Between going to bed at 4 a.m. this morning after filing three Queerty pieces, and rising at 9 a.m., I was in no mood to do anything but go back to bed after feeding the cat. However, the pull of the OUTFest 2011 Pool Party was too great, and I wanted to see BBC’s “The Night Watch” (based on the Sarah Waters novel) later Sunday afternoon. I threw on my COLT cut-off shirt, coolest looking Hurley board shorts (so cool, in fact, I never wear them), Havaianas flip flops, slathered on the sunscreen and …
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rick mechtly
This production kicked butt – gay male interst also supported with fine subplot on brother of one character — What rabbit will Sarah Waters yank out from her literary mind next- she is todays equivalent to AMary Renault—
Polo
What would the BBC be w/o period pieces in the grand age before the fall of the empire? Frankly, I am getting bored with seeing basically the same stories about the upper middle class or landed gentry with a poor boy or girl tossed in represent the lower class.
Lefty
@Polo: Agreed. British TV is swamped with the middle class these days.
I’m excited abot this, though. On tonight!