Gatsby In The Modern Day

These days, what was once a book people thought about in relation to high school English, has become something more, mostly in part of Baz Luhrmann’s take on the novel. Nowadays, one would be hard pressed to not notice how Fitzgerald’s magnum opus has sunken deep into fan culture as with the wealth of playlists, moodboards and fanworks such as fanedits and fanmixes which have sprung forth from it. While sparse, the section on Fanlore is a good starting place for better understanding the phenomenon!

A large section of interest lies in the LGBTQ+ culture surrounding The Great Gatsby, where analysis and fandom untie into a new perspective of the work through different mediums.

By the way, did you know F. Scott Fitzgerald had participated in drag at one point?