"Needs More Gay" The Wizard of Oz Needs More Gay (TV Episo 2014) st and crew creds, cludg actors, actrs, directors, wrers and more.
Contents:
- WHY IS JUDY GARLAND THE ULTIMATE GAY IN?
- WHICH ACTORS THE WIZARD OF OZ WERE GAY?
- THE ENDURG (GAY?) APPEAL OF 'THE WIZARD OF OZ': MISTER OF CULTURE
WHY IS JUDY GARLAND THE ULTIMATE GAY IN?
I had the chance to chat wh Jerrod Carmichael at the Emmys, where he opened up about beg a role mol for LGBTQ youth after he me out as gay April his HBO Max special “Rothaniel. It's based on the novel by gay thor Gregory Maguire, who's wrten several other books about the Oz while many of will always go over the rabow wh Judy Garland, 's clear there will be plenty of other yellow brick roads leadg to Oz.
As far back as 1919 cema was beg ed to promote gay rights. Wh this year’s Osr race celebratg a batn of gay characters (Brendon Fraser The Whale, Cate Blanchett Tár), mp ins (Angela Bassett, Lady Gaga, Michelle Yeoh), and, Everythg Everywhere All At Once’s Stephanie Hsu, the first openly queer actor nomated for playg a queer character sce Ian McKellen 1998 (pl all the nods for Baz Luhrman’s Elvis, a movie that provis a one-word answer to the qutn, “Alexa, fe mp? Somehow MGM’s classic is simultaneoly the least and most gay film on this list.
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WHICH ACTORS THE WIZARD OF OZ WERE GAY?
Friend of Dorothy has been slang for gay men for years (some chalk this up to Judy Garland, beloved of gay men everywhere, while others pot to the origal Oz books and the le “you have some queer iends, Dorothy”), Over the Rabow is arguably the most important song gay culture, as anyone who has heard Ruf Wawright sgg will tell you, and rabows themselv are part of the fabric of Pri. Todd Hayn “The only bs that I liked Velvet Goldme were the gay bs”, said David Bowie, the unwillg spiratn for Todd Hayn’ thly-veiled Ziggy Stardt tribute act. ” Bowie is right about the “gay bs” but uncharacteristilly wrong about the rt – there’s plenty to enjoy this glter-hearted, sumptuo tale of nce.
Both were advised to pass on the script due to the stigma playg a gay character uld give an actor. The film broke new ground as a queer drama that was accepted by a mastream dience, though some have blamed private homophobia on behalf of Amy members for blockg what was expected to be a Bt Picture shoe- at the (2014) dir. Matthew WarchThe very Brish (and very Welsh and very gay and very lefty) te story of a group of gay Londoners, based around the real life (and still there) book shop Gay’s The Word, who ci to raise money for a Welsh town h by the 1984 mers’ strike.
Call Me By Your Name’s tale of teenage lt and awakeng sexualy has a sweet and reee vibe, and is that rare thg – a high profile gay story which no-one di horribly. Michelle Yeoh’s Evelyn is on a journey through the multiverse that isn’t jt about savg a billn worlds, ’s about, ultimately, tly acceptg her gay dghter, Stephanie Hsu’s Joy. Nicholas Stoller The prsure of beg one of the first proper, mastream gay rom s gave this extremely likeable, funny and filthy film some performance anxiety at the box office, which is a shame.
THE ENDURG (GAY?) APPEAL OF 'THE WIZARD OF OZ': MISTER OF CULTURE
The ncept of gay ins has always fascated me.