Celluloid Gaze (Limelight) Review

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(More customer reviews)First published in 1987 under the title "Conversations with My Elders," Celluloid Gaze by Boze Hadleigh is a ground breaking collection of interviews with six men who share a common and unusual trait relevant to their success in the movie-making industry: they were gay, and during their lifetimes, they concealed their sexual orientation from the public. Yet these interviews are remarkably open and candid about how these men's sexuality affected their lives and careers. A new preface reflects upon changing attitudes toward homosexuality in just 15 years, and how some prejudices have remained as rooted as ever. Celluloid Gaze is an informed and informative contribution to Film History and Gay Studies academic reference collections and supplemental reading lists, as well as highly recommended reading for fans of the film work of Sal Mineo, Luchino Visconti, Cecil Beaton, George Cukor, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Rock Hudson.

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Interviews with six men from the world of film and entertainment--actors Sal Mineo and Rock Hudson; directors George Cukor, Luchino Visconti, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder; and designer, photographer, and author Cecil Beaton. Their remarkably frank conversations with Hadleigh reveal much about their lives and careers--and how their homosexuality affected both.

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Bent: The Play (Applause Books) Review

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(More customer reviews)this book runs the gamut from joyous hedonism to the extreme visciousness of humankind. I cannot remember the last time I was so emotionally drawn in and captivated by such intelligent, breathing, living characters. This bookis a powerful must read for anyone concerned with what makes humanity tick,and the absolute evil that seems so inherently possible. A love story thattrancends all generations. This is proof that the human will is amiraculous thing.

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Martin Sherman's worldwide hit play Bent took London by storm in 1979 when it was first performed by the Royal Court Theatre, with Ian McKellen as Max (a character written with the actor in mind). The play itself caused an uproar. "It educated the world," Sherman explains. "People knew about how the Third Reich treated Jews and, to some extent, gypsies and political prisoners. But very little had come out about their treatment of homosexuals." Gays were arrested and interned at work camps prior to the genocide of Jews, gypsies, and handicapped, and continued to be imprisoned even after the fall of the Third Reich and liberation of the camps. The play Bent highlights the reason why - a largely ignored German law, Paragraph 175, making homosexuality a criminal offense, which Hitler reactivated and strengthened during his rise to power.

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The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV (Applause Books) Review

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The Prime Time Closet takes an informative and entertaining look at the history of homosexuality on television.It examines how
TV has treated the subject of homosexuality and represented gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender characters on medical dramas,
police and detective shows, legal dramas, prime time and daytime soaps, teen dramas, made-for-TV movies, mini-series, and situation comedies.The book contains an appendix listing gay-themed episodes and characters from the mid-1950's through the present day.

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Television history was made on April 30, 1997, when comedian Ellen DeGeneres and her sitcom alter-ego Ellen Morgan, "came out" to her close friends and 36 million viewers. This groundbreaking episode represented a significant milestone in Amerian television. For the first time, a TV series centered around a lesbian character who was portrayed by an openly gay actor. The millions of viewers who tuned in that historic night were witnesses to a new era in television. THE PRIME TIME CLOSET offers an entertaining and in-depth glimpse into homosexuality on television from the 1950s through today. Divided into four sections, each devoted to a major television genre, this unique book explores how gay men and lesbians have been depicted in over three hundred television episodes and made-for-TV films. These include medical series, police/detective shows, situation comedies and TV dramas. THE PRIME TIME CLOSET also reveals how television's treatement of homosexuality has reflected and reinforced society's ignorance about and fear of gay men and lesbians. At the same time, it celebrates programs like Ellen and Will and Grace that have broken new ground in their sensitive and enlightened approach to homosexuality and gay-related themes. This book is witty and insightful, accessible and illuminating, a look into what has become an integral part of American media culture.

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Melissa Etheridge - The Awakening (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a piano and guitar music book not a novel.
Description of item was unclear. Had to return it.
Great item if you read music!
Melissa rocks!

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Melissa's introspective ninth studio CD features 16 powerful and engaging songs: All There Is * California * Heroes and Friends * I've Loved You Before * Imagine That * Message to Myself * Open Your Mind * A Simple Love * An Unexpected Rain * The Universe Listened * What Happens Tomorrow * and more.

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