As (mostly) everyone creams themselves over โSaltburnโ and praises the โdaringโ & โprovocativeโ and โshockingโ scenes in the film, Iโve yet to see any reviewer here discuss the damaging & dangerous representation in the Queer main character.
Emerald Fennell, a upper-middle class born Englishwoman, privately educated and heterosexual, has created a character in Oliver Quick that reeks of the insane, morally corrupt, psychotic queer characters from the 70โs & 80โs movies that demonized our community and culture, created unnecessary suspicion of us, caused mental and physical harm and hampered us from moving forward in society.
Her having a spiel about this being a satire on class, representation, inequality et al drives the film towards a legitimate acceptance of this appalling portrayal of our Queer tribe.
Saltburn is, at best, an overly long made for tv movie sold as a โblack comedyโ(?) and โsocial commentary โ.
The marketing/reviewers have positioned it as โdaringโ & โincisiveโโฆ. even โbraveโ. It is not any of these things; if you want to look at better writing & direction watch โBrideshead Revisitedโ (original) or โThe Line of Beautyโ, or Bertolucci's "The Dreamers" all of which Emerald Fennel rips off to a much lesser screen result.