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ANGELS AMERI: A GAY FANTASIA ON NATNAL THEM
Read MoreHarn In Marcia Gay Harn…Mormon lawyer Tony Khner’s Angels Ameri. Tony Khner’s much-anticipated “Angels Ameri: A Gay Fantasia on Natnal Them, ” prented for the first time s plete seven-hour form, is a heady swirl of spired fancy, harrowg realism and outrageo humor, weighed down only by an unfortunate lack of foc s send half.
ANGELS AMERI: A GAY FANTASIA ON NATNAL THEM
“Angels, ” set New York Cy, 1985, revolv around two upl –one gay, one straight– whose liv bee tertwed through circumstance, tragedy and longg. Joe Pt (Jefey Kg) is a young lawyer, a nservative Republin, a Mormon, an ialist and a closet homosexual.
One such trailblazer whose work has broken both societal and theatril barriers is thor, screenwrer, and playwright Tony Khner—wrer of the h play Angels Ameri: A Gay Fantasia on Natnal Them. Set New York Cy 1985, Khner tak dienc on a journey that follows the life of a gay uple and a Mormon uple, as they tackle issu of sexual, racial, and relig inty and the realy of the AIDS epimic. One of the villas the play is based on a real person, Roy Cohn, a closeted gay Jewish lawyer who served as chief unsel for former Senator Joseph McCarthy.
ANGELS AMERI: A GAY FANTASIA ON NATNAL THEM
Although Cohn stood firm as homophobic and anti-Semic, he passed away om AIDS 1986.
In 1996, members of the Charlotte, North Carola, muny protted agast Charlotte Repertory Theatre’s productn of Angels Ameri due to a scene that clud homosexual nudy. While homophob are by gettg mad at Tom Holland for havg a gay scene his current show The Crowd Room, they’re missg somethg important: he’s not the first Spir-Man actor to play gay. In fact, Holland is followg a long and proud tradn of Spir-Man actors playg are some prev tim that actors who have played Peter Parker have crossed over to the other si and played gay characters movi, TV, and on stage.