Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.
Contents:
- DIRECTOR OF QUEER CLASSIC 'BUT I'M A CHEERLEAR' WANTED TO 'MAKE A GAY "CLUELS"'
- BETIFUL THG IS A MASTERPIECE OF GAY STORYTELLG
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
DIRECTOR OF QUEER CLASSIC 'BUT I'M A CHEERLEAR' WANTED TO 'MAKE A GAY "CLUELS"'
In the flossy, glossy high school mil “Everybody’s Talkg About Jamie, ” Max Harwood plays the tle character, a gay teen livg Sheffield, England, untg the days until he leav high school to pursue his life’s goal of beg a drag film opens on Jamie’s 16th birthday, when his proud and lovg mum Margaret (Sarah Lanshire, beloved by “Last Tango Halifax” fans everywhere) prents him wh his dream-gift: a pair of sparklg red stiletto pumps, suable for any pole dancer who feels pelled to channel her ner Dorothy Gale.
BETIFUL THG IS A MASTERPIECE OF GAY STORYTELLG
Grant, who troduc his new young iend to the history of drag the movie’s ept, most shatterg set piece: a flashback set to the song “This Was Me, ” durg which he remds Jamie of the gay rights activists, AIDS patients and everyday urageo souls on whose shoulrs the new generatn stands.
The villas — a homophobic stunt named Dean (Samuel Bottomley) and an uptight teacher played by Sharon Han — are too broadly drawn to be believed, which is jt as te of their evable third-act, ’s impossible not to be cheered by Jamie’s domabily “Everybody’s Talkg About Jamie, ” jt as is impossible not to be moved by the film’s closg creds sequence, where the dience gets to meet the real character and his mother. ” The movie centers on a lbian high school cheerlear (played by Natasha Lyonne), whose parents send her to a nversn therapy mp to cure her homosexualy.
And I thk the muny was so vastated by AIDS that there wasn’t a lot of edi gog on gay cema. I wanted to skewer not only my muny, but also jt the absurdy of gay nversn.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
It’s ridiculo to say that jt bee you bee more feme means you’re gog to be ls gay.
I loved “Cluels, ” and I wanted to make a gay “Cluels.
For sure — and sexism and homophobia. I read that your first choice for the lead role turned down for relig reasons, and other st members were utned by their agents agast playg gay characters.