Come at me, 'Bros.' I wrote about 'Red, White & Royal Blue' and the state of the gay rom-com, for latimes:
. Blithely or cannily, depending on your point of view, the film even skates over its own political backdrop: Xenophobia, gender-neutral bathrooms and resentment of the monarchy all receive passing mention, but these just blend into the palace wallpaper. Any triumph for LGBTQ+ people “Red, White & Royal Blue” might achieve is mostly unacknowledged and apparently unplanned.
Perhaps most cleverly, the film reserves its comic firepower not for references to Grindr, Truvada, bottoming and “the B in LGBTQ” , but for less obvious material. The film’s best throwaway lines, about auctioning shoes off to fans, leading with one’s height, the difference between rugby and football, all have the feeling of an in-joke for those of us who are, as the prince describes himself, “gay as a maypole.” If you know, you know.
In being so unabashed about its political fantasy, though, the film clears a path for its romantic one. If you are prepared to the accept that the pretty-boy son of the first female president could lead the Democrats to victory in Texas, or that the coming-out of a British royal could spark spontaneous demonstrations across the U.K., the notion of them kindling a secret love affair across a sea of partygoers booty-dropping to “Get Low” cannot possibly seem like a stretch.
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