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MTV'S JOHN NORRIS REFLECTS ON IMPORTANCE OF 'MILK' {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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 MTVMOVINOVEMBER 26, 2008/11:16 AMBY MTVMOVINOVEMBER 26, 2008 / 11:16 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MTV'S JOHN NORRIS REFLECTS ON IMPORTANCE OF 'MILK' BPIC","DATEPUBLISHED":"2008-11-26T16:16:55.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2008-11-26T16:16:55.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"MTVMOVI","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADD ONE LETTER TO "MLK," AND WHAT DO YOU GET? THAT'S RIGHT -- "MILK."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND RIGHTLY SO. HARVEY MILK IS THE MIDDLE-AGE MENSCH OM NEW YORK WHO MOVED TO SAN FRANCIS, OPENED A MERA SHOP AND SET ABOUT CHANGG THE WORLD. THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ELECTED OFFICIAL AMERI BEME A MARTYR 1978, WHEN HE, ALONG WH SAN FRANCIS MAYOR GEE MOSNE, WAS GUNNED DOWN BY A EPLY DISTURBED LLEAGUE. MILK HAS EARNED HIS PLACE ALONGSI THOSE OTHER M'S: MART, MALLM AND MANLA. AND IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WH THAT -- IF YOU THK THAT GAY RIGHTS ARE SOMETHG APART OM OTHER CIVIL-RIGHTS STGGL -- I SUGGT YOU SEE THE MOVIE "MILK." I'LL ONT YOU THE 10 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS LONG-OVERDUE DRAMATIZATN OF THE LIFE OF A HERO WHO SO RICHLY SERV IS OPENG NOW, AGAST THE BACKDROP OF THE PASSAGE OF CALIFORNIA'S RIGHTS-STRIPPG PROPOSN 8 -- AND ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF MILK'S ATH -- IS THE SORT OF SURREAL NVERGENCE OF EVENTS THAT ONLY A SCREENWRER ULD DREAM UP. (MILK'S STORY WAS ALSO TOLD 1984'S EXCELLENT DOCUMENTARY, "THE TIM OF HARVEY MILK.") A SCREENWRER, SAY, LIKE DT LANCE BLACK, WHO GREW UP A CLOSETED GAY KID A MORMON (YIK!) ARY (2X YIK!) FAY TEXAS (3X YIK!), WHO SAYS HE HIMSELF MIGHT HAVE BEE ANOTHER STATISTIC -- HAVG NTEMPLATED SUICI HIS TEEN YEARS -- HAD HE NOT BEEN SPIRED BY THE WORDS AND STORY OF HARVEY MILK. TODAY, BLACK IS WATCHG AS A SCRIPT HE SHEPHERD FOR YEARS HAS BEEN REALIZED AS A MAJOR FILM GENERATG MAJOR BUZZ, DUE LARGE PART TO THE SOARG PERFORMANCE OF S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEAN PENN'S PLETE EMBODIMENT OF HARVEY MILK -- NAILG THE DRIVE, THE GUTS AND THE CHARM THAT MA HIM "THE MAYOR OF CASTRO STREET" -- IS A NO-BRAER OSR NOMATN AS BT ACTOR. BUT I THK ALMOST AN EQUAL LOCK FOR A BT SUPPORTG ACTOR NOD IS EE HIRSCH, WHOSE LOVABLE-SMARTASS PORTRAYAL OF HARVEY'S PROTéGé CLEVE JON, FEY BUT NOT TOO MUCH, IS AN ASTOUNDG TRANSFORMATN. AND DON'T END THERE. THE ENTIRE SUPPORTG ST -- JOSH BROL, JAM FRAN (DOG SOME OF HIS FT, WARMT WORK EVER), ALISON PILL, DIEGO LUNA, JOSEPH CROSS, LUS GRABEEL, VICTOR GARBER, DENIS O'HARE -- IS A DREAM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND IF ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE THE REASON YOU GO SEE , GREAT. BUT DO GO SEE . WHAT WOULD BE A SHAME IS IF THIS POWERFUL, IMPORTANT MOVIE DID NOT GET SEEN BEYOND S IMMEDIATE DIENCE. BEE THOSE AREN'T THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HARVEY. IT'S PEOPLE WHO ARE TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER HIM. AS MUCH AS ANYONE, YOU ARE WHO THIS MOVIE WAS MA FOR. CONSIR S DIRECTOR, G VAN SANT -- OM INDIETOWN, USA: PORTLAND -- WHO, FAR OM BEG PART OF ANY GAY MASTREAM, HAS ACTUALLY SPENT A GOOD PART OF HIS REER CELEBRATG OUTSIRS (HTLERS, JUNKI, SKATERS, ROCK STARS, DISAFFECTED TYP) LOOKG FOR A WAY OUT. "MILK" IS A BPIC -- AN ATYPIL FILM FOR VAN SANT -- BUT THERE ARE "G TOUCH" THROUGHOUT . NONE MORE SO THAN A SCENE WHICH HARVEY RECEIV A PHONE LL OM A KID MNOTA WHO'S THKG OF ENDG BEE HIS PARENTS ARE GOG TO SEND HIM TO BE "REPROGRAMMED." MILK TALKS HIM OUT OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND FOR HARVEY MILK, THAT'S WHAT MEANT THE MOST. HIS POLIL SUCCS ASI -- SOME SAY HE WOULD HAVE BEEN SAN FRANCIS MAYOR ONE DAY, OR MORE -- HARVEY WAS ABOUT GIVG YOUNG GAY PEOPLE A REASON NOT TO SPAIR. THERE'S A REASON THAT NEW YORK'S HIGH SCHOOL FOR GAY, LBIAN AND TRANSGENR STUNTS IS NAMED FOR HIM. IF MOST TEEN AND TWENTYSOMETHG GAY PEOPLE LIVE LIV 2008 MORE ACCURATELY SCRIBED AS "POST-GAY" -- MORE LIKELY TO HAVE STRAIGHT IENDS, HANG OUT MIXED CROWDS, BELIEVE THKG UNED AND NOT APART -- THAT'S BEE MANY OF THEM HAVE A LOT LS REASON TO FEAR HARASSMENT, ABE AND DISCRIMATN THAN THEY WOULD HAVE 30 YEARS AGO. BACK THEN, GAY AMERINS WERE MOST FELY "THE OTHER." IT WAS A MONUMENTAL STGGLE THAT WAS ONLY BEGNG, AND HARVEY MILK WAS ON THE ONT L. MONTHS BEFORE HIS ATH, ANTICIPATG HIS POSSIBLE ASSASSATN, A SOMBER HARVEY RERD AN D WILL, WHICH WAS BETIFULLY RE-CREATED BY SEAN PENN THE FILM. HIS LAST WORDS ON WERE: "LAST WEEK I GOT THAT PHONE LL OM ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA. AND MY ELECTN GAVE ONE MORE PERSON HOPE. AFTER ALL, THAT'S WHAT 'S ALL ABOUT. IT'S NOT ABOUT PERSONAL GA, 'S NOT ABOUT EGO, 'S NOT ABOUT POWER. IT'S ABOUT GIVG THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE OUT THERE THE ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIAS, HOPE. YOU GOTTA GIVE 'EM HOPE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
He do not look gay but as he has not revealed his sexual preference, nothg n be said wh nvictn. Norris has been wh MTV for 15 years (makg him the MTV equivalent of Tom Brokaw) and he’s hosted everythg om a program on the ath of gay stunt Matthew Shepard to terviews wh former Secretary General Kofi-Anan and Mariah Carey.
” totally unawar that one-day we would wd up the Inter’s go-to gay.