Bad H!mo: How Musical Theatre Tested My Relationship: OUT.com

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 7/25/16 at 1:33pm

This is an OUT.com article.  After reading this, I didn't really like the way the author expressed himself.  At least to me, he cast himself in quite a negative light.  You decide.  http://www.out.com/out-exclusives/2016/7/25/bad-homo-how-musical-theater-tested-my-relationship

Updated On: 7/25/16 at 01:33 PM

[Kad]

Posted: 7/25/16 at 1:53pm

...I really don't understand the point of this essay at all.

Updated On: 7/25/16 at 01:53 PM

[10086sunset]

Posted: 7/25/16 at 2:05pm

What is the point?

[Valentina3]

Posted: 7/25/16 at 2:08pm

Okay what?! 

[artscallion]

Posted: 7/25/16 at 2:15pm

The point is clearly that two chubby queens drinking pink cocktails can be the powerful cause of an epiphany, especially when trying to decide which stereotype to hate or be.

[gypsy101]

Posted: 7/25/16 at 2:44pm

this article made me cringe.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 7/25/16 at 2:51pm

Anyone who designates GYPSY as a "kid classic" is too foolish to waste any further time on.

Updated On: 7/25/16 at 02:51 PM

[newintown]

Posted: 7/25/16 at 2:55pm

Subjectively, I found this essay to be high in Ick Value. Objectively, it's a good warning of the pitfalls of freshman-level comic/sentimental writing. However, I've no doubt that it (and the writer) will find some admirers.

[¿Macavity?]

Posted: 7/25/16 at 2:58pm

This...hurts...badly...

Updated On: 7/25/16 at 02:58 PM

[Kad]

Posted: 7/25/16 at 2:58pm

I mean, yeah, it's bad writing... but I really am having difficulty discerning what the conclusion he reached was.  That musicals are better than jerks?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 7/25/16 at 3:08pm

Ew, Ick.

[newintown]

Posted: 7/25/16 at 3:11pm

Musicals are just a McGuffin here; the writer's "message" is that the boring older boyfriend who really likes him is a much better choice than the hot but self-obsessed fantasy man. A profound message that's NEVER been expressed before, right?

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 7/25/16 at 3:27pm

That was my take away, if I had any take away. As mentioned I guess it's meant to be a comic piece but with a sentimental "touching" element. It just makes me feel sorry for Hugh (and anyone who has seen this guy's work on stage as the byline says his work has been). Honestly I've had far worse first dates that I haven't walked out on, and from the little said, the actor guy doesn't really come off worse than the author. 

 

And yeah--Gypsy is a kid classic like Peter Pan?  Why didn't he mention those other kid classics--Sweeney Todd and Oh Calcutta?

Updated On: 7/25/16 at 03:27 PM

[SweetLips]

Posted: 7/25/16 at 3:38pm

Just wasted 5mins reading that turdfest--what a dickwad !

I suppose one must be tolerent of all types of sexual identity but from my relatively isolated perspective, I had no idea these 'types' still existed.

Lisping bitter old queens were a majority in my surrounding social set but their self-deprecating humour always cracked up the room.

Pointless, arrogrant, juvenile, ignorant---now I've wasted ANOTHER 5mins

Drunk goes into a confessional, priests waits a respectful few minutes-silence-waits-silence then decides to knock, then knocks again. Voice comes back 'There's no paper in here either'.

Happy Days.........SL....x

[Broadwayhunk]

Posted: 7/25/16 at 8:51pm

This was actually accepted for publication?  Awkward.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 7/25/16 at 9:08pm

I couldn't finish it.  The superficial ramblings of a self-absorbed twink "playwright" just doesn't do it for me.  I guess I'm just not Out's target audience if they feel there was value in publishing that crap.

[¿Macavity?]

Posted: 7/25/16 at 9:48pm

Well, here's what I got out of it, he's a self-centered  man with poor writing skills and bizarre tastes in theatre.

[musicals1989]

Posted: 7/25/16 at 10:13pm

okay, but who is "Hugh".... 

[newintown]

Posted: 7/26/16 at 8:27am

Candidates for "Hugh" would be, I assume, one of two original cast members: 

Harry Bouvy

or Howard Kaye. 

 

Here, by the way, is a photo of the author. 

[Erzlump]

Posted: 7/26/16 at 9:06am

That's the author? He writes about himself like he's the most handsome twink one could find. 

 
To me it seemed like he tried to pull of a "Moments in the Woods" - Actor Prince Charming vs. Older Boyfriend Baker; even with the same kind of conclusion at the end. Didn't quite succeed, as it was indeed just cringeworthy in style and writing. 

Updated On: 7/26/16 at 09:06 AM