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| Agree about casting - and that SET!!! | |
| Posted by: Genealley 11:46 pm EDT 05/31/18 | |
| In reply to: And Brantley - Clancy 10:01 pm EDT 05/31/18 | |
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| Parsons too bitchy - why are any of these people friends with him? Quinto - marijuana does mellow one out but his speech is strictly qualudes. And that set forces everyone to DECLAIM! Felt like an American Airlines Admirals Club lounge. The night I saw it, DeJesus rushed his lines. Lost them. Liked Bomer and Watkins. |
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| re: why are any of these people friends with him? | |
| Posted by: jjbkvm 07:37 am EDT 06/01/18 | |
| In reply to: Agree about casting - and that SET!!! - Genealley 11:46 pm EDT 05/31/18 | |
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| I have seen this question over and over again. The answer is simple...at that time we were made to feel “less than” and the ability to find and make friends was very difficult. I was 13 in 1968 and would have done anything to have a friend who understood me. I didn’t meet anyone who was gay till I was 21 years old. I would have been Michael’s friend!! |
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| re: why are any of these people friends with him? | |
| Posted by: duckylittledictum 09:41 am EDT 06/01/18 | |
| In reply to: re: why are any of these people friends with him? - jjbkvm 07:37 am EDT 06/01/18 | |
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| As the play states very clearly, these are mostly "Harold's friends." Not all of them hang out with Michael on a regular basis. | |
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| Community was informal but fiercely observed for survival. | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 09:17 am EDT 06/01/18 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 09:15 am EDT 06/01/18 | |
| In reply to: re: why are any of these people friends with him? - jjbkvm 07:37 am EDT 06/01/18 | |
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| Michael's circle of friends strikes me as a period-specific collected one. The social solidarity was almost a survival tool when gay men were rounded up in rest rooms and even bars. One of the big points of the play -- and to me it's a positive, others disagree -- is the idea of a community forming around common social issues now taken for granted. The gathering in "Boys..." reflects a time when shared gay lives mattered, in the existential sense, because simply being a gay man was illegal in so many places. Arrests were routine, and destroyed careers and lives. Many newer New Yorkers fail to remember those times. NYC was a mecca but could be a dangerous one. If you've ever had a friend call you after an arrest -- which could result in overnight unemployment -- you won't forget those days. I had two friends, prominent in their professions, almost ruined by ordinary cruising arrests. Perhaps they all stand by Michael because he's loyal in that era-defining sense. Coming out at work was rarely an option, except for men in specific careers (Hank gets that profile). Perhaps the ability to eliminate negative influences within a circle was a luxury, then. Only a handful of men had sociopolitical participation in LGBTQ rights (and anyway, that's a different play). | |
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