“Perhaps the greatest ministry of Red, White, and Blue blood is to teach a new generation of women that gay men are missionaries too. Communicator Tyler Dinucci’s viral tweet reflected the list of people (heterosexuals) surprised by a sexual position featured in the film everyone is saying this summer.
In the cinema it may have been Barbie, but premiering on sofas (and on TV) is this romantic comedy adapting Casey McQuiston’s best-selling novel. It was the world’s most watched first weekend on Prime Video, the third most watched romantic comedy in the history of the platform and the bait that attracted the most new subscribers. A predictable phenomenon: when Amazon Studios took over the rights in 2019, the book was already a favorite on BookTok (TikTok’s literature corner) and spent 20 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.
Red, White & Royal Blue’s greatest ministry may be teaching a new generation of women that gay men can indeed be missionaries.
– Tyler Dinucci! (@TylerDinucci) August 12, 2023
More akin to Vanilla Comfort TV from the Hallmark factory than a suspenseful ’90s erotic thriller, the plot revolves around the infatuation between Henry, the armored Crown Prince of England (Nicholas Galitzine), and Alex Claremont-Díaz. (Taylor Zakhar Perez), the bisexual son of the President of the United States (played by Uma Thurman with a southern accent). There is nothing explicit in any of the recordings, but the position that has garnered so much attention is practiced in the first penetrative sexual encounter. One in which Alex will lose his virginity to a man, preceded by one of the film’s boldest lines: “I went to an English boarding school, dear. Trust me you are in good hands.
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