been many things but there has never been any credible proof to suggest he was bisexual but that doesn't stop the homosexual community in its attempt to re-write history. There is plenty of evidence of homosexuality throughout history usually in the form of young men (many times slaves) being taken under the wings of older men. The unflattering history of homosexuality, much of which would be considered indistinguishable from molestation and abuse if today's standards were to be applied, is treated as if it never existed.

[longtermmemmory]

Roman after centuries. There is nothing present during the actual life of alexander. It is all inuendo and the bisexual BS is a product of American homosexuals in the ivory tower.

[longtermmemmory]

Stone is stoned, History channel did a special tonight totally humiliating the "JFK" film stone made.

Stone has as much credibility as Michael Moore.

Now that the Stone homosexual angle has been outed, (fox reports male kissing on the lips) it will be interesting if straight men will want to be seen entering the "gay" movie.

[rmlew]

1. Alexander the Great was Alexander II of Macedonia. He was also 1/2 Epirote (his mother Olympia was an Epirote princess). Thus he was only 1/2 Greek.
2. Bisexuality seemed to run in the family. Alexander's father, Phillip II of Macedonia, was murdered by his homosexual lover, Pausanias. http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/lecture9b.html

3. Alexander's relationship with Hephaistion was close. When Hephaistion died, Alexander stayed by the body for days without eating. http://www.pothos.org/alexander.asp?paraID=42

[rmlew]

The History channel special on Alexander the Great made it clear that Hephaistion was Alexander's lover.

[TET1968]

"Everytime I see him in that getup it cracks me up. Reminds me of Tom Hulce from Amadeus, for some reason. Anyway, it just looks stupid.

Reminds me of Dukaka wearing that tanker's helmet.

[longtermmemmory]

It does make me want to see the Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton film of Alexander the Great.

[AntiGuv]

Yes, since Plutarch and Curtius wrote the authoritative surviving biographies in the first century AD, and since they both make the relationship explicitly clear, the sources are obviously Roman after three centuries. I never said otherwise.

[longtermmemmory]

Alexander the Clerk staring Michael Dukakis

see heroic deed of administrative paper shuffling

watch in awe as he champions no fault car insurance to the Masses of Mass.

watch as he trains his protoge Lutenant Governor Kerry to support homosexual marriage without vocally stating support.

You will be shocked by the controversial facts which the director will make up in order to titilate 1% of the population.

(/s)

[Cacique]

Alexander was never Greek. The Greeks themselves at the time of Alexander did not consider Macedonians to be Greek. The Greeks adopted Macedonia as Greek only after Alexander's exploits. Yes the Macedonians adopted Greek language and cutoms but they were not Greek.

This is akin to claiming all semites are jews because jews are semites.

[longtermmemmory]

I saw the same documentary. The History chanel made it very clear it was not settled only implied. It was only a two hour piece so many details were left out.

[AntiGuv]

Oh, and Arrian of Nicomedia wrote the third major biography. That was four centuries after Alexander. There was one more major biography but I can't recall who wrote it at the moment. I also don't recall what either of them had to say about Hephaistion specifically. I could look it up..