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| Is the subject "settled now"? Really "drained of emergency" everywhere? | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 09:47 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 09:40 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: And Jesse Green - Clancy 10:35 pm EDT 06/25/18 | |
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| I'll ignite a firestorm, but I found that incredibly New York, or urban-America- centric, and elitist. Does anyone think life for LGBTQ in smaller towns and cities, red and blue and purple states, is "drained of emergency"? Ask people in communities with no gay-owned businesses, no gay spots for gathering, no LGBTQ cultural events. Where LGBTQ life is entirely cyberspace-driven. To see everything through the prism of Chelsea, the the Castro, or West Hollywood other major urban centers is to see sociopolitical progress in a narrow way*. (I personally believe there's still the widespread mythology that gay people migrate to gay meccas; a leftover mindset from the 70s and early 80s, perhaps, that's romanticized in countless tales of coming out in a new found gay community.) Playwrights know that many theaters now look for LGBTQ plays seeking stories of rural or even suburban experiences. It's not Jordan Harrison's responsibility to write anything but his own window on the world; but whatever's "settled" or lacking "emergency" in his sphere of existence certainly doesn't speak for everyone in Trump America. Green is presumptuous believing marriage equality steamrolled over decades or even centuries of cultural biases, even if they're more subtle in a post-Will and Grace society. *Ask teachers who still see students ridiculed and bullied in middle and high schools. I know several, and things are not easy for gay adolescents. To presume those kids grow into settled characters in an urban gay play, without scars, is naive. (Bigger topic, and a nuanced one; but a footnote here.) |
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| re: Is the subject "settled now"? Really "drained of emergency" everywhere? | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 06:07 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 06:06 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: Is the subject "settled now"? Really "drained of emergency" everywhere? - Delvino 09:40 am EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| Not quite related to my post, but probably on the minds of some folks who see "Log Cabin": "You think of another group of gay people, much criticized by gay audiences, across town in The Boys in the Band. Why should one group, the Log Cabin gang, be so grating, and the other—no matter how grating they are—still command attention and affection? It’s because the characters in The Boys in the Band feel real, while Log Cabin’s characters feel like a grousing battery of pamphlets." The Wrap |
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