Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIt’s still hard to perceive that even in 2020 public nudity still evokes a torrent of negativity. On one hand there are the juvenile reactions from people who left their teen years decades ago, and on the other hand there is still so much overwhelming out-of-place Victorian censorship . If you show more than … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIf you’ve never been a fan/admirer of Shane Jenek aka drag queen Courtney Act, then this intimate portrait from Australian TV will change all that Australian Story is an award-winning documentary series , each just 30 minutes long, with no narrator and no agendas — just authentic stories told entirely in people’s own words. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIn 1979 composer Stephen Sondheim’s legendary partnership with director Hal Prince was on a real role. The two had very successfully collaborated on the Broadway productions of Company , Follies ,A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures and now Sweeney Todd which won them a total of 8 Tony Awards. Empowered by this success Sondheim, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesGrowing up in an English Orphanage in the 1950s and 1960s there was always black and bi-racial children in my ‘family’ who were also my good friends. However, when I came out as gay in the 1970s in London I had somehow been adopted by a new group of friends who were primarily. It … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesSaying that this riveting telling of the life of Billie Holiday is our second favourite music documentary of the past few years does not seem like the compliment it is until we remind you that our favourite was the sublime Amazing Grace centered on Aretha Franklin. Whereas Amazing Grace focuses on the vocal … Continue reading
