‘Friends of Dorothy’: How Judy Garland beme a gay in – The Irish Tim

Contents:

• ‘JUDY’ FACT CHECK: IS THE GAY COUPLE JUDY GARLAND BEIENDS BASED ON A REAL COUPLE?
• 'JUDY': INSI THE MOVIE'S BETIFUL, HEARTBREAKG TRIBUTE TO GARLAND'S GAY FANS (EXCLIVE)
• WHY JUDY’S DIRECTOR ADD SCEN FEATURG HER GAY FANS
• ‘JUDY’ FACT CHECK: IS THE GAY COUPLE JUDY GARLAND BEIENDS BASED ON A REAL COUPLE?
• EXCLIVE ‘JUDY’ CLIP TOUCH ON LATE IN’S RELATNSHIP WH GAY MUNY – WATCH
• HOW JUDY GARLAND BEME A GAY IN — AND WHY SHE ENDUR AS ONE
• ‘FRIENDS OF DOROTHY’: HOW JUDY GARLAND BEME A GAY IN

‘JUDY’ FACT CHECK: IS THE GAY COUPLE JUDY GARLAND BEIENDS BASED ON A REAL COUPLE?

Feelg lonely, she asks them to jo her for dner — leavg them the eveng progrs, she ends up at their apartment, where Stan tearfully opens up to her about the difficulti the two gay men have had matag their relatnship the face of legal persecutn. “The gay muny weren’t allowed to lead normal liv, and there is an tertg parallel wh Garland, who’s tryg to fd a normal life for herself and her children. ”Goold was referrg to the Stonewall Rts, an uprisg the gay muny agast a police raid that began the very early morng the day after Garland’s funeral at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar Manhattan’s Greenwich Village.

It dat back to World War II, when homosexual acts were illegal the U. Dorothy, of urse, is a reference to Garland’s “Wizard of Oz” origal story ‘Judy’ Fact Check: Is the Gay Couple Judy Garland Beiends Based on a Real Couple? ” Garland beme a gay in, particularly later her reer The film picts a gay uple, played by Andy Nyman and Daniel Cerqueira, who are dited fans and repeat atten of Garland’s shows.

Their votn is a movg tribute to the way which Garland was, and remas, idolized by many gay men.

'JUDY': INSI THE MOVIE'S BETIFUL, HEARTBREAKG TRIBUTE TO GARLAND'S GAY FANS (EXCLIVE)

A 1998 mic review the LGBTQ magaze The Advote reads, “the name Judy Garland is nearly synonymo wh gayns. She is an Elvis for Homosexuals — an in who transcends mic to occupy realms of sheer mythology. ” This fanbase was also regnized wily durg her lifetime, although often phrased negative terms; a 1967 TIME article referred to the “hysteria” of both Judy and her gay male fanbase, scribed as “the boys tight troers.

” There are several theori as to what ntributed to Garland’s stat as a gay in.

WHY JUDY’S DIRECTOR ADD SCEN FEATURG HER GAY FANS

Acrdg to Richard Dyer, thor of Heavenly Bodi: Film Stars and Society, reverence of Garland among gay men took on a new form 1950, when she broke off her ntract wh MGM and fed a rejuvenated reer off the back of the succs of 1954’s A Star Is Born and her on-stage enavors.

Not only did her image “speak to different elements wh male gay subcultur, ” wr Dyer, but she me to reprent “gay men’s rilience the face of opprsn, ” stemmg om the perceptn of her as a star who had been knocked down only to triumphantly rise back up aga.

A ment om one fan, clud Heavenly Bodi, says “her dience, we, the gay people, uld intify wh her…uld relate to her the problems she had on and off stage. That night, the popular gay bar the Stonewall Inn was raid by police, as such tablishments were monly targeted durg that era; but this time, the patrons fought back. One eveng, after the show, Judy fds a gay uple of a certa age wag at the stage door, eager for an tograph and a moment of ntact wh their idol.

‘JUDY’ FACT CHECK: IS THE GAY COUPLE JUDY GARLAND BEIENDS BASED ON A REAL COUPLE?

"There's a reason "Friend of Dorothy" was long ed as d language to say a man is gay, a reference to Garland's inic turn as Dorothy Gale 1939's The Wizard of Oz. (RuPl centered a Drag Race episo around the notn, claimg, "The patrons of the Stonewall ed their grief over Judy's ath to rise up and fight back and the gay liberatn movement was born.

" It's a reference to the Sexual Offenc Act 1967 that crimalized homosexual acts the U. "He mentned the [fact] that '69 was only, like, a matter of months after the repeal of the illegaly of homosexualy and to reference that was potentially movg. Renee Zellweger stars as the tle character, and recently explaed why the fictnal characters Stan and Dan were add to the Osr hopeful Judy, Stan and Dan are a gay uple who are massive fans of Judy Garland, gog to see multiple performanc durg her sold-out n London.

EXCLIVE ‘JUDY’ CLIP TOUCH ON LATE IN’S RELATNSHIP WH GAY MUNY – WATCH

I had the chance to speak wh Renee Zellweger about Judy at the Toronto Internatnal Film Ftival, where she explaed the meang behd those n see my nversatn wh Renee Zellweger below, specifilly related to the cln of Garland's gay fans is a movie that tri to look at s tle character hontly, balancg both her flts and greatt strengths durg the film's 118 mute ntime.

HOW JUDY GARLAND BEME A GAY IN — AND WHY SHE ENDUR AS ONE

Judy acknowledged her gay fans when so few would, wh Stan and Dan explag Bra's former anti-gay laws. The term "Friend of Dorothy" was an unrground way for queer people to intify themselv when was still illegal to be openly gay. It’s mon knowledge that Judy Garland has bee a symbol and in wh the LGBTQ world and once even exprsed a disda for attacks that were ma agast homosexuals, pecially her dience.

Her ath and funeral, June 1969, is believed to have spired the Stonewall rts, the flashpot for the morn Gay Liberatn movement. And now, the new bpic – which stars Renée Zellweger as the inic Wizard of Oz actrs – we see Judy jo two gay men after performg on stage London and jos them for dner. Gay.

Judy go to him and giv him a hug om behd and notic through photos that the two fans are a gay uple, and are also massive fans of Judy chang to Judy walkg alone down a street...

‘FRIENDS OF DOROTHY’: HOW JUDY GARLAND BEME A GAY IN

"Was Judy Garland's father gay?

Frank Gumm's closeted homosexualy rulted a dysfunctnal marriage wh Judy's mother, Ethel.