I've never seen this interpretation. I thought Chuck said it was him as a gay man commenting on the toxic masculinity (not the term used since this was a long time ago) of straight men. Basically "Are the straights alright?: The Book".
I think that's true as well — the synthesis is that the self-destructive nature of toxic masculinity is used as a metaphor for being gay at the height of the AIDS crisis (causing cishet men to overwhelmingly stan extremely queer art, which is cool)
I've never seen this interpretation. I thought Chuck said it was him as a gay man commenting on the toxic masculinity (not the term used since this was a long time ago) of straight men. Basically "Are the straights alright?: The Book".
I think that's true as well — the synthesis is that the self-destructive nature of toxic masculinity is used as a metaphor for being gay at the height of the AIDS crisis (causing cishet men to overwhelmingly stan extremely queer art, which is cool)