Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesQueer writer/performer DEL SHORES is the comic genius who created classic gay plays/films such as Sordid Lives and Southern Baptist Sissies that made us all re-think about what it’s like to be queer in the Deep South. It wasn’t just Brother Boy that gave Leslie Jordan the best role of his career, it was … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideFor Queerguru, British satirist Chris Morris’s feature film debut FOUR LIONS was one of the very best movies at Sundance in 2010. This black comedy about an inept group of British Pakistani terrorists pushed any hint of good taste out of the window and stunned the Park City crowd onto silence. It was not … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesLet’s get the elephant in the swimming trunks out of the way. The thing stopping this joyful underdog comedy, about a gay water polo team, from becoming a hit is that it is French and subtitled. Somewhere an eagle-eyed film exec is probably about to cash in on an American translation with a known … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe one dependable thing about director JC Calciano’s LGBT comedies is that he never requires you to think much.. He never tries to over-complicate them so within the first 10 minutes you know the entire plot. He will never ever deviate from it, unless he can add a scenario that he can mine another … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWith a comedy titled Bathroom Stalls & Parking Lots you might be expecting a gay version of the 1960’s British classic camp film Carry on Up the Khyber. Don’t. And if that is what you are looking for then, let’s face it, isn’t a gay version of Carry on Up the Khyber basically Carry … Continue reading
