Andrew J. Robinson wanted there to be a gay attraction, so he played the character that way. I believe Alexander Siddig played along with that.
The top (Berman, probably the studio people) absolutely did not want gay characters. So now you have actors playing with gay intent, writers looking at this from a distance, and a whole production trying to avoid being too gay for the homophobic top production staff to notice. You end up with Garak being “straight”.
There was an intent to make Bashir and Garak a thing, but that was killed off by Berman and the gayness was played down.
Ya ive read that the actor played him gay but I didn’t learn that till after I’d watched it all so I guess knowing that he is straight makes it even harder for me to see it. Tbh I could have a guy hit on me and not know it and I do have some pretty “weird” ideas/beliefs and stuff that I don’t think a lot of mainstream straight guys have or would even agree with
Am I like tone deaf or something because I never got like a gay vibe from him.
Andrew J. Robinson wanted there to be a gay attraction, so he played the character that way. I believe Alexander Siddig played along with that.
The top (Berman, probably the studio people) absolutely did not want gay characters. So now you have actors playing with gay intent, writers looking at this from a distance, and a whole production trying to avoid being too gay for the homophobic top production staff to notice. You end up with Garak being “straight”.
There was an intent to make Bashir and Garak a thing, but that was killed off by Berman and the gayness was played down.
Ya ive read that the actor played him gay but I didn’t learn that till after I’d watched it all so I guess knowing that he is straight makes it even harder for me to see it. Tbh I could have a guy hit on me and not know it and I do have some pretty “weird” ideas/beliefs and stuff that I don’t think a lot of mainstream straight guys have or would even agree with
His interaction with the doctor was very romantic. Not sexual, just delightfully romantic.
I just thought they were buds just like O’Brien and the doc. Never got a gay vibe from it I just thought it was 2 guys being friends with eachother.
Can you give an example of how it was romantic?
O’Brien is also gay for Bashir
Time for you to go watch season 1 again. 🙂
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eTeJKg8Yf4A
Guess I’m just super tone deaf cuz that didn’t look gay to me.
Ok go back and rewatch but pretend one of them is your preferred gender.
There is so much vaseline on the lense when Bashir doesn’t know what to do with his hands it’s like a 50’s romantic movie.
https://www.reddit.com/r/DeepSpaceNine/comments/l22vbl/garaks_intentions_are_made_apparent_with_the/?rdt=41261
Yes