First hint of Sir being gay

[Seymour Glass]

He thought that Shirley (Olaf in disguise) was an attractive woman.

[Dante]

I was thinking more of his idea of someone being his "partner" involving them making his meals and ironing his shirts. But there is an interesting irony there.

Edit: On second thoughts, it's not really irony, just completely appropriate.

[snicket993]

Aug 6, 2010 14:52:51 GMT -5 Seymour Glass said:

He thought that Shirley (Olaf in disguise) was an attractive woman.

Thats because he didn't know that was Olaf.

[allegedly bryan]

Nov 24, 2010 21:41:50 GMT -5 snicket993 said:

Aug 6, 2010 14:52:51 GMT -5 Seymour Glass said:

He thought that Shirley (Olaf in disguise) was an attractive woman.

Thats because he didn't know that was Olaf.

He still looked like a man so...

[Lachrymose]

It could just mean that he's quite stupid.

[Dante]

It may well be both, of course. Sir and/or Charles being gay is the subtext rather than something that's openly-stated.

[littlelaurence]

It's a joke. All of them are oblivious to everything. Personally, I see it as no more than dramatic irony - the joke that the children can see through everything, but the grown adults can't. Part of that is probably so that children reading it feel less patronized, and to relate to the idea that adults seem to misunderstand / dismiss what they are trying to say.

[Dante]

Yeah, I completely agree. I think this is something that Handler's implicitly suggested he supports in interviews - in relation to his performances at various events, he's said that (he thinks) children love to catch adults out in lies, and that's definitely related to patronisation and feelings of superiority over adults. Still, in circumstances like this we may or may not to read in additional characterisation, although I think the specific instance cited at the start of this thread might be reaching a bit.