Was Don Shirley Gay? His Life Story, Includg His Sexualy, Marriage

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• HOW ‘GREEN BOOK’ GIV SHORT SHRIFT TO A GAY LIFE
• THE GAY “REVEAL” THE OSR-BOUND "GREEN BOOK," A GRIPPG 1960S "LOVE STORY"ALSO: MARY WILSON OF THE SUPREM OPENS UP ABOUT "DREAMGIRLS."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY MICHAEL MTONOVEMBER 26, 2018/10:37 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2255PX;WIDTH:3600PX;}JOHN LAMPARSKI/WIREIMAGENEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 13: MAHERSHALA ALI AND VIGGO MORTENSEN ATTEND "GREEN BOOK" NEW YORK PREMIERE AT PARIS THEATRE ON NOVEMBER 13, 2018 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY JOHN LAMPARSKI/WIREIMAGE)BY MICHAEL MTONOVEMBER 26, 2018 / 10:37 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE GAY “REVEAL” THE OSR-BOUND \"GREEN BOOK,\" A GRIPPG 1960S \"LOVE STORY\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-11-26T15:37:13.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-11-26T15:37:13.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL MTO","KEYWORDS":"MTO UNFILTERED","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF THE BT FILMS OF THE YEAR, PETER FARRELLY'S GREEN BOOK TELLS THE TE STORY OF “DOC” DON SHIRLEY (MAHERSHALA ALI), A CULTURED JAZZ PIANIST WHO HIRED AN ITALIAN-AMERIN BOUNCER NAMED TONY LIP (VIGGO MORTENSEN) TO DRIVE AND HELP MANAGE HIM ON A 1960S TOUR OF THE DEEP SOUTH, WHERE RACISM WAS EVEN MORE RAMPANT THAN TMP’S AMERI (SO FAR). AS THE TWO TAKE OPPOSG APPROACH TO BATTLG BIGOTRY—LIP LIK TO EHER BEAT PEOPLE UP, THREATEN THEM, OR BRIBE THEM, WHILE SHIRLEY RPONDS A MORE MEASURED FASHN—HOMOSEXUALY ALSO SURFAC AND ENDS UP HAVG REPERCSNS. SPOILERS TO E!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT ONE POT, SHIRLEY IS BTED WHILE HAVG SEX WH A WHE GUY AT A YMCA DOWN SOUTH, AND ’S THE FIRST TIME LIP (OR THE DIENCE) GETS WD OF ANYTHG REMBLG SHIRLEY’S PRIVATE LIFE. YOU MIGHT HAVE SPECTED SOMETHG LIKE THIS WOULD HAVE GONE DOWN DUE TO ALI’S CLIPPED DICTN AND FANCY OUTFS, BUT I MT ADM EVEN I DIDN’T SEE G, HAVG HEARD THE FILM WAS ABOUT RACIAL OPPRSN BUT NOT KNOWG ADDRSED SEXUAL BIGOTRY, TOO. THE LOVELIT THG OF ALL IS LIP’S RPONSE; AFTER RCUG SHIRLEY OM THE SUATN ORR TO SAVE HIS REER, ALBE VIA FLAT-OUT BRIBERY, HE THEN, A PLETELY OFFHAND FASHN, TELLS THE PIANIST THAT HE’S HUNG OUT WH A LOT OF SHOW BIZ PEOPLE THROUGH THE YEARS AND HE’S AWARE THAT 'S "A PLITED WORLD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THAT’S ! NO BERATG, NO HOMOPHOBIA, NO MOCKERY, AND HE EVEN HUGS SHIRLEY LATER ON AND SLEEPS THE SAME ROOM WH HIM WHOUT ANY QUALMS. AND THIS IS A PRETTY ARSE GUY WHO IALLY WAS EPLY RACIST! (HE HIMSELF IS THE SUBJECT OF SLURS AIMED AT HIS ITALIANNS. 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HE’S AWARE OF THE PTH OF THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN HIM AND DOC.