why are Little & Big Edie gay icons?- Page 4
why are Little & Big Edie gay icons?
miss pennywise
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/04
#75why are little & big edie gay icons?
Posted: 4/21/09 at 1:31pm
jenniferrenepatrick, the link to the article is below.
Nephews Like Grey Gardens Saga
http://www.roches.com/television/ss83kod.html
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Craww
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#77why are little & big edie gay icons?
Posted: 4/21/09 at 1:49pm
I kind of feel like if you have to ask why they're camp icons, you've never seen Little Edie explain why this is the best costume for today. It seems obvious to me, but maybe that's just because I innately relate to it on that kitsch level.
'I just think if you could somehow take a poll of self-identifying gays nationwide and asked them how many considered the Beales--or Marilyn Monroe or Judy Garland or Cher or Madonna, for that matter--"icons," the result would be less than 50%, probably less than 20%, possibly less than 10%.'
I don't think that poll is asking the right question to the right group. It's not that the gay community at large will identify Grey Gardens as iconic, it's that Grey Gardens probably boasts a comparatively high number of gay fans. Now, I don't know if that's literally true, because I don't think anybody's going to do a legit study on it. But the community of supporters who champion the film certainly suggest it.
I think it's pointless to mince over whether gay icons exist, or whether the Beales are gay icons. It's all relative, anyway.
Q
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/05
#78why are little & big edie gay icons?
Posted: 4/21/09 at 2:46pm
"It's all relative, anyway."
To what?
#79why are little & big edie gay icons?
Posted: 4/21/09 at 2:49pmi just assumed that was an inbreeding joke.
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Q
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/05
#80why are little & big edie gay icons?
Posted: 4/21/09 at 2:57pmI'm still trying to figure out if the use of the word 'mince' was an intentional pun . . .
Craww
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#81why are little & big edie gay icons?
Posted: 4/21/09 at 8:00pm
Not an intentional pun. Is mince that loaded a word, will I have to retire it? 
i just assumed that was an inbreeding joke.
You're an inbreeding joke.
No, okay. I mean "it's all relative" in the sense that the definite answer may change with context. I mean it the same way people usually mean it? To suggest that their point of view is understandable within their sphere of existence, but not broadly applicable.
#82why are little & big edie gay icons?
Posted: 4/21/09 at 8:59pmI think that's all well said, Craww.
Q
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/05
#83why are little & big edie gay icons?
Posted: 4/21/09 at 10:27pm
I do, too.
Except for the papa thing.
Craww
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
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