And I would argue the Judy Garland chapter is the most fascinating one in the entire book. Goldman took on something everyone knew, Garland's kinship with the gay community, and speculated on it brilliantly" "And who is she that they should bleed for her?" He was among the first to look behind the curtain and attempt to deconstruct the Garland mystique. And he did a damn good job of it. His reporting of the straight attitudes are those of the day. Complaining about them is like complaining about the use of racist language in Huck Finn or The Little House on the Prairie. It comes with the times. I love THE SEASON and I love the Garland chapter most of all.
