ode to billy joe be a great coming of age movie about a young man who obviously have homosexual tendency in the early seventy . this of course be unheard of then but be celebrate in our modern age . robbie benson ( billy joe ) be not rap a others would like for you to believe and but rather explore his true feeling . many individual have use alcohol and drug to try to escape their feeling about the way they truly feel . sadly sometimes they go to extremes to hide their true self a demonstrate in the end of this great american classic . it be sad that this be a reality for some individual who do not have the support that they need to live a wonderful and happy life .