American gay people acting different than European gay people?

Rating: 6/10 (19 April 2009)

I have no doubts about the acting qualities of Sean Penn. Neither do I have any doubts about the entertainment quality of this movie nor the message it sends ... it all has been answered in previous reviews/comments.
However, what disturbs me is that I've never seen a gay person in my life act like the way they do in this movie. And I'm a 60's guy. Were gay cultures different between the US and Europe?! Were gay people in the US really that exaggerated female in their actions? For as far as I know gay people (and I have 4 close friends that are gay, including inside my local police force), they behave exactly as everyone else does. Only their sexual tastes differs ... and it's not exactly something you can see on the street. You have to know them, waiting for them to admit it. Else, you'll simply never know. In the 70's, politics were indeed different than now (at least in Europe), but you couldn't see it better if someone had a different taste regarding sexual behaviour than you can do now. Full stop. It makes this movie a comedy, not historical accuracy ... in my humble opinion ... unless gay people in the US were really really different than the ones in the Europe ...