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Daily Dose: Three gigantic gay<\/a> icons at their absolute best<\/b><\/p>\n

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Welcome to <\/em>Queerty’s latest entry in our series, <\/em>Queerantined: Daily Dose. Every weekday as long as the COVID-19<\/a> pandemic has us under quarantine, we’ll release a suggested bit of gloriously queer <\/em>entertainment designed to keep you from getting stir crazy in the house. Each weekend, we will also suggest a binge-able title to keep you extra engaged.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Towering: Giant<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Queerty reader reached out to us with a request. As a lifelong fan of Elizabeth Taylor<\/a>, he lobbied for us to include one of Ms. Taylor’s films as part of our Queerantined series. In addition to her status as a Hollywood legend and two time Oscar winner, Elizabeth Taylor also championed LGBTQ rights and became one of the first and most ardent celebrity advocates for AIDS research<\/a>. Taylor attributed her passion for AIDS to her longtime friendship with actor Rock Hudson<\/a>, a closeted gay<\/a> star who died of the disease in 1985.<\/p>\n

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With that in mind, we offer up today’s film suggestion, which happens to star both Taylor and Hudson: Giant<\/em>. The film follows the relationship between two young Texas lovers, Bick and Leslie (played by Hudson and Taylor). The two fall in love, marry, have a family, and in short order, get rich. Giant <\/em>chronicles the highs and lows of the lovers, as well as the racial prejudices of the time. Bick and Leslie have a multi-racial family, which puts them at odds with the rest of their community.<\/p>\n

With a cast that also includes James Dean,<\/a> Dennis Hopper, Mercedes McCambridge and Sal Mineo<\/a>, Giant <\/em>plays like a master class in acting. Hudson and Taylor play their characters from the time they are teenagers<\/a> to old age, and do so very convincingly. Moreover, the two have an undeniable chemistry that underlines the love between their characters. If nothing else, Giant<\/em> proves that a gay<\/a> actor can play a romantic, heterosexual lead…and that Taylor & Hudson weren’t just great stars. They were damn fine actors too.<\/p>\n

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