Why Dean's favourite film is Porky's II

Funny story: I was reading a book on queer representation in films and “Porky’s II” was mentioned as a classic example.

The basic plot is that a bunch of kids put on a production of “Midsummer Night’s Dream” at school and those guys who are cast as fairies end up constantly making excuses because of it, trying to make their roles sound more manly. In the end though, all of them take part and the character who typifies masculine values the most plays Thisbe with no protest (involving his cross-dressing as a girl). This got me thinking…

In 4.05 “Monster Movie”, Dean says that if his life could be a movie, he knows exactly what he’d pick and Sam guesses correctly that he’d choose “Porky’s II”. Dean initially pretends that Sam got it wrong, but ultimately concedes that it was a lucky guess.

So basically, you can take this in two ways.

  1. Dean is incredibly fond of a film where a bunch of guys find it's okay doing something that let's them perform in a typically feminine way. Just adding to the whole host of meta that Dean finds plenty of "feminine" things appealing.

  2. This is more "Dean is bi" subtext. Within the film, the boys are cast as fairies in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. The term “fairy” has often been used pejoratively to refer to gay/bi men. “Supernatural” itself references this in the fairies’ episode where Sam asks Dean after his abduction, “Did you service Oberon, king of the fairies?” in what is obviously a challenge to Dean’s perceived sexuality. “Midsummer Night’s Dream” is known for its queer undertones too. So Dean could perhaps see a lot to identify with in terms of his own sexual identity too.