Have you heard of 'Circle Jerk' yet? Michael Brl and Patrick Foley’s play about ncelg whe gays went viral durg the panmic
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- CIRCLE JERK REVIEW: GAY DIGAL SPOOF NOW ON STAGE
- COREY'S COLLEGE CIRCLE JERK (GAY MUTUAL GROUP MASTURBATN)
CIRCLE JERK REVIEW: GAY DIGAL SPOOF NOW ON STAGE
Have you heard of 'Circle Jerk' yet? Michael Brl and Patrick Foley’s play about ncelg whe gays went viral durg the panmic * is circle jerking gay *
The group may be gay, straight, or a mixture.
Leral circle jerks saw a rise populary among gay men the 1980s as a safe alternative to anal sex durg the AIDS crisis. Sarah Plson and Roxane Gay ghed onle about the joyful return to live theater, while actrs Hari Nef tweeted about the orchtrated panmonium: “It felt like an hont Reprentatn of the back of my eyelids when I’m tryg and failg to sleep:). In May 2019, they began rearchg a play, tentatively tled Alt-Light, about what happens to gay men radilized onle.
When the panmic shut down Broadway, the duo pivoted onle to release Circle Jerk and e a maelstrom of gay chaos. Brl and Foley hopped on a Zoom ll wh MEL for a wi-rangg chat about tacklg whe gay male plicy, pensatg performers on TikTok and openly watchg the sordid new season of The Real Hoewiv of Orange County. But ’s still this nstant stggle of tryg to nvce people that this is actually really important, very ser and not, jt, like, a bunch of gay guys dog TikToks onle to make people lgh.
COREY'S COLLEGE CIRCLE JERK (GAY MUTUAL GROUP MASTURBATN)
Amid a growg fork rtoratn movement, a group of gay men weigh on uncut vers cut penis — and whether mak a difference. * is circle jerking gay *
The play gets to the prery of beg a whe gay man today. In a way, we’re at such an tertg flectn pot as a llective, if we’re gog to talk about, general, whe gay men. Brl: She talks directly about whe gay people and mostly whe gay men who have transned om the visn of the opprsed to the opprsor.
In the prologue of “Circle Jerk" -- a funny, mpy, disbobulatg hybrid theater piece that’s a spoof of both gay and digal culture (and also an example of each) -- the Troll, a bright blue shock wig and a dirt-smeared body su, wel Bard-like rhymg uplets to Gayman Island, troducg to s rints, all… * is circle jerking gay *
Also, was excg to work wh our -director, Rory Pelsue, who is also a whe gay man and also my boyiend. It was tertg to be a room wh another whe gay man who uld kd of look at om the outsi, bee we were wrg and performg and sort of workg that to llaboratn. Your play answered for me a lot of my ncerns about Boys beg, y, important unrstandg the history of queer people, but perhaps negatg what’s happeng now and how whe gays are plic.
In 2020, playwrights Michael Brl and Patrick Foley digally premiered “Circle Jerk,” a brilliant, piercg crique of Inter-era whe gayns. Now, fally opens IRL. * is circle jerking gay *
Foley: I mean, maybe there should jt be more gay plays then. I thk the great thg about Boys the Band is employed gay actors, which is sort of rare on Broadway.
And I agree wh Patrick that, well, one, there are other gay plays, also by non-whe people and non-male people. Most of the time, I’m gaspg that Ira Madison has tweeted about our show, or, like, Roxane Gay. Ever sce readg The Village Voice's recent vtigative feature on fork rtoratn (wh perhaps the creepit ver photo of all time), I've thought about my penis, s fork, and the way they have shaped my life as a gay man.
" Bee I've never much red for penis--I tend to nsir dick pics an afont to my lite, booty-lovg nature--I wanted to know what all the phall fs was better unrstand what would motivate men to subject themselv to this yanky noodle dong spree, I asked a bunch of my iends their thoughts on fork, circumcisn, and the abnormal importance we as gay men attach to our--and others'--cks. I got a pretty big plex about beg uncut middle/high school bee most guys I saw the locker room weren't and so was yet another way to feel different-- addn to beg gay and at my high school, new and iendls.