To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar was a commercial hit in 1995. Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo play a trio of drag queens stranded in a small town. My guests and I ask: who is the protagonist and what is their journey?
This episode contains profanity. Trigger warning for discussions of transphobia and sexual assault.
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In & Out begins at the Oscars. Matt Dillon thanks his gay teacher, Kevin Kline, in his acceptance speech. Kline insists he’s not gay. Is he or isn’t he? Screenwriter Paul Rudnick was inspired by the speech Tom Hanks gave when he won Best Actor for Philadelphia. My guests and I discuss how this coming out comedy has aged.
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A reporter investigates the disappearance of a famous glam rocker. Todd Haynes’s Velvet Goldmine explores a movement that allowed artists to hide their queerness in plain sight.
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Rainbow Colored Glasses starts season four with a look at Paul Oremland’s 1998 film Like It Is. A boxer from Blackpool falls for a music promoter from London. The promoter’s snobby friends try to break them up. I enjoyed this film. My guest did not.
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Todd Stephens’ feature debut, Edge of Seventeen, was a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama. A gay teen in Sandusky, Ohio struggles to hold on to his old friends and family as he enters the gay world.
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Gods and Monsters examines the unlikely friendship between Hollywood director James Whale (Ian McKellen) and his naïve yard man (Brendan Fraser). My guest and I revisit Bill Condon’s ambitious tragicomedy.
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In 1984 French Canadian flight attendant Gaétan Dugas was falsely accused of bringing H.I.V. to America. He was dubbed “Patient Zero.” In 1993 John Greyson wrote and directed a movie musical about the myth. Zero Patience is raunchy, surreal and political. A sharp contrast to the film Philadelphia that it premiered alongside. I’ve grown to love it. My guest was not a fan.
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And that concludes season two! Thank you so much for listening!
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In 1985 John Erman directed the groundbreaking TV film An Early Frost. One of the first films to address the AIDS epidemic. In 1991 he returned the subject in Our Sons. Julie Andrews and Ann-Margret play the disapproving mothers of a gay couple (Hugh Grant and Zeljko Ivanek). Zeljko’s dying of AIDS so the women go on a road trip to visit them. Cue fights, tears and a sprinkling of camp.
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In our last episode we covered the 1999 romcom Trick. We followed up with a discussion of how we would adapt it into a musical. Are we out of our minds? Or is this a great idea?
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Trick is currently available on Amazon Prime, itunes and YouTube.
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Trick follows a songwriter (Christian Campbell) and a go-go boy (John Paul Pitoc) who meet cute on a New York subway train. A series of obstacles will hinder their search for a place to hook up. These include Tori Spelling, Steve Hayes and the marvelous Coco Peru. Director Jim Fall announced plans for a sequel on Trick’s 20th anniversary. We decided to rewatch the original and see how we felt about it in 2020.
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