tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33855769.post5110618178383002369..comments2024-03-28T08:03:32.297-07:00Comments on Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters: Know Your LGBT History - The Boys in the BandBlackTsunamihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02349560427762283170noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33855769.post-68318223199199527162010-03-22T13:18:00.255-07:002010-03-22T13:18:00.255-07:00You want to see a relic of the Boys In The Band er...You want to see a relic of the Boys In The Band era? Check out Michael Musto on TV. It's considered a no-no to criticize this play/film nowadays, but I'm with you. I saw it once, thought it was awful, and never wanted to see it again.DC HAMPTON JACOBShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09884630801131861786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33855769.post-28433254724541831052010-03-21T10:59:50.520-07:002010-03-21T10:59:50.520-07:00Indeed, The Boys in the Band has become a relic of...Indeed, The Boys in the Band has become a relic of a very different, far away time and place....thank goodness! I dislike the stereotypes, too, and the underlying tone of bitchy self-hatred. And yet...in its time, it was remarkable that a Hollywood movie depicted anything like "real" gay people, a community of gay friends, when many people preferred that gays simply didn't exist. And the self-lacerating humor, however unattractive, was symptomatic of the oppression under which gay people were laboring at the time. So I think TBITB can be forgiven for reflecting many of the warped attitudes of the time. I just wish it were better than it is.CD Matthewnoreply@blogger.com