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- HOW ‘GREEN BOOK’ GIV SHORT SHRIFT TO A GAY LIFE
- 13 VERY GAY AND VERY GOOD BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ THIS PRI MONTH
- THE IN AND OUTS OF NARRATG A GAY ROMANCE AUDBOOK
- GAY NOTEBOOKS
- A GAY NOTEBOOKS & WRG PADS
HOW ‘GREEN BOOK’ GIV SHORT SHRIFT TO A GAY LIFE
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The scene as a shock: Shirley has been largely solo most of the film, and there is no ditn until then that he is eher gay (ed, there is mentn of a past marriage to a woman) or bisexual.
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A few weeks ago Jsie Smollett, a star of the Fox show “Empire” and a sger-songwrer, was hospalized after he was attacked Chigo by two men shoutg racial and homophobic slurs at him, acrdg to a police statement. (Ined other lbian, gay and trans people of lor face siar threats.
THE IN AND OUTS OF NARRATG A GAY ROMANCE AUDBOOK
And by not explorg Shirley’s lived experience, the film allows to move past the threat that he, Smollett and others aren’t many black and gay characters popular films and shows today.
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Wh that drama wng the Amy Award for bt picture jt two years ago (and wh Ali wng bt supportg actor for his role as a sympathetic adult a gay black boy’s life), “Green Book” feels like a Shirley’s fay has been outspoken about how the film mischaracteriz him and his relatnship to them. As a wrer of gay mystery and gay romance, I’ve been a part of this rise, and today I’m terviewg three narrators of gay fictn about their experience this segment. My guts are multi-award wners Joel Llie and Greg Tremblay, both wners of the Goodreads Rear’s Choice award for Bt Narrator M/M Romance, and the narrator of my Have Body, Will Guard gay adventure-romance seri, Stan Jenson, a lifelong profsnal actor.
For Greg, about 40-50% of those books are gay, while for Joel about two-thirds of those books feature gay protagonists. He was my first choice to narrate Mahu, the first of my gay mystery seri, bee of the multu of island voic.
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The unique challenge for narrators gay fictn is that there are often two male protagonists who need distct voic.
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