The Khner/Spielberg Adaptatn of ‘Wt Si Story’ Is Sure to Be Pretty, Wty and Gay

WT SI STORY IS THE PRODUCT OF A BUNCH OF GAY JEWS!!

Infed throughout Wt Si Story is a gay sensibily that’s exprsed subtextually the relatnship between the hero Tony and Riff, the lear of the Jets, and choreographilly through the homoeroticism of the all-male dance sequenc. Along wh Arthur Lrents, poser Leonard Bernste, director-choreographer Jerome Robbs, and lyricist Stephen Sondheim were all var stag of g to terms wh their homosexualy the opprsive atmosphere of 1950s Ameri. Wh the exceptn of Sondheim, the creators of Wt Si Story had narrowly ped profsnal durg the anti-gay and anti-Communist wch hunts of the McCarthy era.

By 1957, the persecutns were sentially over, the far Right was retreat, and Wt Si Story afford four gay men an opportuny to create a work of art that challenged prejudice and affirmed the power of love fiance of social norms. Reviewers praised Wt Si Story for s soclogil boldns and for changg the face of the Amerin mil theater, but they did not ment, at least publicly, on the gay subtext of character relatnships or the homoeroticism of the dancg. Sixty years after s premiere New York Cy, the mil serv to be revised, cludg the gay elements that tiptoe through the story along wh an overall gay sensibily that shows up the story, the lyrics, and the dancg.

Eastern, through Sunday (HBO Max ntent will be available to stream on-mand throughout that perd), and offers much of tert to LGBTQ+ dienc and to "anyone wh a pulse" who lov movi, as one TCM executive put Si Story, of urse, had a wealth of gay and bisexual talent among s creators, cludg book wrer Arthur Lrents, poser Leonard Bernste, director-choreographer Jerome Robbs, and a guy named Stephen Sondheim, who wrote the lyrics and went on to some succs as a poser as Monty Clift nnectn adds to that.

Bisset said she felt like she really beme an actrs wh this movie, which she and Candice Bergen played rival thors (a remake of 1943's Old Acquatance, which starred Bette Davis and Miriam Hopks) had some issu wh the great director (no, the fact that he was gay wasn't one of them), but she thought he did an excellent job wh the film.

Osborne was "grac and welg and kd and warm, " Tabh Ftival Highlights for LGBTQ+ Viewers (and Everyone Else)Dirk Bogar VictimHBO Max will stream Victim, a 1961 Brish film starrg Dirk Bogar as a closeted gay man tryg to expose a blackmailer. It was one of the first mastream films to treat homosexualy wh sympathy. It will be acpanied by Osborne's tro, a documentary on the history of gay and lbian films, and a discsn between TCM host Dave Karger and former Advote edor Alonso Harris, a renowned film historian who happens to be gay, will discs his latt book, Mike Nichols: A Life, njunctn wh TCM's screeng of Nichols and May: Take Two, a documentary about the future film director's early edy act wh Elae May.

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WT SI STORY IS THE PRODUCT OF A BUNCH OF GAY JEWS!!