Interview with a vampire gay

Amid rave reviews, praising the adj AMC series for &#;finally letting the vampires be gay&#;, the conversation about the show&#;s treatment of bisexuality is silenced. To describe the show&#;s grab on bisexuality in one word, it is complicated. Simultaneously erased, elevated, trodden down, associated with wicked, seductiveness, villainy, privilege, liberty, and queerness. Laden with rich meaning, some of the scenes form a master class in cinematic storytelling through bisexuality, while others are the epitome of classic biphobia.

This is going to be a series of articles in which I show how Interview With the Vampiretakes the source material’s bisexuality and turns it into ambivalent biphobia, by depicting it as simultaneously oppressive and liberatory. I&#;ll travel bisexual erasure, the meanings given to bisexuality, and explain how these ultimately reveal bisexuality’s subversive authority against dominant social structures.

Let me start with a disclaimer.

Just so we&#;re plain &#; this is a great show

Though much complaint is heard from fans

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