Season 2 of Uned Stat of Tara kicks thgs up a notch wh homo-sexy goodns wh Joey Lren Adams and further explor her gay son Marshall's sexualy. We met up wh the woman of a thoand looks and accents to talk about straddlg the le of genr rol and norms, her preparatn for playg multiple characters wh the same TV seri, what major role she turned down and more!
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“I am fuckg gay! Twenty years after s release, Chasg Amy is “certaly not an important film for the gay muny, ” Smh told me, reflectg on s legacy. " Smh has said over the years that Chasg Amy was spired by his producg partner's csh on lbian filmmaker Guevere Turner, his brother beg gay, and his relatnship wh the film’s star — var personal experienc thrown to a fictnal blenr.
DeGener and others have sce helped to normalize a certa brand of most, whe, domtited homosexualy, while everythg om fan-favore queer web seri like Ltle Horribl to crilly acclaimed romantic dramas like Todd Hayn’ Carol have troduced morn dienc to dozens of different lbian characters (some of whom even manage not to get killed off the end) yet the full breadth of lbianism isn’t that much ls of a cultural mystery — nor is much ls rid and disbelieved — than was 1997, when Kev Smh’s cult classic awkwardly attempted to pict a subculture that few people outsi of re to unrstand. But Mosier didn’t thk there was enough there, so Smh cid to take on the storyle himself, even though he “didn’t really know that much about gay culture, and specifilly lbian culture, ” he says “Glazg Amy.
” She noted the unrcurrent of “weird homo stuff” chargg Holn’s relatnship wh his reprsed, bigoted, and seemgly closeted bt iend, Jason Lee’s Banky. ” Queer women, of urse, are not a monolh, jt like any other group; there’s no grand gay nsens on Chasg Amy — or any other film, for that “Glazg Amy, ” Smh poted out the var scen that had some angry lbian viewers “up my ass about this movie.