A fresh-faced 22yr old Elizabeth Taylor at the Cocoanut Grove — Los Angeles in 1954.
Atticus Campbell
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Interests: Politics, Sports, Anglophile, LGBTIA+ issues and building my athenaeum containing art & 460+ books. The man who suffers most is the one who doesn’t dream.
Genre stalwart John Saxon would have been 90 today. A *very* busy actor who bounced between films & TV, he's in such classics as BLACK CHRISTMAS and NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, and he does a wonderful job in the chilling NIGHT GALLERY episode "I'll Never Leave You - Ever." He died at age 83.
(2/2) Gale Harold performed in all 5 seasons of the Showtime series. Brian Kinney known for his hedonistic lifestyle, rejection of traditional gay marriage, & complex relationships. Harold’s performance earned him recognition for bringing the character’s charm, arrogance, & contradictions to life.
(1/2) Brian Kinney, the flamboyant and self-obsessed advertising executive and owner of Babylon nightclub, was portrayed by Gale Harold in the U.S. version of Queer as Folk. Not that it matters, Gale was st8
American Gigolo is a 1980 American neo-noir crime drama thriller film starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton. It tells the story of a high-priced escort in LA who becomes romantically involved with a prominent politician's wife, while simultaneously becoming the prime suspect in a murder case.
(3/3) What the show then did with him is the real story. Beverly LaSalle, a drag performer played by the female impersonator Lori Shannon. In December 1977 she was beaten to death walking home from the Bunkers', and Edith lost her faith in God over it. Part two aired on Christmas night.
(2/3) The man playing him was close to his opposite - a former English teacher, educated in Dublin, a liberal who cut campaign ads for Ted Kennedy and had a hand in the scripts. Carroll O'Connor (08/02/1924), built the bigot on purpose, so America could watch him lose.
(1/3) Archie Bunker said things out loud that America mostly kept behind closed doors, and for nine seasons the country let him do it in prime time. O'Connor's worry was never the bigots he was mocking. It was how many viewers wrote in agreeing with Archie.
(3/3) Loni Anderson would have turned 81 today; she died last August, two days short of 80. In 2017 she was still proud of that episode and handed the credit to creator Hugh Wilson for writing what, she said, they all felt. Forty-eight years on, the whole argument still fits in five words
(2/3) The setup: a colleague accused of being gay had ended up out on a ledge, certain his career was finished. Anderson's Jennifer Marlowe - the WKRP in Cincinnati receptionist had the script rewritten and was the only cast member's character who defended him.
(1/3) Loni Anderson got to say the thing American television was not saying in 1978, on CBS, in prime time: so what if he is.
It is National Underwear Day and while clothing optional resorts don't usually promote that type of garment. Today is the exception with these two beautiful guys who joined us during Island House Key West Gay Hotel's Woof Week in April.
Don't fight over me, gentlemen. I can handle y'all.
Public Spectacles@publicspectacle.bsky.social · last wk.
I'm gonna wash that man's ____ out of my hair and send him on his way with my number and a 👨❤️💋👨
Public Spectacles@publicspectacle.bsky.social · last wk.
Shadow Men: The Tangled Story of Murder, Media, and Privilege That Scandalized Jazz Age America by James Polchin A riveting true crime history that uncovers a 1922 murder case, exposing the intersections of wealth, media, and hidden queer lives during the Jazz Age. queerazon.com/product/shad...
