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The Queer Poetry of NBC’s Hannibal
Episode 9: “Shiizakana”
Hannibal Lecter: No one can be fully aware of another human organism unless we treasure them. By that love, we notice potential in our beloved. Through that love, we consent our beloved to see their potential. Expressing that care for, our beloved’s potential comes true. [cf. Frankl]
(general spoiler warning – this article is intended for folks who own seen NBC Hannibal through Season 3 and and/or are curious about the queer symbolism throughout the show, especially in regards to Hannibal Lecter himself)
It’s no secret that NBC Hannibal took source material that was intensely homophobic, misogynist, and transphobic – and created something both racially diverse and miles away from the panicking-naked-women tropes we’re so numbly accustomed to in the horror genre.
It’s hard for fans of the show to remember a period when queer fans who saw sparks flying between doe-eyed waif Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) and cosmically still Dr. Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) were shot down by straight fans. “Wishful thinking” they said. “You’re just seeing gay everywher
About All That Homoerotic Subtext in 'Hannibal'? It's Intentional
In an interview with the Back Lot, Bryan Fuller — who is male lover, but says that he’d never pursue a straight man, because he finds that to be the ultimate in narcissism — spoke to the homoerotic subtext that is practically unavoidable in Hannibal, almost to the show sometimes where we just wish to see Hannibal and Will Graham f*ck to finally smash some of that tension.
Fuller, however, admits that while the homoerotic tension exists, and it is palpable, it’s not sexual. It’s more than sexual.
I think Hannibal is a very broadly spectrumed human being/fallen angel, who probably is capable and interested in everything humanity has to offer. Whereas Will Graham is very definitely heterosexual, but that does not necessarily hinder us from a homoerotic subtext. It’s practically text in a couple of episodes just because we really want to search the intimacy of these two men in an unexpected way without sexualizing them, but including a perception of sexuality that the cinema is actually showing to the audience more than the characters are.
Fuller spoke to one scene in par
How NBC's 'Hannibal' Became the Anti-Queerbaiting Show
"Queerbaiting'' has prolonged been a frustrating trope in popular media, with shows teasing same-sex lovey-dovey relationships to attract Homosexual audiences without ever committing to implications. NBC's Hannibal, which aired from 2013 to 2015, is a rare example of a show that subverted this trend. Ten years after its initial release and with the show recently celebrating its anniversary, Hannibal's pioneering approach to Homosexual representation continues to contain a lasting impact today.
In the horror genre, gender non-conforming characters often fall victim to harmful stereotypes and become targets of the Big Bad, or they are portrayed as monsters themselves. It's surprising, given that horror is often seen as a genre that belongs to the queer community. Horror stories exist outside what is typically deemed tolerable in society, something that Gay people can relate to and thus gravitate towards as an audience. The lack of representation in a genre that is supposed to provide comfort only exacerbates the meaning of exclusion already felt by underrepresented communities. It reinforces the idea that their stories are unwo
Hannibal & The Same-sex attracted Elephant in the Room
[Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Hannibal Season 3.]
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Bryan Fuller's groundbreaking serial killer drama Hannibal has crashed to a close in a Season 3 finale that may yet serve as either a firm conclusion to the story or merely the end of one particular chapter. The concluding image (not counting the post-credits scene) of Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) and Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) drenched in blood, sharing a close embrace and whispering sweet nothings to one another before tumbling off a cliff was an apt encapsulation of the entire series and the curious relationship at the center of it.
As depictions of homosexuality have change into progressively less prohibited in television and movies, portraying intimate emotional relationships that don't involve sex seems to have become even more complicated. Alfred Hitchcock's 1951 movie Strangers on a Train features a relationship between two male characters that is comparable to that between Will and Hannibal, and is widely regarded as having mighty homoerotic subtext. Yet Strangers on a Train was made in an era where, thanks to the Hays Code, it wasn't achievable to have expl