How is sexuality represented in Torchwood [Draft]

Due to the main character within Torchwood, Captain Jack, being gay I will be concentrating on how stereotyping has been arranged around him and how his relationships are represented throughout the 5 minute clip. The first major non-stereotype of homosexuals is the way Jack is actually dressed in a long coat military style, rather than in a fancy costume similar to that of John's.

At the beginning of the clip you get a feel of western origin by how you follow Johns feet walking towards the bar and watch him enter through swinging half-doors, this connotes violence and cowboys, not pink clothes and giggling as related to most homosexuals, however an interesting quirk of Mise-en-scene is how the bar is named “Reunion”, which is just what happens with Jack and John knowing each other.

Throughout the following scene there is a large number of contradicting stereotypes from Manly to homosexual. We first have how the 2 male characters march up to each other like they mean business, where as they then have a passionate kiss in front of a Plasma TV fire, this in itself connotes a fiery passion of attraction to each other, however due to the airing of the show they can't show 2 men making love to each other so instead they then employ a boyish fight.

This fight in itself is a non-stereotype for homosexuals due to it's pure violence, however with the music of Song2, or Woo Hoo, in the background you feel that they're enjoy it, as though it's replacing the sex scene. This is further enforced by how both characters are grinning throughout the fight and seem oblivious to the damage they are doing to their surroundings. After the majority of the fight the male characters then comment on each others appearance in a very homosexual manner with John saying Jack has put on weight and John commenting on Jack losing his hair.

The following action of the Jack and John then having a little chat against the bar is also filled with stereotypes attacking each other for dominance, you first have a little giggle with John covering his mouth with his hand as a common signifier for a homosexual but then you have him drinking a huge amount of alcohol and in the same minute joking about murder, which is totally the opposite of each other.

If we look away from Jack and John and look at the gang in the taxi we get another stereotyping of homosexuals and how they're all liked by the group due to being mysterious and fun to have around.

However the overall representation of sexuality in this clip is homosexual, and it displays them as a mixture of passionate love and boyish behaviour. This is little other sexuality's displayed apart from within the Taxi, and there is to little to analyse within that section.