Durant... a Homosexual?

[T1000416]

Here's something an IMDB board member said. He makes a few good points

imdb.com/title/tt0099365/board/flat/28751450

Was there something going on between Robert Durant and his henchman Rick? After a recent viewing of the film, I noticed a couple of things that raised this question:

-Durant gushes over Rick while he treats his other henchmen like dogs. The other guys are well aware of this, judging from the sarcastic delivery of the line: "We KNOW he LIKES Ricky!" during the deli scene. Now perhaps I'm reading too much into this and it's just a simple case of favoritism. However, Durant brings Rick to Strack's party. Note the coy manner in which Durant asks Rick if he would like a Martini. Also pay attention to the actors' body language and expressions during this snippet.

-The lame joke Strack makes at Durant's expense and Durant's initial response to it. "...and the bad news...", "Your wife died." Not a very funny joke, though Strack seemed heartily amused by it. Was it just empty banter or was the joke a deliberate stab at Durant's lifestyle?

I'm not complaining about the possible context nor am I trying to make a big spectacle here. I just wonder aloud whether or not there are some faint traces of character development that serve to make the already compelling Durant a slightly more interesting, and multi-dimensional villain. Again, perhaps I'm just reading too much into it, that's always possible.

Any thoughts or comments?

There was also this on the Darkman II boards
imdb.com/title/tt0109552/board/thread/18815873

So do you really think Durant is a homosexual? It sorta makes sense if you actually think about it

[Vigilante]

I always assumed so, long time before I would know that a group protecting homesexual rights insurrected against the movie in the time of its release because its "evil" and "wrong" depiction of homosexuals.

I don't think Durant is either etero or BI, I think he's "homo", which is not meant to be taken as an offense! He's alone, he "likes" Ricky (neither think Ricky was his partner at that time) and seems to display a sort of coldness as mechanism of defense, because maybe he always tries to "cover" his sexual inclinations.

Guzman, Smiley and Skip aren't supposed to be gay, even... Paulie, yes, maybe yes.

On the other hand, who is the man Durant talked with when he called Guzman?

[Gun4ALeg]

No. I definitely don't think hollywood was ready to have a gay character representing the toughest, most dangerous person in an action movie back then.