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S A LOVE STORY,” SOMEONE ELSE POTED OUT, BUT ACTUALY, SHIRLEY HAD OTHER ROMANTIC TARGETS MD. IN FACT, THE FILM’S -SCREENWRER, BRIAN HAY CURRIE, TOLD ME THAT THE MICIAN HAD A LONGTIME WHE MALE LOVER. I HOPE THAT’S MENTNED THE SEQUEL. BUT HAVG SEEN THIS FILM TWICE, I ADORE SHIRLEY’S ELEGANT DIGNY AND LIP’S EMERGG HEART, AND I’M LIVG FOR MY THIRD TIME OF GREEN BRGG BLACK AND WHE TOGETHER AND WRAPPG THEM A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY THE WAY, ALSO NOTICEABLE THE CROWD AT THE LUNCH FOR THE MOVIE WAS ALED UHRY, WHO WROTE DRIVG MISS DAISY. THK ABOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE'S SOMETHG ABOUT MARY WILSONRB/REDFERNSUNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: PHOTO OF DIANA ROSS AND FLORENCE BALLARD AND MARY WILSON AND SUPREMES; POSED GROUP PORTRA L-R MARY WILSON, DIANA ROSS AND FLORENCE BALLARD, (PHOTO BY RB/REDFERNS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LET ME TELL YOU SOME OTHER DON SHIRLEY-ERA GOSSIP, AND I’LL BREAK DOWN SO ’S EASY FOR YOU YOUNG ON: BEFORE THERE WAS BEYONCé, THERE WAS DTY’S CHILD. WELL, WAY BEFORE THAT, THE 1960S, THERE WAS THE SUPREM, A MOTOWN GIRL GROUP WH LEAD SGER DIANA ROSS AND BACKUPS MARY WILSON AND FLO BALLARD, AND THEY WERE PEPPY, VAMPY, GLTERY, AND FULL OF H RERDS. I JT WENT TO THE CAFé CARLYLE TO SEE WILSON A SOLO ACT, AND WAS AN EXTRAORDARY EXPERIENCE THAT TRANSPORTED ME TO GIRL-GROUP HEAVEN. WILSON—WHO WAS ALWAYS THE SEXY SUPREME WH THE SMOKY VOICE—IS A FE VOLIST, WHO NFINTLY SOARED THROUGH SHOWSTOPPERS LIKE “BODY AND SOUL” AND “STORMY WEATHER.” SHE JECTED SOUL TO NORA JON’ “DON’T KNOW WHY,” EVEN WHILE LGHGLY ADMTG THAT SHE HAD NO IA WHAT THE SONG MEANS. (NEHER DO I, BUT WILSON BROUGHT SIGNIFINCE TO .) WH ALL THE WISDOM OF HER 74 YEARS, SHE DID A POIGNANT “BOTH SIS NOW” AND A PIERCG “LOOK OF LOVE.” AND OF URSE SHE ADDRSED HER TIME WH THE SUPREM. WILSON SAID THEY WERE “THREE LTLE BLACK GIRLS WHO MA OUR DREAMS E TE... WE NEVER WON A GRAMMY—ALL THOSE NUMBER ONE SONGS—BUT WE GOT THE MONEY, SO WHO R?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I SANG THE 'OOHS' AND 'AHS' AND THE ‘BABY, BABY, BABYS’,” SHE ADD. “DON’T BE LGHG. I WAS LGHG ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK!” SHE THEN SANG THE LEAD ON SUPREM HS LIKE “BABY LOVE,” “STOP THE NAME OF LOVE,” AND “MY WORLD IS EMPTY WHOUT YOU,” AND THE DIENCE IMPULSIVELY CHIRPED THE BACKUPS, TO WHICH WILSON BEAMED, “YOU’RE SGG MY PART!”SHERRY RAYN BART /MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES - NOVEMBER 18 : R AND B SGER MARY WILSON PERFORMS AT AMOEBA RERDS ON NOVEMBER 18, 2015 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY SHERRY RAYN BART /MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND SHE ADDRSED DREAMGIRLS, JOKG, “THEY SAY ’S ABOUT THE SUPREM, BUT I KNOW ISN’T BEE I DIDN’T GET PAID.” BUT SHE LOV THE SHOW AND MOVIE VERSN, AND SAID THAT IF FLORENCE BALLARD—THE SORT OF EFFIE CHARACTER, WHO DIED AT 32—WAS HERE TODAY, SHE WOULD LIVER THE BALLAD OF RENEWAL “I AM CHANGG." WILSON THEN BELTED THAT VERY SONG HONOR OF FLO, WH A WHOLE BUNCH OF HEART AND TEARS. WHAT A DAZZLG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND AFTER THE SHOW, WILSON TOLD ME SHE’S WORKG ON A FFEE TABLE BOOK ABOUT THE FASHN OF THE SUPREM. OOH, BABY, BABY!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MTO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• DPE HIS OBV FRIENDSHIP WH TONY LIP, DON SHIRLEY NEVER CAME OUT AS GAY

