"Blue Whale" reference from 1968

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.

BITB is a personal fave...


given the time and the New York location there are several points of connection with DS.

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.