<p>Young man! Ever wonred what happened to the Village People? <strong>Ed Vulliamy</strong> trac the extraordary story of the first gay superstar group, still tourg after 30 years, wh a trail of dgs, ath and recrimatns their wake.</p>
Contents:
- LTLE BRA’S MATT LUS SAYS ‘ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE’ WAS MEANT TO BE A ‘CELEBRATN’ OF GAY PEOPLE
- THE VILLAGE PEOPLE’S RANDY JON SPEAKS ON GAY MARRIAGE
- THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY THE COUNTRYSI
LTLE BRA’S MATT LUS SAYS ‘ONLY GAY THE VILLAGE’ WAS MEANT TO BE A ‘CELEBRATN’ OF GAY PEOPLE
The edian and actor says the 'only gay the village' character Dafydd Thomas was meant as entertament, not as a tool for bullyg. * who was gay in the village people *
Matt says the character was meant to be a ‘celebratn’ of gay people (Picture: Rex Featur, BBC)Comedian and actor Matt Lus has spoken out about his ntroversial Ltle Bra character Dafydd Thomas, better known as ‘the only gay the village’. Matt said he knows the character has been ed as a tool to bully young gay people, but sists that was not the show’s tentn. ‘I have had people who had ‘you are the only gay the village’ said to them and to was meant to be a celebratn, ’ he told Richard Herrg’s RHLSTP podst.
THE VILLAGE PEOPLE’S RANDY JON SPEAKS ON GAY MARRIAGE
‘But people were labelled ‘the only gay the village’ at school. It was meant as entertament, not to make young gay people sad. Sce the show end 2005, the sketch has gaed a lot of cricism for s ls than plimentary portrayal of gay men.
THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY THE COUNTRYSI
The character is emed offensive by many (Picture: BBC)‘I remember thkg there was a greeds to Ltle Bra and we jt wanted to show off as many characters as possible so we played black, whe, straight, gay, male, female, tall, short, whatever, ’ the 45-year-old told the podst. He was e was lung ncer, reported Hugh, who grew up the Bronx, was workg as a toll llector at the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel when iends dared him to rpond to an advertisement seekg ''gay sgers and dancers, very good-lookg and wh mtach.