NPR was told not to ask Ovi about Rsia's anti-gay laws. So they asked Ovi about Rsia's anti-gay laws.
Contents:
- THE WHE CROW FACED “HOSTILY” OM RSIAN THORI OVER GAY SCEN
- ALEX OVECHK ON RSIA’S ANTI-GAY LAWS: ‘I JT SUPPORT EVERYBODY’
THE WHE CROW FACED “HOSTILY” OM RSIAN THORI OVER GAY SCEN
We chat about his approach to a gay in his wildly amb new film. * is oleg ivenko gay *
Speakg to Gay Tim, screenwrer David Hare revealed that the film faced “hostily” om Rsian thori bee of Nureyev’s sexualy, which is hted at (though never directly spoken about) at several pots the film. First of all, bee he fected om the Soviet Unn, so he’s chiefly known as someone who left the Soviet Unn, and sendly bee he was homosexual. “It’s unrstood that his first gay timate iendship was probably Lengrad wh a young East German dancer, was a iendship as well as a love affair.
“Clearly, later his life he was an unapologetilly gay man, but where our story fish wh his fectn, I thk we are portrayg a man who is learng who he is. “He’s sudnly realisg that he is an emergg gay man, havg the nfince to reach for who he is, both as an artist and as a sexual human beg.
ALEX OVECHK ON RSIA’S ANTI-GAY LAWS: ‘I JT SUPPORT EVERYBODY’
A betiful pas ux om the ballet Gayane, wh Maia Makhateli om the Dutch Natnal Ballet. "For years Rudolf was gog to a party every night or enjoyg himself gay clubs. He would go on to a long and acclaimed reer as a dancer, and as one of the first ntemporary gay celebri before his ath om AIDS 1993.
As if Fienn’ artistic choice wasn’t enough to e nversatn, the movie will likely igne a siar bate to that surroundg Bohemian Rhapsody: Though most Nureyev bgraphi and even the prs k for the film acknowledge that Nureyev fected part to live eely as a gay man, the film spends very ltle time explorg his romantic life wh men.
Part of the reason the KGB were keepg such tight tabs on him was that he was gay, and had several liaisons wh men while he was Paris.