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| re: Genuine question: are LGBT people well-represented in Broadway musicals? | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 07:46 pm EDT 10/29/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Genuine question: are LGBT people well-represented in Broadway musicals? - fidelio1010 07:42 pm EDT 10/29/17 | |
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| Read Vito Russo's, "The Celluloid Closet" That book was published in 1981. I think GMB's valid question is, why haven't we come much further since then? |
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| re: Genuine question: are LGBT people well-represented in Broadway musicals? | |
| Posted by: fidelio1010 06:31 am EDT 10/30/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Genuine question: are LGBT people well-represented in Broadway musicals? - Chromolume 07:46 pm EDT 10/29/17 | |
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| My point is that not much has changed. | |
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| re: Genuine question: are LGBT people well-represented in Broadway musicals? | |
| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 12:36 pm EDT 10/30/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Genuine question: are LGBT people well-represented in Broadway musicals? - fidelio1010 06:31 am EDT 10/30/17 | |
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| ... and that's really really sad. I made a reference to the documentary film (based on the book) in my OP; it's a stunning bit of research work. Meanwhile, much HAS changed in TV and Film. Although the actual NUMBER of representative LGBT characters in TV and Films is still far too low, we are finally seeing nuanced, transformative, full-fledged characters in a number of very successful TV shows and films. "Transparent" has won Emmys, "Moonlight" won the Oscar, and from "Six Feet Under" to "Sense 8" to "Empire," we're seeing LGBT characters whose lives take on added dynamics within their storylines. We need to bring the creative freshness to Broadway, which, hilariously, is starting to feel like a big old ship that won't turn around quickly. - GMB |
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