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M3GAN's Writer Explained Why She's A Gay Icon & Twitter Has Thoughts
An attempt was made.
M3GAN is a bona fide gay icon and a bona fide box office hit, blowing past its projected $17M box office projection to bring in $30.2M. This is largely thanks to the film's writer Akela Cooper who is a rising star in the horror genre, also penning Malignant, Hell Fest, and the upcoming Nun 2.
When Cooper was recently asked by SFX magazine about why she thinks her killer doll has taken queer culture by storm, she offered a very thoughtful answer. She recalled asking her gay friend the same question, and here’s what she said he told her. “This set-up is actually found family, where this little girl has lost her family, and she has to go live with her aunt. Then this doll is also brought into the situation. That resonates for a lot of people in the gay community, the idea of found family."
Perhaps there is some truth to that... but gay Twitter has thoughts, which are basically: It’s not that deep. It’s camp.
\u201c@screenrant Sis it\u2019s because she\u2019s a vicious murderer who does a dance\u201d— Screen Rant (@Screen Rant) 1673363429
\u201c@screenrant Gays: *stan an evil doll doing a c*nty dance*\n\nAkela Cooper: \u201d— Screen Rant (@Screen Rant) 1673363429
\u201c@screenrant Its actually just because she's a girlboss and an icon.\u201d— Screen Rant (@Screen Rant) 1673363429
\u201c@screenrant It\u2019s not that deep. She\u2019s trying for 12 inches when all we need are 6.\u201d— Screen Rant (@Screen Rant) 1673363429
\u201c@screenrant Sis it\u2019s bc she\u2019s the definition of camp\u201d— Screen Rant (@Screen Rant) 1673363429
\u201c@screenrant Akela Cooper talking about #M3GAN vs the actual gh\u00eby community: \u201d— Screen Rant (@Screen Rant) 1673363429
\u201c@screenrant The real reason gays love her:\u201d— Screen Rant (@Screen Rant) 1673363429
\u201c@screenrant Nah, we just wanted a girl friend who could serve \u00a2unt while murdering any boy who annoyed us.\u201d— Screen Rant (@Screen Rant) 1673363429
\u201c@screenrant\u201d— Screen Rant (@Screen Rant) 1673363429
While most were expressing their love for the camp, some agreed their connection to the movie was a bit deeper than a (literally) killer dance number.
\u201cWe, as queer people, get to choose our own families [to include a fashion icon who will literally murder our bullies]\u201d— Matt Baume (@Matt Baume) 1673389033
Rachel Shatto, Editor in Chief of PRIDE.com, is an SF Bay Area-based writer, podcaster, and former editor of Curve magazine, where she honed her passion for writing about social justice and sex (and their frequent intersection). Her work has appeared on Dread Central, Elite Daily, Tecca, and Joystiq. She's a GALECA member and she podcasts regularly about horror on the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network. She can’t live without cats, vintage style, video games, drag queens, or the Oxford comma.
Rachel Shatto, Editor in Chief of PRIDE.com, is an SF Bay Area-based writer, podcaster, and former editor of Curve magazine, where she honed her passion for writing about social justice and sex (and their frequent intersection). Her work has appeared on Dread Central, Elite Daily, Tecca, and Joystiq. She's a GALECA member and she podcasts regularly about horror on the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network. She can’t live without cats, vintage style, video games, drag queens, or the Oxford comma.
