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Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean (a film about the actor's gay life).
Sophia:
So Cool! Looking forward to the movie.
milomorris:
--- Quote from: Aloysius J. Gleek on January 15, 2012, 04:25:35 am ---1950s Studio Rent Boy?
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He was a ho??
Does anyone know this for sure?
Sad.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: milomorris on January 15, 2012, 08:54:20 am ---He was a ho??
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If true he certainly wasn't the first boy to use the casting couch to advance his career.
Not that it really matters, but I'm not exactly sure what that article means by saying he "avoided being drafted into the war." Perhaps Korea is meant, or perhaps simply avoided being drafted into the service (period). He was too young for World War II.
milomorris:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 15, 2012, 03:04:59 pm ---If true he certainly wasn't the first boy to use the casting couch to advance his career.
Not that it really matters, but I'm not exactly sure what that article means by saying he "avoided being drafted into the war." Perhaps Korea is meant, or perhaps simply avoided being drafted into the service (period). He was too young for World War II.
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No, he wouldn't be the first scumbag to do so. But if turning bitch got him out of a draft (regardless of which war) he's all the more despicable. And if he did do it for money, he was all the more dishonorable.
If any of these allegations are true, I see no value in holding James Dean up as some sort of "example" of homosexual men. He's pathetic. There are far better among us.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: milomorris on January 15, 2012, 09:15:47 pm ---If any of these allegations are true, I see no value in holding James Dean up as some sort of "example" of homosexual men. He's pathetic. There are far better among us.
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Is that what this movie is about, or is it just a salacious and ultimately sad story of a self-destructive kid?
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