Lest you wonder whether it has been an advantage, or a disadvantage, to be openly gay in the world of pop culture these days, consider the case of Gregg Araki. Araki is one of the premier homosexual writer-directors of the day, with highly praised examinations of gay life ranging from the euphoniously titled All F---ed Up (the dashes are part of the title) to The Doom Generation.
Araki is what Entertainment Weekly likes to call "cutting-edge," so his latest move may portend something very serious. It seems that Araki is now dating . . . a woman! And not just any woman either. To quote from Variety: " Offscreen, the independent film world is buzzing about director Gregg Araki's shift in sexual orientation. . . . Araki has always been heralded as one of the most important voices in independent gay cinema. So his involvement with 'Beverly Hills 90210' starlet Kathleen Robertson [has] set tongues wagging."
Kathleen Robertson plays Claire, the supposedly brilliant college- president's daughter with a wild streak. She appears in Araki's new movie, Nowhere, and apparently Cupid's arrow found an unlikely target. Or has Araki decided that heterosexuality is the wave of the future?