A New Project Is Brgg the Gay ‘Green Book’ Onle

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• THE GAY “REVEAL” THE OSR-BOUND "GREEN BOOK," A GRIPPG 1960S "LOVE STORY"ALSO: MARY WILSON OF THE SUPREM OPENS UP ABOUT "DREAMGIRLS."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY MICHAEL MTONOVEMBER 26, 2018/10:37 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2255PX;WIDTH:3600PX;}JOHN LAMPARSKI/WIREIMAGENEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 13: MAHERSHALA ALI AND VIGGO MORTENSEN ATTEND "GREEN BOOK" NEW YORK PREMIERE AT PARIS THEATRE ON NOVEMBER 13, 2018 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY JOHN LAMPARSKI/WIREIMAGE)BY MICHAEL MTONOVEMBER 26, 2018 / 10:37 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE GAY “REVEAL” THE OSR-BOUND \"GREEN BOOK,\" A GRIPPG 1960S \"LOVE STORY\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-11-26T15:37:13.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-11-26T15:37:13.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL MTO","KEYWORDS":"MTO UNFILTERED","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF THE BT FILMS OF THE YEAR, PETER FARRELLY'S GREEN BOOK TELLS THE TE STORY OF “DOC” DON SHIRLEY (MAHERSHALA ALI), A CULTURED JAZZ PIANIST WHO HIRED AN ITALIAN-AMERIN BOUNCER NAMED TONY LIP (VIGGO MORTENSEN) TO DRIVE AND HELP MANAGE HIM ON A 1960S TOUR OF THE DEEP SOUTH, WHERE RACISM WAS EVEN MORE RAMPANT THAN TMP’S AMERI (SO FAR). AS THE TWO TAKE OPPOSG APPROACH TO BATTLG BIGOTRY—LIP LIK TO EHER BEAT PEOPLE UP, THREATEN THEM, OR BRIBE THEM, WHILE SHIRLEY RPONDS A MORE MEASURED FASHN—HOMOSEXUALY ALSO SURFAC AND ENDS UP HAVG REPERCSNS. SPOILERS TO E!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT ONE POT, SHIRLEY IS BTED WHILE HAVG SEX WH A WHE GUY AT A YMCA DOWN SOUTH, AND ’S THE FIRST TIME LIP (OR THE DIENCE) GETS WD OF ANYTHG REMBLG SHIRLEY’S PRIVATE LIFE. YOU MIGHT HAVE SPECTED SOMETHG LIKE THIS WOULD HAVE GONE DOWN DUE TO ALI’S CLIPPED DICTN AND FANCY OUTFS, BUT I MT ADM EVEN I DIDN’T SEE G, HAVG HEARD THE FILM WAS ABOUT RACIAL OPPRSN BUT NOT KNOWG ADDRSED SEXUAL BIGOTRY, TOO. THE LOVELIT THG OF ALL IS LIP’S RPONSE; AFTER RCUG SHIRLEY OM THE SUATN ORR TO SAVE HIS REER, ALBE VIA FLAT-OUT BRIBERY, HE THEN, A PLETELY OFFHAND FASHN, TELLS THE PIANIST THAT HE’S HUNG OUT WH A LOT OF SHOW BIZ PEOPLE THROUGH THE YEARS AND HE’S AWARE THAT 'S "A PLITED WORLD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THAT’S ! NO BERATG, NO HOMOPHOBIA, NO MOCKERY, AND HE EVEN HUGS SHIRLEY LATER ON AND SLEEPS THE SAME ROOM WH HIM WHOUT ANY QUALMS. AND THIS IS A PRETTY ARSE GUY WHO IALLY WAS EPLY RACIST! (HE HIMSELF IS THE SUBJECT OF SLURS AIMED AT HIS ITALIANNS. Y, THIS FILM VERS MANY KDS OF PREJUDICE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT A BICE CUCA LUNCHEON FOR THE EXTREMELY GRATIFYG FILM, MORTENSEN SAID, “[TONY’S REACTN] SHOWS THAT THE CURE FOR IGNORANCE IS EXPERIENCE. TONY’S BEEN EXPOSED TO , SO HE’S OK WH .” “THAT’S A BETIFUL REVEAL,” AGREED ALI. “TONY’S ALREADY OK WH THAT. HE’S AWARE OF THE PTH OF THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN HIM AND DOC.