Walker also acknowledged how Christian’s presence in “Clueless” served as its own watershed by reflecting on the implications that the character had for his career and LGBTQ characters as a whole. “ gay characters were often represented as being dangerous, violent, predatory or suicidal such as in the films ‘The Children’s Hour’ (1961), ‘The Boys in the Band’ (1970), ‘Midnight Express’ (1978) and ‘Vanishing Point’ (1971),” Media Smarts, a digital and media literacy nonprofit wrote in an article. This nonhostile portrayal of an LGBTQ character was a departure from film’s depiction of queer people in previous eras. And there was just a rhythm to it that I identified with and I felt that they felt it was in the room as well.”Īfter discovering the truth of his sexuality, Cher and Christian go on to remain good friends. I was looking at the material and I just was walking up 8th Avenue to the Paramount building and I was like, ‘I’m getting this.’ I just knew it. “I was in New York, studying theatre acting, and when I read that material I just felt it. “I really clicked with that role,” he said. Walker felt a connection to Christian early on and recalls that this sense of kinship gave him confidence when he auditioned for the film. In a car ride with her two friends Dionne (Stacey Dash) and Murray (Donald Faison), Cher learns why her courtship has been unsuccessful: Christian is gay – or as Murray puts it, “a disco-dancing, Oscar-Wilde-reading, Streisand-ticket-holding friend of Dorothy’s.” However, Cher’s attempts to woo Christian never seem to land. Within the storyline of “Clueless,” Christian is a classmate of Cher’s and the object of her romantic pining. “So he brings back jive talk vocabulary.” “Christian was someone who has made a study of the Ratpack, he reflected the resurgence of the swinger mentality in the ,” she said. In a feature story from The Telegraph, director Amy Heckerling speaks further to Christian’s unique style and disposition. In the film, Christian is depicted as a smooth, enigmatic figure with an affinity for vintage pop culture. While the role of Cher Horowitz proved to be a breakout for its lead actress Alicia Silverstone, the character of Christian Stovitz would give actor Justin Walker his cinematic debut and his most popular role. “Clueless” not only expanded pop culture slang and fashion trends for 90s teens when it opened July 19, 1995, it also expanded LGBTQ representation in movies at a time when few studio films were including queer characters. “As if!” It has been 25 years since that phrase - and many more - were made popular in the mainstream with the release of the hit teen-comedy, “Clueless.” To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.ABOVE: Actor Justin Walker as Christian Stovitz in the 1995 teen comedy “Clueless.” (Photo courtesy screenshot from YouTube) You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Continue without accepting’ or ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices or learn more. Third parties use cookies for the purposes of displaying and measuring personalised advertisements, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we will also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences, and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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