J Edgar

So tonight I decided to go watch a movie. I was reading Queerty.com and they suggested seeing J Edgar, so blindly I did. LOL. But really it was a good movie. It went through his whole life from the point just before he became the director of the FBI to his death. I must admit he was a complex man.

As some of you may know, he never married. At one point when the FBI was expanding he met this guy, which became his right hand man. The portrayed him clearly as a gay man, but what was interesting as the hinted through the whole movie J Edgar Hoover was in love with his assistant.

If that was true, I can totally understand that in that era he would need to keep something like that quiet, especially building the FBI up. He made it clear from the beginning that the FBI agents had to meet certain protocols, on and off work. In the end he died, along with his secrets. The end of the movie dictated that the movie was based on rumors and non concrete evidence. Weather it is true or not it does make a great movie.

In this day and age, i would like to believe that if the current director of the FBI came out of the closet (not saying anything about the current director) that the U.S. public would not think any differently of him. Back then it would have been considered Un-American, now days it is common place to have a gay public official.

The movie was good. I do have to admit though when I walked into the movie and looked around, there was only about 5 people younger than me, the rest were I would guess 50 plus. Imagine how funny it was for someone like me, knowing that there is certain gay ideas, when the old people gasped at what they just saw. LOL

Well I would recommend the movie to anyone. It puts an interesting perspective on J. Edgar Hoovers life, and you can learn a lot about how the FBI came into existence.

Enjoy
Kris