From one whale to another: watching ‘The Whale’ as a fat queer man
| Why writer Sean Donovan wanted more for Brendan Fraser’s gay character By Sean Donovan When Brendan Fraser’s character Charlie first appears in director Darren Aronofsky’s new film “The Whale,” he is masturbating to gay porn. Shown first as an anonymous shape sitting on a couch, Charlie is circled by the camera tentatively, as if