Firth deserves another Oscar for this role as a gay man facing his husband’s death Gregg Shapiro | Contributing Writergreggshapiro@aol.com There are some people (this writer included) for whom Colin Firth’s Academy Award-worthy performance was in 2010’s A Single Man (Firth’s initial gay role), his first such nomination, even though he won the trophy the following year for The King’s Speech.
That said, 10 years later, straight Firth is playing gay again, in Harry Macqueen’s Supernova (Bleecker Street), and this time he could potentially snag his second Oscar.
Pianist Sam (Firth) and author Tusker (Stanley Tucci) are a married gay couple who have been together for many years. Their communication consists of playful banter, sweet bickering and