The current issue of Entertament Weekly is timely readg what wh the 11th annual Tampa Bay Internatnal Gay and Lbian Film Ftival at the Tampa Theatre through Oct. 15.
Contents:
GAY FILMS OFFER OPPORTUNY, NOT STIGMA
Yellow chronicl a year the life of a seemgly perfect fay and the teenage gay son of a fundamentalist Vicksburg, Mississippi. It's certaly not the first time that the award-wng wrer, who also worked on Queer as Folk, has created a gay character, but the play is uncharacteristilly dark for the man behd Sordid Liv and Southern Baptist Sissi. Kendall is my ltle gay boy, played by the wonrful Matthew Stt Montgomery.
That's the B-story weaved throughout this play, but there's a scene wh him that I thk is one of the most magil scen I've ever important is for you to clu gay characters your work? I got a ltle flack when I wrote Trailer Trash Hoewife bee there was not a gay character. Even though Willaan's son was gay and kicked out of their home bee of , he wasn't a character the play.
A few gays felt betrayed by me, but sometim a story don't acmodate that. I don't s down termed to wre a gay story, but do seem to e , even if 's jt a mentn -- like Trailer Trash, when Rayleen talks about her one lbian enunter.