DARK SHADOWS FORUMS
General Discussions => Current Talk Archive => Current Talk '25 I => Current Talk '15 II => Topic started by: Gothick on September 25, 2015, 09:22:51 PM
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Fans,
I was re-visiting the 1970 film BOYS IN THE BAND, which already has two DS connections that are known to me--via actor Keith Prentice and cinematographer Arthur Ornitz.
I was quite surprised in a short kitchen scene in which flaming queen Emory (Cliff Gorman) mixes a vodka tonic drink in a blender for the butch Keith Prentice character. The vodka is a lurid blue (looks more like gin to me, but I don't drink) and Keith asks, "What the hell is that--Windex?" Without missing a beat, Emory camps, "It's a blue whale! Oh Mary, don't ask!"
The play is set in 1968 which I believe was the year it debuted Off-Broadway. DS actors Don Briscoe and Chris Bernau were cast members at one point.
G.
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BITB is a personal fave...
given the time and the New York location there are several points of connection with DS.
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It would seem that gay men are divided into two groups: those who adore every arched eyebrow, camp innuendo and tongue-lashing torture-marathon of BITB, and those who just find it all "so very ugly." Three guesses which "camp" I belong to.
Maybe I'll spot more DS references. I have the distinct feeling that the playwright was a fan.
G.