The queer corner

Ayn Marx · 07-21-2022, 12:12 AM

Wasn’t sure I could get away with placing this in the classical music section so I’ve dumped it here. I confess I was what could be described as an opera queen in my youth. We’d even have weekends where we played the entire Wagner Ring Cycle over a weekend. Couldn’t put myself through that in my dotage and in fact now find most of Wagner’s opera overblown, long winded and hysterical.

Anyhow, here’s an article I stumbled across that discusses the apparently now out of fashion phenomena of the ‘Opera Queen’.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cu...e-of-gay-opera

adidasss · 08-02-2022, 11:14 AM

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This is exciting. Seems like the best produced queer show to come along in a while. I've watched both the original UK version and the US remake and they were transformative. It probably won't have the same effect on today's generation of queer people but it's nice to see how the media landscape is getting more and more diverse and inclusive.

Omg, this is not good at all. It seems the writers spent most of their time thinking about how to include every part of the rainbow instead of the actual storyline, which for some reason decided to focus on a very serious event (a mass shooting) although neither the writers nor the actors are even close to having the chops to do it justice. This kind of show should be stupid and fun. Even the soundtrack is aggressively on the nose and overbearing.

What a missed opportunity. :/

Ayn Marx · 08-02-2022, 04:51 PM

An aspect of the various versions of Queer as Folk that’s always annoyed me is the almost complete avoidance of the many males who indulge in same sex relations in total secrecy, most of them married to females of our species. Not that many of this category would willingly admit to being bi-sexual, let alone gay just like many millions of men over the ages who during wartime have ‘had a bit on the side’ .
http://www.smh.com.au/national/a-sec...220-2bp9m.html

Queen Boo · 08-03-2022, 06:51 AM

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most of them married to females of our species.

Why do you talk like this?

Ayn Marx · 08-03-2022, 03:38 PM

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Why do you talk like this?

Because I’m of a generation not addicted to obsessive linguistic political ‘correctness’ ?

**Frownland** · 08-03-2022, 04:37 PM

I figured you were going for zoophile visibility.

The Batlord · 08-03-2022, 04:45 PM

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Because I’m of a generation not addicted to obsessive linguistic political ‘correctness’ ?

I'm of a generation less likely to murder you.

Ayn Marx · 08-03-2022, 09:55 PM

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I'm of a generation less likely to murder you.

Your point is ?

The Batlord · 08-03-2022, 10:29 PM

We rule, you suck, get over it.

Queen Boo · 08-04-2022, 02:15 AM

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Because I’m of a generation not addicted to obsessive linguistic political ‘correctness’ ?

Look if you regularly refer to women as "females" just don't get mad if I constantly make Ferengi jokes at your expense.

08-02-2022, 04:51 PM	#1543 (permalink)
Ayn Marx Music Addict Join Date: May 2022 Location: Sometimes Posts: 556	An aspect of the various versions of Queer as Folk that’s always annoyed me is the almost complete avoidance of the many males who indulge in same sex relations in total secrecy, most of them married to females of our species. Not that many of this category would willingly admit to being bi-sexual, let alone gay just like many millions of men over the ages who during wartime have ‘had a bit on the side’ . http://www.smh.com.au/national/a-sec...220-2bp9m.html Last edited by Ayn Marx; 08-02-2022 at 04:58 PM.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	I figured you were going for zoophile visibility. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

07-21-2022, 12:12 AM	#1541 (permalink)
Ayn Marx Music Addict Join Date: May 2022 Location: Sometimes Posts: 556	Wasn’t sure I could get away with placing this in the classical music section so I’ve dumped it here. I confess I was what could be described as an opera queen in my youth. We’d even have weekends where we played the entire Wagner Ring Cycle over a weekend. Couldn’t put myself through that in my dotage and in fact now find most of Wagner’s opera overblown, long winded and hysterical. Anyhow, here’s an article I stumbled across that discusses the apparently now out of fashion phenomena of the ‘Opera Queen’. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cu...e-of-gay-opera