| re: "Howard" on Disney+ is a must see. | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 12:24 am EDT 08/10/20 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 12:16 am EDT 08/10/20 | |
| In reply to: re: "Howard" on Disney+ is a must see. - OriginalTopherP 05:33 pm EDT 08/08/20 | |
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| Bravo to Don Hahn, the director and writer of ''Howard.'' As the Oscar-nominated producer of ''Beauty and the Beast,'' he surely knew his subject, and made such a touching tribute. In other hands, ''Howard'' could've been a more formulaic film full of celebrity talking heads and just concentrated on his Disney animated movies. But Hahn has dug up a lot of audiotapes of Ashman, often allowing him to tell his own story. Hahn also spends time showing how Ashman was a born storyteller as a boy and shares the highs (''Little Shop of Horrors'') and lows (''Smile'') of his life in the theater. Plus, ''Howard'' is refreshingly forthright in depicting Ashman's story and struggles as a terrifically talented gay artist dealing with AIDS. It covers his relationship with Stuart White, his college boyfriend, and Bill Lauch, his surviving partner who movingly accepted Ashman's Oscar for ''Beauty and the Beast'' on his behalf. (Glad to see this LGBT story on Disney Plus, but it's puzzling why this channel couldn't also host ''Love, Victor,'' an acclaimed and clean-cut series about a gay teen; instead, Disney Plus shifted it to Hulu, where it became a hit and was just renewed.) |
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| Link | Variety.com: Don Hahn on Telling Lyricist Howard Ashman's 'Brilliant, Too Short Story' in New Documentary |
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