The Boys in the Band
Movie • 2020 • Drama
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Set in New York City’s Upper East Side, "The Boys in the Band" takes place over a single evening, as a group of gay men face uncomfortable truths at a friend’s birthday party.
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A character is heavily implied to be reliant on marijuana. Another character attempts to go sober but begins drinking
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A character who is trying to get sober and has been for a while ends up succumbing to alcohol and getting very drunk.
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A character smokes weed throughout. Heavier drug use is mentioned but not shown.
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People are held back so they dont fight.
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Mentioned death of a parent in the child's arms but it's not seen on screen
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Two characters are in a relationship in which they don't agree on the openness of it. One is shown flirting with another man in a bar, and later having sex with another man (though it is a flashback, they were still in a relationship at the time). His sleeping with other people is mentioned multiple times.
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A character announces they're going to be sick. A few moments later, he barges into a bathroom to vomit. We don't see anything, but hear a bit of it.
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There is, however, a tense scene where someone describes overdosing and picks at a character about the possibility of them potentially committing suicide by overdose.
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Characters have the sorts of emotional reactions and behaviors you might see in someone deeply affected by trauma. However, there isn't anyone specifically diagnosed with PTSD or who has a obvious flashback.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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No, but there is a heavy amount of dialogue regarding a character's saving of pills for a potential future s*icide attempt. Another character tells him he won't "have the guts" to kill himself, which isn't entirely related but I felt I should add it as it was very triggering for me.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Harold's dialogue near the beginning alludes to it and possible disordered eating.
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people the f slur and n word and insult eachother
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One of the main characters makes jokes about his dieting and about eating enough to get a “fat attack”.
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Primarily used in a joking manner by gay men, there is one scene where slurs are used in anger accompanied by violence.
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sarahcastic
Yes and no- some gay men refer to each other as “she” then corrects this to “he” because a straight homophobe is around. So not misgendering in the transphobic sense.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Ableist and/or classist. The character’s keep making degrading jokes about a sex worker’s level of Intelligence.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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A man is degraded for being effeminate
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A white man says the N word with a hard R in the last quarter of the movie.
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Jimmy parsons says in a rhyme about how being a jewish person is bad but not worse than being black
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No relationships with a large age gap but one character talks about having a crush on a boy who was a senior in high school when he was only in 5th grade.
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Someone is nude from behind getting ready for an event. Later, there is a scene where two people are nude and a p***s is briefly visible.
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One character is ashamed of himself for crying, and even says “I could kill myself for acting that way”, though his friend reassures him it’s not a big deal
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