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You could make a cut out with an exacto knife and fit a short bottle of rye inside.
Or reefers, knowing Bob.
You knew Bob too?
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Your definition is right. I don't know the derivation of closet queen, but I suppose they are as determined to stay in the closet as a queen is to be out of it. I think that James would be described during his lifetime as being discreet about his personal life.
So I guess when Lorna called him a "queen" she wasn't really being truthful.
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From what I've read, James was more of a closet queen than anything else.
I guess I'm confused about what a "queen" is exactly? I thought it referred to what I understood in the post below.
I thought those "in the closet" were just closeted homosexuals.
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Poster needs a time out.
You certainly do. And very, very few would miss you.
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I understand your reasoning, and I was more trying to reinforce your point. My recollection of the final nail in the Hays Code's putrid coffin was I Am Curious: Yellow, a thoroughly trite movie that nevertheless was the first real crack in the armor of the intercourse taboo. Before that, it's clear that the code was getting chipped away in bits and pieces. First you had the cynicism and amorality in many of the noir films that were absent from the previous Breen era gangster movies of the "Rocky Dies Yellow" stripe. After that, you had all sorts of sexual tension in many of the 50's features like Vertigo and Baby Doll that wouldn't have been allowed outside of the B-circuit in previous decades. And then you had the wholly cynical takes on authority embodied in such films as Dr. Strangelove. It didn't happen all at once, and all the pieces of the Breen code hadn't even fallen by the late 60's, but by the time the ratings system came along it was more of an acknowledgement of reality than any radical shift. I've always viewed the post-code films as more of a continuity from the 60's than a real break, even though if you compare today's movies to those of 1969 and skip all the countless transitional movies that came in between, it may not seem that way.
'Reflections in a Golden Eye' in 1967 was the first movie that was obvious in its theme of homosexuality - a breakage from the "code".
Although the code may have technically met its demise in 1968 (or was it '69?), the truth is that movie-makers were aggressively pushing against it, and defying it, for several years. I detected it's growing loss of influence in the movies of 1966 onward, 1965 being the last year where it was really still observed with true obedience. And even then, a British movie called 'The Collector' had broken the code that year (apparently by accident when the individual appraising it for the ratings board - an elderly gentleman - dozed off during the viewing and missed noticing that the antagonist gets away with his crime).
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I see where you have now edited your original comment to me. I wonder why that is?
A coward often runs from his own words.
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This is not only unbelievable, but in many ways downright mean, as you have written...
The moment someone makes what they consider a thoughtful response, you come along and make it sound like the guy is failing in your film studies class.
Yep. It's typically abusive.
And yet, I don't see MovieMadness being so chickensh!t as to report it. There's only one bully in these forums that uses that tactic. Hopefully the authority here will catch on soon.
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All in all I can't get too fired up about the selection, but if I were new to TCM I'd be in seventh heaven. At this point all I get really excited about are the TCM premieres, no matter what era they're from.
Guess you're one of the rare "loyal viewers" who isn't stuck in the rut of wanting to watch the same old creaky formulae over and over and over.
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I was once given a speeding ticket by Ken Osmond. As he was writing me the ticket, he told me how handsome I looked in my new leisure suit.
Bought it special for your stay in Californie, didya?
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Of course it's been a while since Ken Osmond was out and about, "patrolling" the highways.
Been even longer since John Holmes was in and about patrolling the lowways.
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I've just never seen Henry James as an old woman-hating queen
Me neither. I had no idea he was an effeminate, flamboyant, cross-dressing homosexual.
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Well, I guess they have. But it sure isn't the classic films from the 30's,40's and 50's that I had in mind.
Good Gravy, isn't TCM running enough of those things here every month.
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I'd be careful about copying and pasting. You don't want to get accused of misquoting.
Funny that when I demolished that baseless accusation about misquoting, the response was along the lines of let's just drop it.
Always wants it stopped when people stand up to him.
I'd recommend people do it more, but their posts are apt to disappear once our - no doubt by now, exasperated - moderator is pleaded into protecting him from the exposure.
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Happy Halloween!
Pictures and Lyrics
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once DarkBlue stops harassing you, I pop up.
No need for caps in my name, frxeyguy. Save the wear and tear on your shift key.
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I wouldn't run to the moderator.
That's because you're not pathetic. Cry-babyism is, for certain types, tragically incurable.
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I think darkblue and fxreyman might be the same person with two different accounts...I private messaged the mod about this last week. Funny how when one stops harassing, the other one magically pops up.
Wow. And I thought only one member here was suffering from a persecution complex.
I wonder if I should report this harassment? Naah, moderator gets begged enough already.
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For a writer, a motorcycle cop/porn star is a perfect combination.
Absolutely. Just try to imagine the stories one would have to draw upon.
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it's because you panda to your audience
I have an audience? What's his name?
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Their parent company appears to have budget issues since they had layoffs and a related reorganization but that doesn't mean that TCM has specific budget issues (but it is likely TCM was asked by the parent to either cut cost or increase revenues).
Hmm. Yeah, that's quite a TCM "crisis" alright.
No wonder people keep referencing it, even though all the schedules I've seen so far seem to be about the same quality and quantity as always.
(Well, January's is a little better than usual, but that's just me who thinks it).
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They have to carry it as part of the bundle sold to them. Not that they're at all sorry about that. I'd be willing to bet that most subscribers are happy to have TCM available even if they don't watch a lot of it.
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The universe makes it up to them by giving them virtually every title on region 2 dvd's.
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If I'm not mistaken, Ned Beatty was a man.
Ned must be one hell of an actress, that's all I can say.
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I've thought about it, darkblue, and a 'commerical' is the hood ornament on a 1964 Ford Falcon.
Ahh! I thought it was some kind of communist periodical.
Off Topic: Favorite Music?
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Don't forget 'Bloodletting' by Concrete Blonde. As Halloween songs go, it beats all of those.