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S A LOVE STORY,” SOMEONE ELSE POTED OUT, BUT ACTUALY, SHIRLEY HAD OTHER ROMANTIC TARGETS MD. IN FACT, THE FILM’S -SCREENWRER, BRIAN HAY CURRIE, TOLD ME THAT THE MICIAN HAD A LONGTIME WHE MALE LOVER. I HOPE THAT’S MENTNED THE SEQUEL. BUT HAVG SEEN THIS FILM TWICE, I ADORE SHIRLEY’S ELEGANT DIGNY AND LIP’S EMERGG HEART, AND I’M LIVG FOR MY THIRD TIME OF GREEN BRGG BLACK AND WHE TOGETHER AND WRAPPG THEM A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY THE WAY, ALSO NOTICEABLE THE CROWD AT THE LUNCH FOR THE MOVIE WAS ALED UHRY, WHO WROTE DRIVG MISS DAISY. THK ABOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE'S SOMETHG ABOUT MARY WILSONRB/REDFERNSUNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: PHOTO OF DIANA ROSS AND FLORENCE BALLARD AND MARY WILSON AND SUPREMES; POSED GROUP PORTRA L-R MARY WILSON, DIANA ROSS AND FLORENCE BALLARD, (PHOTO BY RB/REDFERNS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LET ME TELL YOU SOME OTHER DON SHIRLEY-ERA GOSSIP, AND I’LL BREAK DOWN SO ’S EASY FOR YOU YOUNG ON: BEFORE THERE WAS BEYONCé, THERE WAS DTY’S CHILD. WELL, WAY BEFORE THAT, THE 1960S, THERE WAS THE SUPREM, A MOTOWN GIRL GROUP WH LEAD SGER DIANA ROSS AND BACKUPS MARY WILSON AND FLO BALLARD, AND THEY WERE PEPPY, VAMPY, GLTERY, AND FULL OF H RERDS. I JT WENT TO THE CAFé CARLYLE TO SEE WILSON A SOLO ACT, AND WAS AN EXTRAORDARY EXPERIENCE THAT TRANSPORTED ME TO GIRL-GROUP HEAVEN. WILSON—WHO WAS ALWAYS THE SEXY SUPREME WH THE SMOKY VOICE—IS A FE VOLIST, WHO NFINTLY SOARED THROUGH SHOWSTOPPERS LIKE “BODY AND SOUL” AND “STORMY WEATHER.” SHE JECTED SOUL TO NORA JON’ “DON’T KNOW WHY,” EVEN WHILE LGHGLY ADMTG THAT SHE HAD NO IA WHAT THE SONG MEANS. (NEHER DO I, BUT WILSON BROUGHT SIGNIFINCE TO .) WH ALL THE WISDOM OF HER 74 YEARS, SHE DID A POIGNANT “BOTH SIS NOW” AND A PIERCG “LOOK OF LOVE.” AND OF URSE SHE ADDRSED HER TIME WH THE SUPREM. WILSON SAID THEY WERE “THREE LTLE BLACK GIRLS WHO MA OUR DREAMS E TE... WE NEVER WON A GRAMMY—ALL THOSE NUMBER ONE SONGS—BUT WE GOT THE MONEY, SO WHO R?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I SANG THE 'OOHS' AND 'AHS' AND THE ‘BABY, BABY, BABYS’,” SHE ADD. “DON’T BE LGHG. I WAS LGHG ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK!” SHE THEN SANG THE LEAD ON SUPREM HS LIKE “BABY LOVE,” “STOP THE NAME OF LOVE,” AND “MY WORLD IS EMPTY WHOUT YOU,” AND THE DIENCE IMPULSIVELY CHIRPED THE BACKUPS, TO WHICH WILSON BEAMED, “YOU’RE SGG MY PART!”SHERRY RAYN BART /MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES - NOVEMBER 18 : R AND B SGER MARY WILSON PERFORMS AT AMOEBA RERDS ON NOVEMBER 18, 2015 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY SHERRY RAYN BART /MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND SHE ADDRSED DREAMGIRLS, JOKG, “THEY SAY ’S ABOUT THE SUPREM, BUT I KNOW ISN’T BEE I DIDN’T GET PAID.” BUT SHE LOV THE SHOW AND MOVIE VERSN, AND SAID THAT IF FLORENCE BALLARD—THE SORT OF EFFIE CHARACTER, WHO DIED AT 32—WAS HERE TODAY, SHE WOULD LIVER THE BALLAD OF RENEWAL “I AM CHANGG." WILSON THEN BELTED THAT VERY SONG HONOR OF FLO, WH A WHOLE BUNCH OF HEART AND TEARS. WHAT A DAZZLG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND AFTER THE SHOW, WILSON TOLD ME SHE’S WORKG ON A FFEE TABLE BOOK ABOUT THE FASHN OF THE SUPREM. OOH, BABY, BABY!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MTO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• A NEW PROJECT IS BRGG THE GAY ‘GREEN BOOK’ ONLE

THE GAY “REVEAL” THE OSR-BOUND "GREEN BOOK," A GRIPPG 1960S "LOVE STORY"ALSO: MARY WILSON OF THE SUPREM OPENS UP ABOUT "DREAMGIRLS."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY MICHAEL MTONOVEMBER 26, 2018/10:37 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2255PX;WIDTH:3600PX;}JOHN LAMPARSKI/WIREIMAGENEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 13: MAHERSHALA ALI AND VIGGO MORTENSEN ATTEND "GREEN BOOK" NEW YORK PREMIERE AT PARIS THEATRE ON NOVEMBER 13, 2018 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY JOHN LAMPARSKI/WIREIMAGE)BY MICHAEL MTONOVEMBER 26, 2018 / 10:37 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE GAY “REVEAL” THE OSR-BOUND \"GREEN BOOK,\" A GRIPPG 1960S \"LOVE STORY\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-11-26T15:37:13.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-11-26T15:37:13.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL MTO","KEYWORDS":"MTO UNFILTERED","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF THE BT FILMS OF THE YEAR, PETER FARRELLY'S GREEN BOOK TELLS THE TE STORY OF “DOC” DON SHIRLEY (MAHERSHALA ALI), A CULTURED JAZZ PIANIST WHO HIRED AN ITALIAN-AMERIN BOUNCER NAMED TONY LIP (VIGGO MORTENSEN) TO DRIVE AND HELP MANAGE HIM ON A 1960S TOUR OF THE DEEP SOUTH, WHERE RACISM WAS EVEN MORE RAMPANT THAN TMP’S AMERI (SO FAR). AS THE TWO TAKE OPPOSG APPROACH TO BATTLG BIGOTRY—LIP LIK TO EHER BEAT PEOPLE UP, THREATEN THEM, OR BRIBE THEM, WHILE SHIRLEY RPONDS A MORE MEASURED FASHN—HOMOSEXUALY ALSO SURFAC AND ENDS UP HAVG REPERCSNS. SPOILERS TO E!