HOW ‘GREEN BOOK’ GIV SHORT SHRIFT TO A GAY LIFE

(One cint the film relat to a gay enunter Shirley had durg the tour, though Vallelonga said that Shirley never me out as homosexual real life.

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.

Tony dit he’s acceptg of gay people om his time workg New York nightclubs. 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 GAY “REVEAL” THE OSR-BOUND "GREEN BOOK," A GRIPPG 1960S "LOVE STORY"ALSO: MARY WILSON OF THE SUPREM OPENS UP ABOUT "DREAMGIRLS."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY MICHAEL MTONOVEMBER 26, 2018/10:37 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2255PX;WIDTH:3600PX;}JOHN LAMPARSKI/WIREIMAGENEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 13: MAHERSHALA ALI AND VIGGO MORTENSEN ATTEND "GREEN BOOK" NEW YORK PREMIERE AT PARIS THEATRE ON NOVEMBER 13, 2018 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY JOHN LAMPARSKI/WIREIMAGE)BY MICHAEL MTONOVEMBER 26, 2018 / 10:37 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE GAY “REVEAL” THE OSR-BOUND \"GREEN BOOK,\" A GRIPPG 1960S \"LOVE STORY\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-11-26T15:37:13.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-11-26T15:37:13.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL MTO","KEYWORDS":"MTO UNFILTERED","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF THE BT FILMS OF THE YEAR, PETER FARRELLY'S GREEN BOOK TELLS THE TE STORY OF “DOC” DON SHIRLEY (MAHERSHALA ALI), A CULTURED JAZZ PIANIST WHO HIRED AN ITALIAN-AMERIN BOUNCER NAMED TONY LIP (VIGGO MORTENSEN) TO DRIVE AND HELP MANAGE HIM ON A 1960S TOUR OF THE DEEP SOUTH, WHERE RACISM WAS EVEN MORE RAMPANT THAN TMP’S AMERI (SO FAR). AS THE TWO TAKE OPPOSG APPROACH TO BATTLG BIGOTRY—LIP LIK TO EHER BEAT PEOPLE UP, THREATEN THEM, OR BRIBE THEM, WHILE SHIRLEY RPONDS A MORE MEASURED FASHN—HOMOSEXUALY ALSO SURFAC AND ENDS UP HAVG REPERCSNS. SPOILERS TO E!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT ONE POT, SHIRLEY IS BTED WHILE HAVG SEX WH A WHE GUY AT A YMCA DOWN SOUTH, AND ’S THE FIRST TIME LIP (OR THE DIENCE) GETS WD OF ANYTHG REMBLG SHIRLEY’S PRIVATE LIFE. YOU MIGHT HAVE SPECTED SOMETHG LIKE THIS WOULD HAVE GONE DOWN DUE TO ALI’S CLIPPED DICTN AND FANCY OUTFS, BUT I MT ADM EVEN I DIDN’T SEE G, HAVG HEARD THE FILM WAS ABOUT RACIAL OPPRSN BUT NOT KNOWG ADDRSED SEXUAL BIGOTRY, TOO. THE LOVELIT THG OF ALL IS LIP’S RPONSE; AFTER RCUG SHIRLEY OM THE SUATN ORR TO SAVE HIS REER, ALBE VIA FLAT-OUT BRIBERY, HE THEN, A PLETELY OFFHAND FASHN, TELLS THE PIANIST THAT HE’S HUNG OUT WH A LOT OF SHOW BIZ PEOPLE THROUGH THE YEARS AND HE’S AWARE THAT 'S "A PLITED WORLD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THAT’S ! NO BERATG, NO HOMOPHOBIA, NO MOCKERY, AND HE EVEN HUGS SHIRLEY LATER ON AND SLEEPS THE SAME ROOM WH HIM WHOUT ANY QUALMS. AND THIS IS A PRETTY ARSE GUY WHO IALLY WAS EPLY RACIST! (HE HIMSELF IS THE SUBJECT OF SLURS AIMED AT HIS ITALIANNS. 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HE’S AWARE OF THE PTH OF THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN HIM AND DOC.