The Gay Curmudgeon
Saturday, December 27, 2014
The Interview: Gay Panic vs. Nuclear Annihilation
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First off, let me just say how affirming it was to sit in a movie theater with my fellow New Yorkers to watch The Interview...
Monday, December 22, 2014
A Love-Hate Relationship: Homeland vs. The Affair
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The last few Sundays, I’ve been having a love-hate relationship with Showtime. I love Homeland . I hate The Affair . I’ve...
Friday, December 12, 2014
White Riot
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“White riot — I wanna riot White riot — a riot of my own.” —The Clash When I looked at the front page of today’s New York ...
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Hand to Mouth: My Story
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I recently started reading Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America , Linda Tirado’s book about her experience with poverty. Whil...
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Birdman Doesn’t Fly
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I had high hopes for Birdman , coming as it does with a well-known director (Alejandro Iñárritu, of 21 Grams and Babel ), a first...
Sunday, October 12, 2014
The Sad Demise of Dojo, the Deplorable Rise of Brunch, and the Death of Mom-and-Pop Stores in Manhattan
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This afternoon I was supposed to have lunch with a friend of mine and his husband at Veselka, the last Ukrainian restaurant standi...
Saturday, October 4, 2014
Bedbug and the Angry Itch
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The most imaginative piece of theater in New York right now is happening in a church basement on West 71 st Street. I’m speaking ...
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