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Spring is Sprung

DEEP INSIDE HOLLYWOOD: The Book of Ruth re-opens the book on AIDS

WHAT’S YOUR PRONOUN? BEYOND HE & SHE” BY DENNIS BARON (HE / HIM / HIS)

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DEEP INSIDE HOLLYWOOD: THE BOOK OF RUTH RE-OPENS THE BOOK ON AIDS

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The Book of Ruth reopens the book on AIDS by Romeo San Vicente

Deep Inside Hollywood Now that the 1980s are officially vintage and the subject of period films, a mini wave of projects about the first decade of AIDS has taken hold: Yen Tan’s indie drama 1985 1985,, the documentary How To Survive a Plague, Plague, the French ACT-UP-themed drama BPM BPM,, and FX’s Pose incorporates HIV storylines into its ongoing narrative. Next up: The Book of Ruth, Ruth, a feature based on the true story of Ruth Coker Burks, an Evangelical Christian single mother from Arkansas who became a caregiver and advocate for gay men with AIDS in the Reagan era. The film – which currently has no release date -- will star Ruth Wilson (His Dark Materials) Materials) as Burks and Matt Bomer as a gay man who finds himself in her care. Making his feature directing debut is Tony Award-nominated theater director Michael Arden, with a screenplay from Rebecca Pollock and Kas Graham. Set in 1983, the film will tell the story of Burks’ education and transformation into an activist and ally, something more conservative Christians might think about emulating. Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf hit Broadway It’s been a couple of years now since rumors have circulated about a revival of Arthur Miller’s classic 1949 play Death of a Salesman. Salesman. The dark drama is one of the great examples of American theater, and actor Nathan Lane has been circling around the main role of Willy Loman for more than a minute. And now it’s really happening. Lane will take on the title role alongside Laurie Metcalf (Roseanne (Roseanne)) for a Broadway revival that’s scheduled for spring of 2021. Scott Rudin is producing, Joe Mantello (Angels (Angels in America) America) will direct, and it’ll give Lane a chance to ﬂex the dramatic muscles of his usual comedic instrument. So, if all you know of Lane is films like The Birdcage, Birdcage, think about heading to New York next year to indulge in this classic tragedy. After the upcoming election, who won’t want to see a heartbreaking tale of the American Dream crashing to the ground in a heap of disillusion and despair?

If you’re like us, you followed the Twitterstorm over the new HBO Max reality competition series Legendary Legendary,, which will enter the world of ballroom and judge contestants on their voguing skills. The controversy arose due to, among other things, the hiring of The Good Place actor Jameela Jamil – who is queer but not from the world of ballroom – as host. But mostly missing from this conversation has been something just as important: the show’s inclusion of ballroom veterans who aren’t as famous as Jamil but whose names deserve to be centered. So, let’s talk about Leiomy Maldonado, the first openly transgender contestant on MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew, Crew, who’s additionally a choreographer for FX’s Pose Pose,, and who’ll be a Legendary judge. Let’s also talk about Dashaun Wesley, a Pose Pose,, Magic Mike XXL and Hit The Floor dancer who’ll serve as Legendary commentator. And let’s also talk about DJ MikeQ, who’s spent years working in ballroom making music and scored the documentary feature Kiki and the Viceland documentary series My House. House. We’ll reserve judgement on the final product when we see it, of course, but we still have high hopes for something “truly real.” Romeo San Vicente has an attitude and is usually in the mood.

Weetzie Bat’s Bat’s queer queer L.A. love-blast Filmmaker Justin Kelly has spent his growing body of work exploring the darker fringes of queer life in movies like JT LeRoy and King Cobra.. So, it was time for a little bit of joy. And there’s nothing quite Cobra as joyful as Francesca Lia Block’s classic 1989 YA novel Weetzie Bat. Bat. The candy-coated story of a punk-rock girl in Los Angeles named Weetzie Bat, her friends and family, her Secret Agent Lover Man, and the three wishes she’s granted, has been a beacon of glittery literary hope for queer kids for the past 30 years. Years ago there was talk of a Tim Burton version that never materialized, but this time around there’s forward momentum and a cool young cast: Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch) Witch) as Weetzie, Nick Robinson (Love, (Love, Simon), Simon), Sasha Lane (American Honey), Honey), Keiynan Lonsdale (The (The Flash) Flash) and Thé Théodore Pellerin (On (On Becoming a God in Central Florida). Florida). We’re guessing this will be set in the New Wave-iest version of ’80s Los Angeles, just like the book, so if nothing else, we’re probably going to be gagging over the costumes and sets. credit KathClick.

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BOOK REVIEW Words can never hurt you. Even as a child, that last half of the retort to playground taunts never made sense to you. Of course, sticks and stones broke bones but even then, you knew that there’s no sharper weapon than a word said in anger or misunderstanding. In the new book “What’s Your Pronoun?” by Dennis Baron, you’ll see that some of those weapons go way back. Language is a funny thing. Words hurt, they sooth, and in today’s world, a “pronoun without sex is... sexy.” We ask ourselves, and others, which ones to use as “an invitation to declare, to honor, or to reject, not just a pronoun, but a gender identity.” Generally, though, and until relatively recently, “he” was the default pronoun used by many to indicate both masculine and undeclared gender. As far back as 1792, neutral “he” was thought to be confusing, however; one writer even suggested that “one” might work better than “he” to indicate gender neutral. > “What’s Your Pronoun? Beyond He & She” by Dennis Baron (He / Him / His)

“They” was brought up for consideration in 1794.

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A century later, and with mostly men controlling law and business, “he” was firmly the pronoun of choice, and it had become politicized; when women protested that “he” clearly didn’t include them, lawmakers stated that “he” also implied “she.” Women countered that if “he” could hold office, then it was implied that “she” could, too, and, well, you can imagine the arguments – not to mention the injustice of three masculine pronouns (he, his, him) but just two for the feminine (she, her)! Oh, the scandal of it all!

What’s Your Pronoun author CREDIT Iryce Baron

Through the decades, other words have been suggested (zie, hir, thon) to indicate gender neutral or unknown but none have seemed to stick. Many felt that there simply was no good way to signify neither male or female, or a separation of gender-neutral and nonbinary, and some bemoaned the lack of a “missing word” that was easily understandable. Says Baron, though, in sifting through the possibilities, we’ve had the word all along... Sometimes, as author Dennis Baron points out in his introduction, people today offer their preferred pronoun without being asked, so ubiquitous is the question. Still, we sometimes struggle with the right word, but in “What’s Your Pronoun?” he offers a solution of which readers may be skeptical. First, though, it’s true that this etymological history is a good read, especially for word nerds. It’s not collegelecture level; Baron writes with a lighter hand and doesn’t preach, and the occasional threads that spring from the stories here are explored appropriately and in an inviting way that displays no drudgery. It’s like sitting down at a workshop you’ve eagerly anticipated and being more delighted than you hoped you’d be. And yet, there is such a thing as information overload, and the obvious solution isn’t so obvious. Proof is at the end of the book, in which we see more than two centuries of verbal wrangling. So: em, thon, zier, they? We haven’t heard the end of it, but maybe we’re close; certainly, reading “What’s Your Pronoun?” couldn’t hurt.

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