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Robin de Jesús attends the 73rd Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 09, 2019 in New York City.
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It’s back to back episodes featuring recent Netflix films as we discuss Mart Crowley’s 1968 play, twice adapted into film, The Boys in the Band.
Join us for a discussion of “turning on” and other 60s language, mining the death of your parents for dialogue and the controversial place the play has held in gay culture throughout the 52 years of its existence.
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I LOVED this episode so much! I was in hysterical laughter, Harold-style, numerous times over your commentary. I’ve watched The Boys in the Band (2020 version) 10 times, so I’m very passionate about it & I’m so happy that the queer history podcast I’ve listened to for about 4 years took the time to thoroughly analyze the historical context & the characters’ relationships. Thank you Jason, Eli, & Alice for your research & conversation.
Also I have read the entirety of The Men From The Boys sequel, for any fellow listeners who have questions now~
I deeply appreciate the way you talk about Donald’s arc, thank you. When the movie came out, there were a number of reviews that used ableist rhetoric about people w/ mental illness as the basis of their criticism of Donald which really broke my heart. So hearing you all truly recognize the kind of journey Donald is on & analyze Donald w/ the same respect you analyzed everyone else was refreshing. I agree w/ a number of your critiques & share Eli’s opinion of Ryan Murphy. I’d say for myself personally though, Harold was the character I connected with the most because of how he is written.
I joyfully screamed when Eli made the connection to The Symposium! The other reviewer (& most importantly gay playwright) who made that connection before is Tony Kushner in the intro he wrote for the script book that has both the original script & the 2018 revival script.
I hope that this episode helps more queer people engage w/ The Boys in the Band as a part of queer literature history written pre-Stonewall that demonstrates what gay & bi men went through before the significant changes we have now and how anti-Black racism & femmephobia within queer spaces and societal homophobia continue to exist today.
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