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...queen" named Michael (Kenneth Nelson) throws a birthday party for his intimate enemy, Harold (Leonard Frey). The guests are all various shades of lavender. They range from muscular stud to the outrageously effeminate Emory (Cliff Gorman), who arrives with a "present": a $20-a-trick midnight cowboy* (Robert La Tourneaux). All of the people at the party bring hang-ups along with their gifts; one man has left his wife and children for a promiscuous partner; a Negro labeled "the queen of spades" suffers for his skin and his psyche; the host himself is a much-analyzed Roman Catholic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Shades of Lavender | 3/30/1970 | See Source »

...spades" suffers rejection because of his unrequited love for a heterosexual white boy. One couple is undergoing an emotional rift: one partner is faithful while the other is promiscuous. There is also an outrageously effeminate guest (Cliff Gorman) who brings a flamboyant birthday gift-a dumb hustler (Robert La Tourneaux) who looks like a slightly tarnished Greek god and costs $20 for the night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Plays: The Boys in the Band | 4/26/1968 | See Source »

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