How gay comedy Love, Simon breaks boundaries by playing it safe

There’s something surprisingly subversive about the glossy crowd-pleasing commercialism of a teen movie with a coming out narrativeAt three separate points in my screening of Love, Simon, a sizeable portion of the audience united in a collective “awwwww” – a satisfied, soft-hearted sigh, as if we had gathered for a big-screen showing of a YouTube cat video montage rather than a movie. I may have involuntarily joined in a couple of times: an unabashedly contrived story of a sweet, “straight-acting” high-schooler (lovable dreamboat Nick Robinson) drawn out of the closet when he strikes up an anonymous email friendship with another secretly gay schoolmate, Love, Simon is entirely adorable. Related: Love, Simon review – coming-out comedy is a landmark teen classic Continue reading…
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