Todd Holland, Don Roos, Gay Actors, and The Closet
First, openly gay film director Todd Holland (right) is accused of telling non-100% hetero performers to keep their sexuality hidden in the closet. Several days later, another openly gay film director, Don Roos, was reportedly even more blatant about the idea of keeping actors hanging in the closet. Adding insult to injury, those statements were made at a film festival named Outfest, Los Angeles’ annual gay & lesbian cinema smorgasbord.
Holland was quoted as saying that young gay actors "should stay in the closet." He later wrote a piece stating that his "damning words were: ‘If you are that .002 percent [of actors who may be superstar material] … I can’t tell you to come out."
"I never said stay [...]
by Andre Soares | July 28, 2009
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Tags: Don Roos, Gay Interest, Homophobia, James F. Mills, Kirby Dick, Outfest, Outfest 2009, Todd Holland
Kirby Dick’s THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED Takes on the MPAA
USA Today reports that Kirby Dick’s documentary This Film Is Not Yet Rated "drew cheers from an audience of 1,200 at its Sundance Film Festival premiere Wednesday for its exposé on the secret group that can mean life or death for movie earnings at the box office."
The "secret group" in question is the ratings board of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), which makes some of the wackiest — or just downright inane — decisions about what is and what isn’t acceptable for American children and teenagers to watch.
Worse yet, with the NC-17 rating (no one under 17 allowed), the MPAA censors actually have the right to prohibit teens from watching films even if their parents [...]
by Andre Soares | January 28, 2006
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Tags: Censorship, Documentaries, Gay Interest, Kirby Dick, Motion Picture Association of America, Sex, This Film Is Not Yet Rated
