This documentary, wrten and directed by David Thorpe, dissects the stereotype of the so-lled gay voice.
Contents:
- A DOCUMENTARIAN WONRS: 'DO I SOUND GAY?'
- DO I SOUND GAY?
- THIS GUY JT WANTS TO KNOW IF HE SOUNDS GAY
- DO I SOUND GAY? REVIEW – HIGHLY PERSONAL DOCUMENTARY
- FILMMAKER DAVID THORPE DISCS HIS NEW DOCUMENTARY THAT EXPLOR THE ‘GAY VOICE’ PHENOMENON
- REVIEW: ‘DO I SOUND GAY?’ EXAM A MANNER OF SPEAKG
- FILMMAKER AND SPEECH PATHOLOGIST WEIGH IN ON WHAT IT MEANS TO 'SOUND GAY'
- DO I SOUND GAY?
- BE YOUR OWN SELF: THE LSONS OF 'DO I SOUND GAY?' AND 'TANGERE'
A DOCUMENTARIAN WONRS: 'DO I SOUND GAY?'
A film about the stereotype of the "gay voice," wh Dan Savage, David Sedaris, Gee Takei, Margaret Cho & Tim Gunn. In theaters & ble-on-mand July 10! * documentary do i sound gay *
"Charmg, wry, a pellg portra of ternalized homophobia and liberatn" — NPR. Catch the acclaimed documentary DO I SOUND GAY? S., DO I SOUND GAY?
About the film: Is there such a thg as a "gay voice"? Why do some people "sound gay" but not others?
DO I SOUND GAY?
In a new documentary, a gay man tri to change the sound of his voice and wonrs why, exactly, he thks he should. * documentary do i sound gay *
Why is the "gay voice" a trigger for bullyg, even vlence? DO I SOUND GAY?
THIS GUY JT WANTS TO KNOW IF HE SOUNDS GAY
Journalist David Thorpe nonts his anxiety over soundg gay by talkg to LGBT ins like Dan Savage and Gee Takei, and explorg the cultural history of the gay voice film and televisn. * documentary do i sound gay *
Filmmaker David Thorpe (middle) explor whether there's such a thg as a "gay voice. In the wake of a bad breakup, journalist and gay activist David Thorpe did what many of do: He took tense ventory of his own flaws and securi, then stepped up one of them to a Thg.
A good Thg, as turns out, whose end rult is the charmg documentary Do I Sound Gay?, which Thorpe wryly treats his anxieti about his "gay" voice as an exercise self-improvement, and wds up wh a pellg portra of ternalized homophobia and liberatn.
Thorpe adms that gog , he was "repelled" by a speech style that mak gay men sound like "brayg nni. Back South Carola's Bible Belt, where Thorpe grew up, relativ and childhood iends pot out that he didn't sound gay until he me out of the closet llege. Friends wh his tight-kn gay circle are more divid: Some nfs to hatg their lispg, anoidal voic; others own gayspeak wh varyg gre of fiance and jubilatn.
DO I SOUND GAY? REVIEW – HIGHLY PERSONAL DOCUMENTARY
Filmmaker David Thorpe uldn't stand the sound of his own voice. So he set out to make a film about "gay voice" and the culture around . * documentary do i sound gay *
Thorpe brgs lguists to ttify that there's ltle evince to support the argument that gay speech is nate. The explanatn that pleas him most is that gay speech has s origs ls blogy or nro-chemistry than early female fluence: Men who grow up mostly around women tend to mimic feme speech styl — which, Thorpe argu, would expla why some straight men sound gay, and why gays who grow up wh brothers often velop basso profundos. Do I Sound Gay?
FILMMAKER DAVID THORPE DISCS HIS NEW DOCUMENTARY THAT EXPLOR THE ‘GAY VOICE’ PHENOMENON
David Thorpe’s cultural exploratn of the ‘gay voice’ mak cheerful viewg * documentary do i sound gay *
Is very good on the way many gay men who were bullied as children have learned to turn the hatred of others ward, which helps expla s of gay hyper-masculy and ternal ostracism of effemate men. Takg his cue om the swellg ranks of gay celebri (among them Gee Takei, Margaret Cho and the effably funny and ndid David Sedaris) who are willg to speak on mera about liberatg themselv om their own fears, Thorpe realiz he's been askg the wrong qutns. While he was by tryg to iron out his gay voice, New York State legalized gay marriage, and the film's release jt weeks after the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage across the natn.
REVIEW: ‘DO I SOUND GAY?’ EXAM A MANNER OF SPEAKG
Filmmaker David Thorpe asks the qutn, "Do I Sound Gay?" and the birth of the "gay voice" his new documentary. * documentary do i sound gay *
A scene om "Do I Sound Gay?.
FILMMAKER AND SPEECH PATHOLOGIST WEIGH IN ON WHAT IT MEANS TO 'SOUND GAY'
* documentary do i sound gay *
Journalist David Thorpe nonts his anxiety over soundg gay by talkg to LGBT ins like Dan Savage and Gee Takei, and explorg the cultural history of the gay voice film and televisn. News & Interviews for Do I Sound Gay?
DO I SOUND GAY?
In Do I Sound Gay?, director David Thorpe search for the orig of the so-lled "gay voice" and documents his own attempts (wh speech pathologist San Sank) to sound "ls gay." * documentary do i sound gay *
Cric Reviews for Do I Sound Gay?
BE YOUR OWN SELF: THE LSONS OF 'DO I SOUND GAY?' AND 'TANGERE'
Very personal docu explor gay stereotyp, self-disvery. Read Common Sense Media's Do I Sound Gay? review, age ratg, and parents gui. * documentary do i sound gay *
Audience Reviews for Do I Sound Gay?
David Thorpe wants to make very clear that there is no such thg as “gay voice. ” That might seem like a strange talkg pot for a filmmaker promotg a new documentary, Do I Sound Gay, which explor exactly that phenomenon. But, as Thorpe tells TIME, “‘gay voice’ is jt shorthand for the stereotype of the gay voice.