Welcome to Screen Gems, our weekend dive into queer and queer-adjacent titles of the past that deserve a watch or a rewatch.The Tasters Choice: 9 Dead Gay GuysFirst things first: you might hate 9 Dead Gay Guys.
The 2002 British comedy ignited love-it-or-hate-it arguments upon its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where audiences either cheered its outrageousness or stormed out of the cinema in disgust.
Critics at the time likened it to the early films of John Waters–vulgar, subversive and unapologetically cartoonish.The plot concerns two lazy Irish men, Byron and Kenny, living in London and making a living by going gay for pay at local pubs.