On first glance, it does look like two dudes getting it on, just because of the musculature of the top person's back. On a second closer glance, I could tell that it was supposed to be a woman, even with the TINY picture of the poster. I think it would have been more clearly translated across to us if the top person had her hair down (it works with the "wild release" theme), but maybe they were trying to go for that confusion of genders thing, where you can almost apply your own subconcious into wondering who is doing whom on that poster.
Homoerotic or not, I don’t like it. It looks like there in a dungeon. It obviously highlights the sexual themes of the play, but it seems to ignore the glamorous intrigue of Rococo France that I associate with the play.
What "fascinating" responses. , I still say, the decision to focus on the woman's back, and to carefully avoid revealing her her hair, doesn't quite suggest the heterosexual world of the play.
But the bigger issue...
Thanks, NYgal, for supporting my supposition that the wondrous and beautiful Ms. Linney is sadly missing, and pointlessly. This is a major revival made "major" by her star presence. She should adorn the poster, as Audra was employed to sell 110.
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
actually, fwiw, until this thread forced me to look carefully, i thought it was a guy on top, too.
upon reflection, the waist and hips are clearly XX, but the shoulder blades and upper back are pretty XY ... and given the angle, that's what the eye is drawn to first.
or at least it's what my eye was drawn to first.
(and, yes -- i generally have c*ck on the brain, too. whatever.)