The Pridelets Files for October 5
The Pridelets Files for October 5
On this day in 1972, "Oswegonian" college theatre critic Kent McKeaver likes the gay character he's seen improvised on stage in "The Word Game." "... As the young homosexual in the bathroom scene, (this thespian) was particularly good. ... The acting was among the best seen in student theater." It's not a welcome review to this particular student, who says the columnist has gotten it all wrong. He's definitely a heterosexual offstage, and his spur of-the-moment comments to an older character (who's just greeting him bizarrely at an imaginary urinal) are merely what he thinks is "an uncomfortable reaction" and not that of either "a gay" or a male hustler. Then again, this eighteen-year-old actor not known for taking notes very well about his performances. Eventually though, he puts the case of "mistaken identity" into his burgeoning comedy act. He's single, he's neat and thin. Not that there's anything wrong with that -- for Jerry Seinfeld.
BIRTHGAYS (and the occasional straights)
* 1728 - Cross dressing French diplomat and soldier, and transvestite Chevalier d'Eon
* 1840 - British author, translator, lyricist, (and coiner of the phrase "inversion") John Addington Symonds
* 1911 - Mystic and artist and Forrest Bess
* 1929 - "A History of Shadows" author Robert Rinehart
* 1939 - French Canadian author Marie-Clair Blais
* 1952 - Writer, artist, and extraordinarily perverse thinker Clive Barker
Q.UOTE
"Someday, I want to go to this town in Michigan called Dyke. Every year, all the women on their way to the Michigan Womyn's Festival make a pilgrimage to Dyke to have their picture taken at the Dyke city-limits sign... Apparently, the citizens of Dyke don't appreciate this yearly pilgrimage... If they don't want us to visit, just change the name of the town. Change it to 'Uptight Straight White Guy' - we'll stay away." -- Sabrina Matthews
A LITTLE LIGHT READING IF READ IN VERY LITTLE LIGHT
"Clive Barker Visions of Heaven and Hell"
What would you see if you could peek inside the mind of Clive Barker, creator of such classics as "Weaveworld," "Hellraiser," and "Candyman"? Would you dare look? Crack open Visions of Heaven and Hell, and you have unlocked a Pandora's box of images that are certain to stay inside your head. For more than twenty-five years, Barker has awed fans and critics alike with his groundbreaking works of fiction, but what few know is that the heart of his fantastic worlds lies in pictures. Now, for the first time, this book brings out from the dark depths more than 300 of Barker's most stunning drawings and oil paintings. Illuminated with new writings by Barker, this artwork renders with expressionist fervor some of our most primal passions-good, evil, and all that's between. From the graphically terrifying to the ecstatically sensual, Visions of Heaven and Hell takes the reader on a journey through unexplored and forbidden realms. Designed in a luxurious package that recalls a devotional medieval manuscript or the works of Blake and Cocteau, this volume itself has the feel of a talisman from one of Barker's stories. Providing the true key to the mysteries of his imagination, it is a must-have collectible for the legion of Barker's fiction fans. But it also reaches out to an even greater audience of those who follow his films.
This work is copyright© 2006 Thomas Allen Heald, all rights reserved. Contact the author at tom@idontgetit.org and the latest column are always available at www.Pridelets.com.
On this day in 1972, "Oswegonian" college theatre critic Kent McKeaver likes the gay character he's seen improvised on stage in "The Word Game." "... As the young homosexual in the bathroom scene, (this thespian) was particularly good. ... The acting was among the best seen in student theater." It's not a welcome review to this particular student, who says the columnist has gotten it all wrong. He's definitely a heterosexual offstage, and his spur of-the-moment comments to an older character (who's just greeting him bizarrely at an imaginary urinal) are merely what he thinks is "an uncomfortable reaction" and not that of either "a gay" or a male hustler. Then again, this eighteen-year-old actor not known for taking notes very well about his performances. Eventually though, he puts the case of "mistaken identity" into his burgeoning comedy act. He's single, he's neat and thin. Not that there's anything wrong with that -- for Jerry Seinfeld.
BIRTHGAYS (and the occasional straights)
* 1728 - Cross dressing French diplomat and soldier, and transvestite Chevalier d'Eon
* 1840 - British author, translator, lyricist, (and coiner of the phrase "inversion") John Addington Symonds
* 1911 - Mystic and artist and Forrest Bess
* 1929 - "A History of Shadows" author Robert Rinehart
* 1939 - French Canadian author Marie-Clair Blais
* 1952 - Writer, artist, and extraordinarily perverse thinker Clive Barker
Q.UOTE
"Someday, I want to go to this town in Michigan called Dyke. Every year, all the women on their way to the Michigan Womyn's Festival make a pilgrimage to Dyke to have their picture taken at the Dyke city-limits sign... Apparently, the citizens of Dyke don't appreciate this yearly pilgrimage... If they don't want us to visit, just change the name of the town. Change it to 'Uptight Straight White Guy' - we'll stay away." -- Sabrina Matthews
A LITTLE LIGHT READING IF READ IN VERY LITTLE LIGHT
"Clive Barker Visions of Heaven and Hell"
What would you see if you could peek inside the mind of Clive Barker, creator of such classics as "Weaveworld," "Hellraiser," and "Candyman"? Would you dare look? Crack open Visions of Heaven and Hell, and you have unlocked a Pandora's box of images that are certain to stay inside your head. For more than twenty-five years, Barker has awed fans and critics alike with his groundbreaking works of fiction, but what few know is that the heart of his fantastic worlds lies in pictures. Now, for the first time, this book brings out from the dark depths more than 300 of Barker's most stunning drawings and oil paintings. Illuminated with new writings by Barker, this artwork renders with expressionist fervor some of our most primal passions-good, evil, and all that's between. From the graphically terrifying to the ecstatically sensual, Visions of Heaven and Hell takes the reader on a journey through unexplored and forbidden realms. Designed in a luxurious package that recalls a devotional medieval manuscript or the works of Blake and Cocteau, this volume itself has the feel of a talisman from one of Barker's stories. Providing the true key to the mysteries of his imagination, it is a must-have collectible for the legion of Barker's fiction fans. But it also reaches out to an even greater audience of those who follow his films.
This work is copyright© 2006 Thomas Allen Heald, all rights reserved. Contact the author at tom@idontgetit.org and the latest column are always available at www.Pridelets.com.
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