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TOTW 11/07: How will moviegoers view BBM 30 years from now?
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Shakestheground on October 15, 2007, 02:53:48 pm ---We could look to a couple of other examples, one being Boys in the Band, which was released in 1970. Kerry has posted much about this film. It was ground breaking in a number of ways as its intent, as I see it, was to portray homosexuals in a positive light.
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That's interesting. I've never actually seen the film, but I read the play in college--though that was a long time ago. However, I've seen this film--and play--denounced for portraying gay men as bitchy queens with horrible lives who end up alone.
Maybe it all depends on your perspective. :-\
Scott6373:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on October 15, 2007, 03:07:30 pm ---You're kidding. ... Right? ???
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No not at all. I didn't see and don't see it as a socially relevent film. It is a wonderfull piece of art, and as close to a perfectly crafted as a film can be, but if they meant for this film to act as a catalyst for change, it had to have been directed toward gay people and not toward those we wish to change.
loneleeb3:
I think Torch Song Trilogy really shows the homophobia gay people face.
Scott6373:
--- Quote from: loneleeb3 on October 15, 2007, 03:20:14 pm ---I think Torch Song Trilogy really shows the homophobia gay people face.
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Catalyst Films? (regardless of inherent worth)
Making Love
Angels in America
Lontime Companion
Philadelphia
The Laramie Project
Shakesthecoffecan:
--- Quote from: Scott on October 15, 2007, 03:13:07 pm ---No not at all. I didn't see and don't see it as a socially relevent film. It is a wonderfull piece of art, and as close to a perfectly crafted as a film can be, but if they meant for this film to act as a catalyst for change, it had to have been directed toward gay people and not toward those we wish to change.
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Wow. You got a point their Scott.
I guess if we are gone change the world, we gotta start with ourselves, huh?
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