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S A LOVE STORY,” SOMEONE ELSE POTED OUT, BUT ACTUALY, SHIRLEY HAD OTHER ROMANTIC TARGETS MD. IN FACT, THE FILM’S -SCREENWRER, BRIAN HAY CURRIE, TOLD ME THAT THE MICIAN HAD A LONGTIME WHE MALE LOVER. I HOPE THAT’S MENTNED THE SEQUEL. BUT HAVG SEEN THIS FILM TWICE, I ADORE SHIRLEY’S ELEGANT DIGNY AND LIP’S EMERGG HEART, AND I’M LIVG FOR MY THIRD TIME OF GREEN BRGG BLACK AND WHE TOGETHER AND WRAPPG THEM A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY THE WAY, ALSO NOTICEABLE THE CROWD AT THE LUNCH FOR THE MOVIE WAS ALED UHRY, WHO WROTE DRIVG MISS DAISY. THK ABOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE'S SOMETHG ABOUT MARY WILSONRB/REDFERNSUNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: PHOTO OF DIANA ROSS AND FLORENCE BALLARD AND MARY WILSON AND SUPREMES; POSED GROUP PORTRA L-R MARY WILSON, DIANA ROSS AND FLORENCE BALLARD, (PHOTO BY RB/REDFERNS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LET ME TELL YOU SOME OTHER DON SHIRLEY-ERA GOSSIP, AND I’LL BREAK DOWN SO ’S EASY FOR YOU YOUNG ON: BEFORE THERE WAS BEYONCé, THERE WAS DTY’S CHILD. WELL, WAY BEFORE THAT, THE 1960S, THERE WAS THE SUPREM, A MOTOWN GIRL GROUP WH LEAD SGER DIANA ROSS AND BACKUPS MARY WILSON AND FLO BALLARD, AND THEY WERE PEPPY, VAMPY, GLTERY, AND FULL OF H RERDS. I JT WENT TO THE CAFé CARLYLE TO SEE WILSON A SOLO ACT, AND WAS AN EXTRAORDARY EXPERIENCE THAT TRANSPORTED ME TO GIRL-GROUP HEAVEN. WILSON—WHO WAS ALWAYS THE SEXY SUPREME WH THE SMOKY VOICE—IS A FE VOLIST, WHO NFINTLY SOARED THROUGH SHOWSTOPPERS LIKE “BODY AND SOUL” AND “STORMY WEATHER.” SHE JECTED SOUL TO NORA JON’ “DON’T KNOW WHY,” EVEN WHILE LGHGLY ADMTG THAT SHE HAD NO IA WHAT THE SONG MEANS. (NEHER DO I, BUT WILSON BROUGHT SIGNIFINCE TO .) WH ALL THE WISDOM OF HER 74 YEARS, SHE DID A POIGNANT “BOTH SIS NOW” AND A PIERCG “LOOK OF LOVE.” AND OF URSE SHE ADDRSED HER TIME WH THE SUPREM. WILSON SAID THEY WERE “THREE LTLE BLACK GIRLS WHO MA OUR DREAMS E TE... WE NEVER WON A GRAMMY—ALL THOSE NUMBER ONE SONGS—BUT WE GOT THE MONEY, SO WHO R?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I SANG THE 'OOHS' AND 'AHS' AND THE ‘BABY, BABY, BABYS’,” SHE ADD. “DON’T BE LGHG. I WAS LGHG ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK!” SHE THEN SANG THE LEAD ON SUPREM HS LIKE “BABY LOVE,” “STOP THE NAME OF LOVE,” AND “MY WORLD IS EMPTY WHOUT YOU,” AND THE DIENCE IMPULSIVELY CHIRPED THE BACKUPS, TO WHICH WILSON BEAMED, “YOU’RE SGG MY PART!”SHERRY RAYN BART /MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES - NOVEMBER 18 : R AND B SGER MARY WILSON PERFORMS AT AMOEBA RERDS ON NOVEMBER 18, 2015 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY SHERRY RAYN BART /MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND SHE ADDRSED DREAMGIRLS, JOKG, “THEY SAY ’S ABOUT THE SUPREM, BUT I KNOW ISN’T BEE I DIDN’T GET PAID.” BUT SHE LOV THE SHOW AND MOVIE VERSN, AND SAID THAT IF FLORENCE BALLARD—THE SORT OF EFFIE CHARACTER, WHO DIED AT 32—WAS HERE TODAY, SHE WOULD LIVER THE BALLAD OF RENEWAL “I AM CHANGG." 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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.

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 the two take opposg approach to battlg bigotry—Lip lik to eher beat people up, threaten them, or bribe them, while Shirley rponds a more measured fashn—homosexualy also surfac and ends up havg repercsns.

DPE HIS OBV FRIENDSHIP WH TONY LIP, DON SHIRLEY NEVER CAME OUT AS GAY

No beratg, no homophobia, no mockery, and he even hugs Shirley later on and sleeps the same room wh him whout any qualms. ” Don Shirley — Courty of Mreen Shirley But the one scene that tly shocked the Shirley fay was when Don is arrted for solicg gay sex om a whe man at a YMCA, rultg Tony bribg a p to lettg him go.

Dpe His Obv Friendship Wh Tony Lip, Don Shirley Never Came Out as Gay. Don Shirley never me out as gay.

After the release of the movie, Green Book people were cur to learn more rmatn about Don Shirley cludg if he was gay or not.