Monday, October 11, 2004
'Tweren't Those Tights That Titillated Me
Even the CNN headline's first word was "Superman," but I remember Christopher Reeve for something else. One Saturday afternoon, I was watching yet another TV-movie mystery with my Mom. It was Deathtrap, and the on-screen kiss between Reeve and Michael Cain became the first male-on-male kiss I ever saw. It was shocking to my adolescent eyes--not just because it was another crazy plot twist in a good movie, but he was Superman. Interestingly though, I didn't find it ooky; it was exciting, titillating, a turn-on, yet another formative moment for my burgeoning sexuality.