A review by galacticvampire
Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle

4.75

"Words aren't enough, which is where art comes in, I suppose-but that's just as complicated in a different way."

Wow. Just. Wow.

Bury Your Gays is a clear critique on the exploitation of Hollywood with the thrilling addition of sci-fi esque horror.

Pressured by the studio to change his story, the screenwriter Misha starts to be haunted by his own horror characters in a tense thriller exploring media, queerness and identity.

I particularly liked how it was made clear that every single company choice was driven by profit, and that the executives didn't really care if it they were inclusive or not, following the audience acceptance over bury-your-gays or queer-joy trends. Rainbow capitalism at its finest. Everyone involved in the machine got turned into a product to be used and discarded.


It was, at times, a little too on the nose, and I think the side characters could be a little more developed, but the experience was still incredible.

"Stories like to churn and mutate over time, grinding themselves down to a state of linear purity. This often takes precedent over the truth."