Quentin Tarantino's Top Gun Monologue

Thirty years ago today, the world was introduced to one of the greatest on-screen bromances of all time: Maverick and The Iceman.

On the surface, Top Gun is a movie about brotherhood, Cold War-era exceptionalism and the unfailing supremacy of the American Armed Forces.

And it was an effective one: the U.S. Navy is on record stating that enlistment into the Naval Aviators program went up by a whopping 500% following the release of the film.

But what is Top Gun really about?

“It is a story about a man’s struggle with his own homosexuality.”

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