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT ONE POT, SHIRLEY IS BTED WHILE HAVG SEX WH A WHE GUY AT A YMCA DOWN SOUTH, AND ’S THE FIRST TIME LIP (OR THE DIENCE) GETS WD OF ANYTHG REMBLG SHIRLEY’S PRIVATE LIFE. YOU MIGHT HAVE SPECTED SOMETHG LIKE THIS WOULD HAVE GONE DOWN DUE TO ALI’S CLIPPED DICTN AND FANCY OUTFS, BUT I MT ADM EVEN I DIDN’T SEE G, HAVG HEARD THE FILM WAS ABOUT RACIAL OPPRSN BUT NOT KNOWG ADDRSED SEXUAL BIGOTRY, TOO. THE LOVELIT THG OF ALL IS LIP’S RPONSE; AFTER RCUG SHIRLEY OM THE SUATN ORR TO SAVE HIS REER, ALBE VIA FLAT-OUT BRIBERY, HE THEN, A PLETELY OFFHAND FASHN, TELLS THE PIANIST THAT HE’S HUNG OUT WH A LOT OF SHOW BIZ PEOPLE THROUGH THE YEARS AND HE’S AWARE THAT 'S "A PLITED WORLD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THAT’S ! NO BERATG, NO HOMOPHOBIA, NO MOCKERY, AND HE EVEN HUGS SHIRLEY LATER ON AND SLEEPS THE SAME ROOM WH HIM WHOUT ANY QUALMS. AND THIS IS A PRETTY ARSE GUY WHO IALLY WAS EPLY RACIST! (HE HIMSELF IS THE SUBJECT OF SLURS AIMED AT HIS ITALIANNS. Y, THIS FILM VERS MANY KDS OF PREJUDICE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT A BICE CUCA LUNCHEON FOR THE EXTREMELY GRATIFYG FILM, MORTENSEN SAID, “[TONY’S REACTN] SHOWS THAT THE CURE FOR IGNORANCE IS EXPERIENCE. TONY’S BEEN EXPOSED TO , SO HE’S OK WH .” “THAT’S A BETIFUL REVEAL,” AGREED ALI. “TONY’S ALREADY OK WH THAT. HE’S AWARE OF THE PTH OF THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN HIM AND DOC.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S A LOVE STORY,” SOMEONE ELSE POTED OUT, BUT ACTUALY, SHIRLEY HAD OTHER ROMANTIC TARGETS MD. IN FACT, THE FILM’S -SCREENWRER, BRIAN HAY CURRIE, TOLD ME THAT THE MICIAN HAD A LONGTIME WHE MALE LOVER. I HOPE THAT’S MENTNED THE SEQUEL. BUT HAVG SEEN THIS FILM TWICE, I ADORE SHIRLEY’S ELEGANT DIGNY AND LIP’S EMERGG HEART, AND I’M LIVG FOR MY THIRD TIME OF GREEN BRGG BLACK AND WHE TOGETHER AND WRAPPG THEM A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY THE WAY, ALSO NOTICEABLE THE CROWD AT THE LUNCH FOR THE MOVIE WAS ALED UHRY, WHO WROTE DRIVG MISS DAISY. THK ABOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE'S SOMETHG ABOUT MARY WILSONRB/REDFERNSUNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: PHOTO OF DIANA ROSS AND FLORENCE BALLARD AND MARY WILSON AND SUPREMES; POSED GROUP PORTRA L-R MARY WILSON, DIANA ROSS AND FLORENCE BALLARD, (PHOTO BY RB/REDFERNS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LET ME TELL YOU SOME OTHER DON SHIRLEY-ERA GOSSIP, AND I’LL BREAK DOWN SO ’S EASY FOR YOU YOUNG ON: BEFORE THERE WAS BEYONCé, THERE WAS DTY’S CHILD. WELL, WAY BEFORE THAT, THE 1960S, THERE WAS THE SUPREM, A MOTOWN GIRL GROUP WH LEAD SGER DIANA ROSS AND BACKUPS MARY WILSON AND FLO BALLARD, AND THEY WERE PEPPY, VAMPY, GLTERY, AND FULL OF H RERDS. I JT WENT TO THE CAFé CARLYLE TO SEE WILSON A SOLO ACT, AND WAS AN EXTRAORDARY EXPERIENCE THAT TRANSPORTED ME TO GIRL-GROUP HEAVEN. WILSON—WHO WAS ALWAYS THE SEXY SUPREME WH THE SMOKY VOICE—IS A FE VOLIST, WHO NFINTLY SOARED THROUGH SHOWSTOPPERS LIKE “BODY AND SOUL” AND “STORMY WEATHER.” SHE JECTED SOUL TO NORA JON’ “DON’T KNOW WHY,” EVEN WHILE LGHGLY ADMTG THAT SHE HAD NO IA WHAT THE SONG MEANS. (NEHER DO I, BUT WILSON BROUGHT SIGNIFINCE TO .) WH ALL THE WISDOM OF HER 74 YEARS, SHE DID A POIGNANT “BOTH SIS NOW” AND A PIERCG “LOOK OF LOVE.” AND OF URSE SHE ADDRSED HER TIME WH THE SUPREM. WILSON SAID THEY WERE “THREE LTLE BLACK GIRLS WHO MA OUR DREAMS E TE... WE NEVER WON A GRAMMY—ALL THOSE NUMBER ONE SONGS—BUT WE GOT THE MONEY, SO WHO R?