It’s Monday (again). A lot happened over the weekend. Here’s just some of what you might have missed…
HANGIN’ UP THE THONG: Joe Manganiello says he won’t be appearing in any more Magic Mike films. [People]
TALKIN’ TRASH: Donald Trump‘s older sister, Maryanne, blasts him for being a liar, fake, and “cruel” in leaked audio recording. [Washington Post]
FIRST LOOK: Netflix releases images from Ryan Murphy‘s upcoming Boys In The Band remake, which premieres September 30.
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New York City, 1968. Meet THE BOYS IN THE BAND, Joe Mantello’s film adaptation of Mart Crowley’s groundbreaking gay drama, starring Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Matt Bomer, Andrew Rannells, Charlie Carver, Robin de Jesús, Brian Hutchison, Michael Benjamin Washington & Tuc Watkins pic.twitter.com/9U52ZFKTjm
— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) August 21, 2020
LOCKED UP: RuPaul’s Drag Race season 2 winner Tyra Sanchez/James William Ross arrested for allegedly vandalizing the apartment building he’s been squatting in. [TMZ]
SWINGING PUNCHES: Rightwing nut Alex Jones, once caught looking at trans porn on his phone, launches vile transphobic attack against Michelle Obama. [LGBTQ Nation]
QUE SORPRENDENTE: Maluma drops a surprise new 22-song album.
MAKING AMENDS: Ellen offers new perks to staff, including paid birthday holidays, in an effort to make them feel less “afraid” of her. [Variety]
ALL THE FEELS: This heartwarming story about Joe Biden will help you survive this week’s Republican convention. [LGBTQ Nation]
TV SPOT: GLAAD details all the Trump administration’s anti-LGBTQ stances in a damning new ad that will premiere on Fox News during the RNC.
WillParkinson
Boys in the Band was such a self-loathing piece of crap. I hope this one is better.
Cam
I thought this play was very different, mostly because it effected the way I looked at it to have a bunch of proudly, openly gay people playing the roles. It became more of a period piece that was a snapshot into a time long ago, whereas that original movie seemed to be saying “This is us, this is what gay people are” and it was played by straight men and closet cases.
So at least one opinion is that yeah, this one is better. 🙂
Den
I saw the film as quite offensive. When I saw it I was struggling with how to come out to friends, and it kept me in the closet for an additional year. It encouraged one of my closest friends to seek conversion therapy from the evil quack Dr. Lawrence Hatterer (who used Quaaludes as a major part of the therapy) that resulted in years of addiction and his ultimate death.
This was not “the way we were”, a pitiful group of broken men worthy of little more than pity from our “healthy” heterosexual peers! It was a lame collection of stereotypes then (as I learned when I began attending events and meetings sponsored by nascent liberation groups) and it still is.
ShiningSex
self-loathing??? You must believe “gay for pay” exists.
Boys in the Band shows the trouble SOME, SOME gay men going through dealing with issues and working through them. MOST gay men go through such painful issues and the film highlighted that. Where is your head at to think it’s all positive in our community with coming to terms with who we are.
Films should show all sides of what we all go through.
Den
“Self-loathing??? You must believe “gay for pay” exists.
Boys in the Band shows the trouble SOME, SOME gay men going through dealing with issues and working through them. ”
WTF?
What exactly does “gay for pay” have to do with the situation of gay men as presented for the entertainment of Heterosexuals back in the late 20th century?
And how old are you anyway? Are you aware that the world existed and was different before you were born?
That film was marketed, and received, as a comprehensive look at what life was like for gay men, NOT some gay men going through specific issues. It did not, and does not examine the extent to which the loathing by heterosexuals and the criminal nature of homosexuality at the time led to the dysfunction in specific lives. These were seen as the panoply of gay “everymans. ” It was a horrid piece of writing, playing into what heterosexuals wanted to imagine our lives were like. While in the real world we were finally trying to make it clear we were as varied as they were, and as intrinsically whole.
Clearly films, as all artworks do, have limited scope. But this film (and play) failed by encouraging PITY, not understanding or compassion.
Jim
The Boys in the Band is product of its time. It was Pre-Stonewall.
Let’s judge if for the groundbreaking work it was.
glennmcbride
Actually Stonewall was in 1969 and the movie came out in 1970. Most of us who were around found it offensive. I saw it when it came out in 1970 and absolutely hated it.
Den
There was nothing groundbreaking about the depiction of stereotypic gay men as intrinsically broken and sad. It simply made visible what straight people thought gay life would be like: how different and dysfunctional we were.
mz.sam
Talented, yes. But I could never understand what the physical appeal for the highly inked Maluma. Just a latin Justin Bieber.
ShiningSex
Maluma is a closeted mess.
Tyra is trash.
Joe M. is a bore.
amanwithanedge
please, no more maluma.
barryaksarben
A groundbreaking play. You have to consider when it was written. To so many of us older gay guys this play showed people we actually knew. Yes, there was self loathing but theat was the part of our historical struggle to deny that is like saying the fight for gay rights is over. I do hope no one on this site believes that nonsense. A very important play. I am so glad they gave it a revival
barryaksarben
if you thought all the men in it were selfhating or sad then you arent a very good judge of theater
Kevan1
There were many who felt that way, not everyone, but many. Society tried to make gays feel self loathing. They succeeded doing that to a lot of gays who became self loathing. Thank God things have changed, but there are still some who have not come to terms with their sexuality and are still self hating. Also the play was written by a gay man. Yes the movie came out in the 70’s the play was written pre Stonewall and preformed on stage before Stonewall.
ShowMeGuy
Best news I’ve heard all week. We don’t need any more Magic Mike movies. The second one was a train wreck on a sinking ship.