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Genesis 2022-07-07 15:56:52
Vito Russo
Five stars for Vito Russo's (1946-1990) seminal research and the century-old history of social change depicted in the film.
The Celluloid Closet reveals how queers are represented in Hollywood films. They lived in shadows, stood for being bullied, and most often ended up dying as punishment for...
Gore Vidal
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Harvey Fierstein: Every time I watched a straight scene I had to do this massive translation for myself. Then I did Torch Song Trilogy. I get these straight people saying to me 'you know, it's not really gay, it's universal'. I say 'up yours, it's gay'. That you can take it and apply it to yourself is wonderful, but at last I don't have to do the translating, you do.
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Harvey Fierstein: I liked the sissy. Is it used in negative ways? Yeah, but, my view has always been visibility at any cost. I'd rather have negative than nothing.
