Exactly what do THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON's bare-shirted and nearly naked werewolves do in the woods, anyway?
Several newspapers have picked up on the tres gay imagery involved with Jacob Black's (Taylor Lautner's) newly found preference for hanging out with a bunch of guys, after hours, sans women, with prominent wood visible everywhere.
According to Towleroad, the UK Times (it's always those Brits who notice when things are gay. Why is that, Sam?) The rest of New Moon concerns Bella’s growing relationship with local beefcake Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). The latter though, in another telegraphed allegory, is struggling with his sexual orientation and eventually rejects Bella for a foursome of local rowdies in cut-off denim shorts and baby-oiled torsos. 'It’s not a lifestyle choice, Bella! I was born this way!' he says, before fleeing into the woods with the beefy boys — they are also werewolves, but in the movie’s hysterical emotional register, this is of secondary importance. Interesting. I said the same thing to my mother. Of course,I left with two sailors, a Marine, and a Geek Squad employee. And we used motor oil. But I get what they are saying.
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