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I SANG THE 'OOHS' AND 'AHS' AND THE ‘BABY, BABY, BABYS’,” SHE ADD. “DON’T BE LGHG. I WAS LGHG ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK!” SHE THEN SANG THE LEAD ON SUPREM HS LIKE “BABY LOVE,” “STOP THE NAME OF LOVE,” AND “MY WORLD IS EMPTY WHOUT YOU,” AND THE DIENCE IMPULSIVELY CHIRPED THE BACKUPS, TO WHICH WILSON BEAMED, “YOU’RE SGG MY PART!”SHERRY RAYN BART /MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES - NOVEMBER 18 : R AND B SGER MARY WILSON PERFORMS AT AMOEBA RERDS ON NOVEMBER 18, 2015 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY SHERRY RAYN BART /MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND SHE ADDRSED DREAMGIRLS, JOKG, “THEY SAY ’S ABOUT THE SUPREM, BUT I KNOW ISN’T BEE I DIDN’T GET PAID.” BUT SHE LOV THE SHOW AND MOVIE VERSN, AND SAID THAT IF FLORENCE BALLARD—THE SORT OF EFFIE CHARACTER, WHO DIED AT 32—WAS HERE TODAY, SHE WOULD LIVER THE BALLAD OF RENEWAL “I AM CHANGG." WILSON THEN BELTED THAT VERY SONG HONOR OF FLO, WH A WHOLE BUNCH OF HEART AND TEARS. WHAT A DAZZLG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND AFTER THE SHOW, WILSON TOLD ME SHE’S WORKG ON A FFEE TABLE BOOK ABOUT THE FASHN OF THE SUPREM. OOH, BABY, BABY!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MTO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

As the two take opposg approach to battlg bigotry—Lip lik to eher beat people up, threaten them, or bribe them, while Shirley rponds a more measured fashn—homosexualy also surfac and ends up havg repercsns. No beratg, no homophobia, no mockery, and he even hugs Shirley later on and sleeps the same room wh him whout any qualms. " There were mours that Shirley was gay, and a scene  Green Book allus to an enunter he had while tourg the Deep South, but the film's -wrer and -producer Nick Vallelonga (son of the film's protagonist, Frank) says Shirley never addrsed his sexual orientatn suffered om tendisWh the exceptn of a 2001 album, Shirley stopped rerdg mic after 1972 and he also dialed back on live performanc.

A NEW PROJECT IS BRGG THE GAY ‘GREEN BOOK’ ONLE

” Ltle did he know that a mere 25 away Louisville, Kentucky, an unassumg brick buildg on East Ma Street had hosted one of the regn’s first gay diss, which opened 1973 and was known for s dazzlg drag shows. Now, as a traed historian and profsor of Amerin Studi at California State Universy, Fullerton (CSUF), Gonzaba is unverg and prervg hidn histori like this one through a digal project lled “Mappg the Gay Guis.