Editorial Product Review: :From its title, When a Kid Is Gay sounds like a self-help guide for stressed-out parents of gay kids, a step-by-step program on what to do ('(1) do not panic, (2) stop panicking'). In actuality, this sensitively but realistically made special is a testament to the strength and determination of teens and young adults who are slowly but surely finding their way out of the closet. Profiling a gay and lesbian youth group in Worcester, Massachusetts, the program offers different looks at various group ...
Editorial Product Review: :It begins with a woman sitting on a bed with her dog, saying nothing, barely moving, and ends with a raucous gay pride parade. In between: candid opinions, hesitations, tears, songs, chainsaws, a lot of cigarettes, and a meal or two. And we learn that Barbie and Ken wear the same size. Funny, articulate, and occasionally troubling, the testimonies offered by the 26 subjects of Word Is Out entertain, inform, and inspire for the duration of its 130 minutes. Made in 1977 by the ...
Editorial Product Review: :It begins with a woman sitting on a bed with her dog, saying nothing, barely moving, and ends with a raucous gay pride parade. In between: candid opinions, hesitations, tears, songs, chainsaws, a lot of cigarettes, and a meal or two. And we learn that Barbie and Ken wear the same size. Funny, articulate, and occasionally troubling, the testimonies offered by the 26 subjects of Word Is Out entertain, inform, and inspire for the duration of its 130 minutes. Made in 1977 by the ...
Editorial Product Review: essential video:Author Armistead Maupin (Tales of the City) wrote Lily Tomlin's narration for this superb documentary, based on a book by the late Vito Russo, about Hollywood's treatment of homosexual characters in the 20th century. Never pointing a finger at anyone in the film community, The Celluloid Closet presents clips from more than 100 mainstream features (including The Children's Hour, Advise and Consent, The Boys in the Band, and The Hunger) that speak loudly in their respective images of gays and lesbians. The ...
Editorial Product Review: essential video:Paris Is Burning closes with two neon-lit boys holding each other on the streets of Harlem. One looks into the camera and asks, 'So this is New York City and what the gay lifestyle is all about--right?' This documentary takes an honest, humorous, and surprisingly poignant peek into one of America's overlooked subcultures: the world of the urban drag queen. It's a parallel dimension of bizarre beauty, where 'houses' vie like gangs for turf and reputation ... only instead of street-fighting, they ...
Editorial Product Review: essential video:Paris Is Burning closes with two neon-lit boys holding each other on the streets of Harlem. One looks into the camera and asks, 'So this is New York City and what the gay lifestyle is all about--right?' This documentary takes an honest, humorous, and surprisingly poignant peek into one of America's overlooked subcultures: the world of the urban drag queen. It's a parallel dimension of bizarre beauty, where 'houses' vie like gangs for turf and reputation ... only instead of street-fighting, they ...
Editorial Product Review: essential video:Paris Is Burning closes with two neon-lit boys holding each other on the streets of Harlem. One looks into the camera and asks, 'So this is New York City and what the gay lifestyle is all about--right?' This documentary takes an honest, humorous, and surprisingly poignant peek into one of America's overlooked subcultures: the world of the urban drag queen. It's a parallel dimension of bizarre beauty, where 'houses' vie like gangs for turf and reputation ... only instead of street-fighting, they ...
Editorial Product Review: essential video:Paris Is Burning closes with two neon-lit boys holding each other on the streets of Harlem. One looks into the camera and asks, 'So this is New York City and what the gay lifestyle is all about--right?' This documentary takes an honest, humorous, and surprisingly poignant peek into one of America's overlooked subcultures: the world of the urban drag queen. It's a parallel dimension of bizarre beauty, where 'houses' vie like gangs for turf and reputation ... only instead of street-fighting, they ...
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