Comments on: The New Issue: Leo Lerman http://www.queerty.com/the-new-issue-leo-lerman-20070905/ Free of an agenda. Except that gay one. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:20:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: djellabah http://www.queerty.com/the-new-issue-leo-lerman-20070905/#comment-18391 djellabah Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:42:08 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/new-york/the-new-issue-leo-lerman-20070905/#comment-18391 What's pretty extraordinary about Lerman's journals -- aside from the thoughtful writing and personal honesty -- is his first-person candid commentary about still-fascinating cultural figures such as his buddy Marlene Dietrich (who tells LL that she doesn't like sex, but since men seem to expect it from a sex symbol, however old she's getting, Dietrich just gives in to get it over with) and Maria Callas (who spills the beans about Ari Onassis's preference for anal sex and how Jackie O refused to go that far). It's like an insider's guide to the realities behind 20th-century culture. What’s pretty extraordinary about Lerman’s journals — aside from the thoughtful writing and personal honesty — is his first-person candid commentary about still-fascinating cultural figures such as his buddy Marlene Dietrich (who tells LL that she doesn’t like sex, but since men seem to expect it from a sex symbol, however old she’s getting, Dietrich just gives in to get it over with) and Maria Callas (who spills the beans about Ari Onassis’s preference for anal sex and how Jackie O refused to go that far). It’s like an insider’s guide to the realities behind 20th-century culture.

]]> By: sttropezbutler http://www.queerty.com/the-new-issue-leo-lerman-20070905/#comment-18349 sttropezbutler Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:51:47 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/new-york/the-new-issue-leo-lerman-20070905/#comment-18349 Thanks for that...and yes, read the book. I loved the current pictures too! STB Thanks for that…and yes, read the book.
I loved the current pictures too!

STB

]]> By: Reader http://www.queerty.com/the-new-issue-leo-lerman-20070905/#comment-18314 Reader Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:48:18 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/new-york/the-new-issue-leo-lerman-20070905/#comment-18314 This book is terrific! This book is terrific!

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