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Intentionally or not, the author has fitted his prose to his subject; the writing is foppish, runs to such Evergreen Review cliches as "this is clip street, hustle street-frenzied-nightactivity street." Despite such mannerisms, Rechy shows with something like objectivity the curious life of the homosexual "youngmen." There are the "queens"-men who use girls' names, feminine makeup and clothes ("drag"). There are the "stud hustlers"-male prostitutes. And the "scores"-the men who buy the favors of the stud hustlers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: All the Sad Youngmen | 6/14/1963 | See Source »

...nice place, and from there it is all good"). Backgrounds of the Grande Corniche are getting to be a grand cliché in movies nowadays, and Ball's scenario has more twists and turns than the Grand Prix. But it also has its moments, among them a magnificently foppish performance by erstwhile Television Heavy Telly Savalas. As for Glenn Ford, he is in the driver's seat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Pink Baggage on the Riviera | 4/12/1963 | See Source »

...Letters of Oscar Wilde, edited by Rupert Hart-Davis. This first complete collection reveals the witty playwright not as the foppish caricature he seemed, but as the sad and profound fellow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Jan. 11, 1963 | 1/11/1963 | See Source »

...Letters of Oscar Wilde, edited by Rupert Hart-Davis. This first complete collection reveals the witty playwright not as the foppish caricature he seemed, but as the sad and profound fellow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Dec. 28, 1962 | 12/28/1962 | See Source »

...Letters of Oscar Wilde, edited by Rupert Hart-Davis. This first complete collection reveals the witty playwright not as the foppish caricature he seemed, but as the sad and profound fellow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Dec. 21, 1962 | 12/21/1962 | See Source »

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