Al, I think the depiction of gays may be perfectly in line with what Ebert is getting at in his review; it depicts the feeling in America at the time, with unease, paranoia, and "restless dissatisfaction." Could it be that Stone painted the homosexual characters with such a brush so that we...
I don't think you'll get flamed for loving this movie.
As history, it's farcical, but as drama and filmmaking it's a masterwork. Stone threw everything but the kitchen sink into this film and, for my money, it's his best work. That he could throw so much exposition at an audience and still...