I think it's pretty terrible that Turing was portrayed as Cumberbatch's standard asshole genius when as far as I know he was quite likeable. And there was next to zero depiction of his sexuality when he was a famous gay martyr.
> And there was next to zero depiction of his sexuality when he was a famous gay martyr.
I'll say it, but the movie was straight up homophobic, the whole plot about him being blackmailed about being gay and that he yielded to it is just prejudiced, implying he cared more about himself than the war effort (it never happened in real life).
I didn't like the movie or Cumberbatch's portrayal, but not sure what you mean here. Turing being gay was definitely a significant part of the plot. It comes up quite a bit and the movie literally ends with him being discovered and being forced to take the "medication".
There were running flashbacks to him being in love with his childhood friend. And the "romantic" subplot also heavily features him being gay and therefore not actually able to marry her.
Right, but the film was structured in a traditional Hollywood way with a love story subplot with a woman which is a bizarre choice when it's about a gay man. The author of the biography the film was based on said their relationship was exaggerated for the film.
I guess my point is that the movie was clearly sympathetic to his situation as a gay man. They exaggerated lots of things and the entire thing was overdramatized and poorly written, but I just don't think it's correct to argue that they minimized that issue.
