It wouldn’t be the first time that Emmerich has struggled in this field. His low budget drama Stonewall, about the LGBT riots in 70s New York, emerged as one of 2015’s most universally loathed films. Emmerich’s handling of gay characters was shaky, even in a film solely about gay characters, and he faced criticism for referring to his twinky lead as “straight-acting”, a phrase loathed by many for its suggestion that masculinity is a performed trait for gay men.
