It's sort of the classic stag party joke: I got drunk and did it with my best male friend! That's pretty much it for this film.
Dan and Beth are about to be married. They host a wedding dinner in their home for friends and family. During the dinner, Beth takes the best man, Steven, out for a quick talk. Beth knows that Steven has had a long-time crush on Dan. She wants assurances that he's gotten it out of his system, and Steven admits he has. She also wants Steven to guarantee that Dan will have a good time at tonight's stag party, but that he won't get into any sexual hanky-panky with any stripper. Steven guarantees it.
The stag party is wild and woolly, with a Hawaiian stripper.
The next morning, Dan wakes up. After a few frantic moments when he believes he's had sex with the stripper, he realizes that he's really been with a naked Steven. Hilarity ensues as Dan suffers from repeated homo-panic attacks, and Steven -- still drunk, still sleepy -- tries to provide reassurance. Only, Steven is sure that he's had sex because he's sore in one...particular...place. As Dan casts about for a quick lie to tell his wife, in walks Dan's brother. Sure enough, little brother is gay. Dan didn't know that, but he's ecstatic that Steven had sex with him. Dan goes to put on some clothes -- and he finds the stripper in the closet, naked and curled up around a champagne bottle. Oh no! He slept with her anyway! Yuk, yuk, yuk.
The film has a bunch of very funny lines, including one really great zinger given to Elaine Hendrix, who plays Beth. The film as a whole is really funny. But in retrospect, I wonder what I was laughing at. After all, seven minutes of homo-panic comes very close to being anti-gay. And that's not funny. In many ways, I'm tired of seeing straight people freak out when they think they've had gay sex. Films never show gay people freaking out when they might have had straight sex. It's a self-loathing sort of humor that isn't funny upon reflection. I feel ashamed for having laughed.
Dan and Beth are about to be married. They host a wedding dinner in their home for friends and family. During the dinner, Beth takes the best man, Steven, out for a quick talk. Beth knows that Steven has had a long-time crush on Dan. She wants assurances that he's gotten it out of his system, and Steven admits he has. She also wants Steven to guarantee that Dan will have a good time at tonight's stag party, but that he won't get into any sexual hanky-panky with any stripper. Steven guarantees it.
The stag party is wild and woolly, with a Hawaiian stripper.
The next morning, Dan wakes up. After a few frantic moments when he believes he's had sex with the stripper, he realizes that he's really been with a naked Steven. Hilarity ensues as Dan suffers from repeated homo-panic attacks, and Steven -- still drunk, still sleepy -- tries to provide reassurance. Only, Steven is sure that he's had sex because he's sore in one...particular...place. As Dan casts about for a quick lie to tell his wife, in walks Dan's brother. Sure enough, little brother is gay. Dan didn't know that, but he's ecstatic that Steven had sex with him. Dan goes to put on some clothes -- and he finds the stripper in the closet, naked and curled up around a champagne bottle. Oh no! He slept with her anyway! Yuk, yuk, yuk.
The film has a bunch of very funny lines, including one really great zinger given to Elaine Hendrix, who plays Beth. The film as a whole is really funny. But in retrospect, I wonder what I was laughing at. After all, seven minutes of homo-panic comes very close to being anti-gay. And that's not funny. In many ways, I'm tired of seeing straight people freak out when they think they've had gay sex. Films never show gay people freaking out when they might have had straight sex. It's a self-loathing sort of humor that isn't funny upon reflection. I feel ashamed for having laughed.
