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Mart Crowley (1935–2020)

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Famous American Plays of the 1960s (1972) — Mitwirkender — 63 Exemplare
Best American Plays: 7th Series, 1967-1973 (1975) — Mitwirkender — 24 Exemplare
Best Plays of the Sixties (1970) — Mitwirkender — 23 Exemplare

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Festa per il compleanno del caro amico Harold è un film del 1970 diretto da William Friedkin, tratto da una pièce teatrale di Mart Crowley, primo film hollywoodiano a trattare il tema dell'omosessualità (fonte: Wikipedia)
 
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MemorialeSardoShoah | Apr 17, 2020 |
Dear Kay Thompson’s estate,

STOP commissioning new Eloise books. They suck. The last one was racist and this one keeps making fun of accents by saying “bawth” instead of bath or bathe. They also do it with “rawther” and other words. It’s annoying. Stop ruining a childhood favorite.

Signed the original lovers of Eloise
 
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LibrarianRyan | 5 weitere Rezensionen | Jul 1, 2019 |
'The Boys in the Band's action is a long, tense evening and one of the worst birthday parties I've ever read about. Its also very typical, because the bitchy "friend" who throws the party makes it all about himself.

This play is simultaneously celebrated and castigated for portraying its gay characters the way it does. The characters are archetypes and are not the most flattering portraits, but, being archetypes, they're based on a reality. Even in today's enlightened times I've known similarly stunted and irritating people (and have some of those traits myself). 'Boys' is relevant and would be even if it hadn't been one of the first successful plays with a majority of gay characters.

The problem I had with it is that, because I was reading it, and that they were pretty much all horrible people, I lost track of who was who except for the straight one. They all blended into each other and I had to keep flipping to the front of the book to remember who was who. As that's more my fault than Crowley's I don't have any objections to this play. Bring on the unflattering self-hatred, bring on the tossed aside luxurious sweaters, and the lady pronouns, and most of all, bring on the hissing and spitting. The story its trying to tell isn't any less valid because it doesn't fit some nobler purpose for a political or social cause. That said, whether you're reading this for its landmark status or for camp pleasure, don't go into it expecting some universal message.
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ManWithAnAgenda | 6 weitere Rezensionen | Feb 18, 2019 |
Aside from the Boys in the Band, most of these plays are probably not particularly well known. Most of them are on similar themes, and two of the other plays in the book follow the same character(s) as Boys in the Band. One of the plays looks at the life of the main character as a teen, and the other picks up the lives of the "boys" 30 years later. The plays are unpleasant for the most part, with people who are impossible to like, and for the most part, impossible to sympathize with too much. Still, they are compelling, and would make for very good theatre, because unlikable characters are often the most interesting. I find it difficult to discuss these plays, and so I think I will leave it at that.… (mehr)
 
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