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Kevin Spacey Helps Bring Ugandan Gay Play To The London Stage

By: Lester Brathwaite
On: Oct 12, 2012
Tagged: david cecil, judy adong, just me you and the silence, Kaleidoscope Trust, Kevin Spacey, the river and the mountain, Uganda

11 Comments

No. 1 · fagburn
Has he consulted any Ugandan gay men on how this might actually adversely affect them?
Still, hooray for brave closeted Hollywood stars!
YAY!

Oct 12, 2012 at 9:11 am · @Reply ·
No. 2 · Cam
His closeted stature makes anything like this seem…..off.

Oct 12, 2012 at 10:34 am · @Reply ·
No. 3 · Aidan8
@fagburn: Should we all just ignore the plight of Ugandan LGBTs? I understand your concern, but are we really going to attack Spacey for helping to bring more visibility to the issue?

Oct 12, 2012 at 1:11 pm · @Reply ·
No. 4 · Aidan8
@fagburn: I get your concern, but should we be attacking Spacey for bringing more visibility to the plight of Ugandan LGBTs? Is it better that he not do this?

Oct 12, 2012 at 1:15 pm · @Reply ·
No. 5 · fagburn
@Aidan8: We should be asking gay Ugandans – I really do not know.
But putting the play on in Uganda – by a white English man – let the authorities continue their crass saw that they are being attacked by western cultural/sexual imperialism.
It’s simplistic to think any pro-gay action will be of benefit, if you ignore the first Hippocratic oath; “First, do no harm”.

Oct 12, 2012 at 3:45 pm · @Reply ·
No. 6 · balehead
emotional hypocrites shouldn’t be telling people how to live their lives..just sounds jealous and snippy….Kevin sounds heroic to me..

Oct 12, 2012 at 5:35 pm · @Reply ·
No. 7 · fagburn
How is it “heroic” to put on a reading of a play about the problems of being out in Uganda when you’re not out in Hollywood?

Oct 12, 2012 at 5:40 pm · @Reply ·
No. 8 · Aidan8
@fagburn: ??? It’s a play by a Ugandan playwright being staged in London. How is a Ugandan playwright hurting Ugandans by writing about their plight?

Oct 12, 2012 at 6:11 pm · @Reply ·
No. 9 · fagburn
“First, do no harm”.

Oct 12, 2012 at 7:15 pm · @Reply ·
No. 10 · Aidan8
@fagburn: WTF?? Tell us the harm this Ugandan playwright is doing to her fellow Ugandans?

Oct 12, 2012 at 7:17 pm · @Reply ·
No. 11 · Alan down in Florida
“Openly Oscar winning Actor Kevin Spacey…” now that was my best laugh of the day.

Oct 12, 2012 at 10:38 pm · @Reply ·