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• Investigate and account for the popularity of particular contemporary films amongst gay audiences.
• In the video, The Celluloid Closet, Harvey Fierstein refers to having to 'translate' mainstream films so that they were more relevant to him as a gay viewer. Investigate the extent to which such translation still goes on amongst gay viewers.
• Explore different ways in which erotic or romantic interaction between men have been handled on screen, comparing and contrasting with the portrayal of equivalent heterosexual interaction. What might the treatment of such themes be taken to say about sex and/or romantic love between men?
• Critically compare the filmic representation of the protagonists in Beautiful Thing (MacDonald 1996) and Brokeback Mountain (Lee 2005).
• Using the online commercials at The Commercial Closet categorise and illustrate key forms of gay representation in commercials.
• Investigate the extent to which we can distinguish homosociality from homoeroticism in menswear ads for Abercrombie & Fitch.
• Using the data provided, investigate, illustrate and discuss the key points of divergence in viewers' reactions to Brokeback Mountain (Lee 2005).
• Illustrate and critically discuss the notion that contemporary cinema or television play a significant role in maintaining heteronormativity.

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