Word: gayness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...well. Nikki Mintz finds her niche in comedy in "Raining in My Heart" after falling unsuccessfully between bitter and sweet with "If Love Were All." Judy Banks has a clear, strong voice, well-suited to musicals, but she and Hayes, despite their talent, show the dreary "Who Said Gay Paree" was replaced with "I Love Paris" in Can-Can. And Patty Woo's phrasing and professionalism help, but they are not powerful enough to overcome the material. Her "Anyone Can Whistle" is a soft tune that does work as it should, though, calming the audience after "Tap Your Troubles Away...
...reviewer apparently expected a movie version of a gay pride rally, with a hot bedroom scene thrown in for it to qualify as a "strong gay liberation statement...
...film is more than that. It is an "autobiography" covering, at length, Joslin's family, the present and the past. The bored critic felt this was all "self-indulgence." But as a gay man I know the tribute exacted by so many people for this kind of honesty. It takes a brave person to face it and pay it, be it in the form of Mrs. Joslin's dislike of Tom's lover, his father's embarrassment, fag-baiting, physical abuse, or the activities and hatred of Anita Bryant. Unlike the critic of December 2, the audience of December...
...realize that coming out is a continuing process. Even though I am fairly openly gay, almost every person who meets me, perhaps for the rest of my life, will assume until told otherwise that I am straight--and will impose his or her straight expectations upon me. For the rest of my life, I will be surprising people--shocking some people, dismaying some people--for the simple fact...
...American audience giving itself up to pure enjoyment of the scenery and the gaiety. Bahia is an idyllic world, where even whores can demand the right to love; it is not a world that reflects our own experience, and it is difficult to take it all seriously. Bahia is gay, joyous, beautiful, but it is not believable. And in the end, it isn't really satisfying, either...