Author(s): Wut, Bryan | Advisor(s): McHugh, Kathleen A | Abstract: This dissertatn exam the history and operatns of niche LGBT media distributn pani the past three s. Sce the rise of gay and lbian film ftivals the 1970s, several distributn pani specifilly voted to LGBT media have ma over a thoand tl available theaters, on home vio, or via digal streamg. By focg on five pani (Ariztil Entertament, Here Media, Strand Releasg, TLA Entertament, and Wolfe Vio), my rearch breaks new ground as a large-sle analysis of a sector of media largely unexplored by queer media studi. The texts produced by LGBT distributors are often perceived as nventnal and untertg formally and polilly. However, my project tak the “bad objects” serly, regnizg their enomic, cultural, and historil signifince for a mory group and their larger impact on mastream unrstandgs of LGBT inty and polics. Partly an dtrial history, this project prriz textual and reprentatnal analysis of the niche media self, attendg stead to the dtrial and discursive circumstanc surroundg the media and treatg distributn as a llectn of meang-makg practic revealg sights impossible through textual analysis alone. Each chapter monstrat how LGBT texts circulate and activate differently different ntexts, focg on the ntgency of a text’s tegorizatn as LGBT, the signifitn of bs practic wh liberal LGBT polics, and the plexy of evaluatg LGBT media based on differg expectatns about what LGBT media should do and what LGBT viewers need. This project provis an untold history of a mory group’s cultural productn, and dog so rais larger qutns about LGBT media’s ntemporary and future relatnship to tegorizatn, inty, polics, enomics, value, and affect.
Contents:
- "I'M GOG TO GIVE THEM THE GAYT MOVIE EVER MA": AN ORAL HISTORY OF ANOTHER GAY MOVIE
- ANOTHER GAY MOVIE
- BREAKG GLASS PICTUR RELEAS DIRECTOR’S CUT OF THE INIC “ANOTHER GAY MOVIE”! 15TH ANNIVERSARY!
- ANOTHER GAY MOVIE
"I'M GOG TO GIVE THEM THE GAYT MOVIE EVER MA": AN ORAL HISTORY OF ANOTHER GAY MOVIE
Another Gay Movie (2006) st and crew creds, cludg actors, actrs, directors, wrers and more. * distribution de another gay movie film series *
Perhaps that’s why a film like 2006’s Another Gay Movie feels so taboo, even today.
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Another Gay Movie wrer-director Todd Stephens and st members cludg Michael Carbonaro, Ashlie Atkson, and Lypska rne for the first time 15 years to explore the film's legacy. Will the provotive parody still feel relevant today, or jt offensive? * distribution de another gay movie film series *
Tastels or not, Another Gay Movie was groundbreakg s pictn of the msy sex liv of gay men, and s ankns has ma a fg (and tnal! In celebratn of the film’s 15th anniversary, a “Director’s Cut” re-release provis an opportuny to reach new dienc, which rais the qutn: Will a provotive product of s time like Another Gay Movie still feel relevant today, or will jt feel offensive?
BREAKG GLASS PICTUR RELEAS DIRECTOR’S CUT OF THE INIC “ANOTHER GAY MOVIE”! 15TH ANNIVERSARY!
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What follows is the five oral history of Another Gay Movie. All creds refer to Another Gay Movie unls otherwise A. Club also had the honor of rng director Todd Stephens wh his Another Gay Movie st for the first time over 15 years.
At the tail end of the , filmmaker Todd Stephens found succs wh the gay g-of-age feature Edge Of Seventeen, which he wrote for director David Moreton.
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” Then they’d say, “Well, ’s got this gay element, but ’s not gay enough.
Andy (Michael Carbonaro), Jarod (Jonathan Chase), Ni (Jonah Blechman) and Griff (Mch Morris) are gay teens and recent high-school graduat. The four iends are also virgs, and make a pact to lose their nocence before they leave for llege the fall. * distribution de another gay movie film series *
” I was really tryg to fd a wir dience, but, back those days, the feelg was that most gay stori were only seen by gay dienc. I thought, “What do you mean ’s not gay enough? Fuck you; I’m gog to give them the gayt movie ever ma!
” Another Gay Movie really was born out of feelg hurt and a rejectn, to some extent. Todd Stephens on the set of Another Gay MoviePhoto: Chris Stephens/Breakg Glass PicturMch Morris, “Griff”: For some historil ntext, this was the peak [Gee W. There’s Will And Grace, which allowed everybody to lgh wh gay people stead of at them.