Contents:
- DIRECTOR OF QUEER CLASSIC 'BUT I'M A CHEERLEAR' WANTED TO 'MAKE A GAY "CLUELS"'
- WAS IT GOOD FOR THE GAYS: ‘BUT I’M A CHEERLEAR’
- BUT I’M A CHEERLEAR REVIEW – A IC TAKE ON GAY-NVERSN PRACTIC
DIRECTOR OF QUEER CLASSIC 'BUT I'M A CHEERLEAR' WANTED TO 'MAKE A GAY "CLUELS"'
” The movie centers on a lbian high school cheerlear (played by Natasha Lyonne), whose parents send her to a nversn therapy mp to cure her homosexualy. And I thk the muny was so vastated by AIDS that there wasn’t a lot of edi gog on gay cema. I wanted to skewer not only my muny, but also jt the absurdy of gay nversn.
WAS IT GOOD FOR THE GAYS: ‘BUT I’M A CHEERLEAR’
It’s ridiculo to say that jt bee you bee more feme means you’re gog to be ls gay. I loved “Cluels, ” and I wanted to make a gay “Cluels. For sure — and sexism and homophobia.
BUT I’M A CHEERLEAR REVIEW – A IC TAKE ON GAY-NVERSN PRACTIC
I read that your first choice for the lead role turned down for relig reasons, and other st members were utned by their agents agast playg gay characters.