The Last New Yorker!

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The Last New Yorker!

Saga Movie Review

By Nevin Jefferson

 

The Last New Yorker begins with Lenny getting a shoeshine while complaining about how things have changed; traditions are a thing of the past. Lenny is a grand schemer in a suit and hat that touches off his being a Businessman. Lenny is aggressive with charisma and has charm down to a science. He is also loud, rude, and arrogant who shows no respect for his lifetime friend or those who he comes in contact with. He’s a force not to be reckoned with and who’s his own law with his own rules.

Ruben is angry and upset about the state of affairs in his life. His wife of 25 years has been unfaithful to him; he’s not happy camper after finding out about it. It becomes apparent that Ruben has a hard time adapting to the changes of their haunts and stomping grounds.

He and Lenny are the few who are the last of the last from the days of old New York who don’t fit in with the New York of New. He’s fed up with corporatized NYC that he wants to move to Alabama or someplace warm and fuzzy. He wants out! He’ll do it only if his Lifelong Bud will join him at the somewhere new.  

It is at this point that the fast paced physical comedy and running gags passes the laugh baton to next scene in this race of the cleverness of humor. The two men are in their 70s and have no problems keeping up into the hustle and bustle of New York.  They are non-stop, keeping up with the rapid movements and frantic pace of the city, as they become a part of the crowds of the street without missing a beat.  

Lenny and Ruben pass a down on his luck man drowning in the sea of people on the streets of New York offering “Stock Advice” for cash. The middle aged man tries his best to keep up with the two elders who don’t stop they keep moving their way through the crowds.  In a New York minute he manages to bend Lenny’s ear with a stock option tip that would make him a millionaire. Under the same New York minute he slows Lenny down to write down the stock symbol without missing a beat.

The beat goes on as Lenny asks Ruben to pay the Hot Tipster $2.00.for the stock tip that would make him a millionaire. All Ruben has is a $20.00 bill and can’t comply with this bequest.  Without missing a beat Lenny grabs the $20.00 turns and buys a tee-shirt from a street vendor. He gives the man $2.00 and the I Love New York tee-shirt then gives Ruben his change. Out of curiosity he’s asks the Wall Street psychic what did he do for a living prior to this? Upon hearing the answer of Stock Advisor Lenny stops in his tracks and misses a beat! 

Ruben’s warns Lenny about doing bad things that are upsetting to the cosmic of the Universe with bad karma resulting from it. Lenny blows this off of gibberish as the two are seated on the sidewalk of a restaurant. Lenny detests being seated outdoors instead of indoors with the service lacking a personal touch. He tells Ruben about his Mystery Woman (Kathleen Chalfant) who goes to the shop directly across the street from where they’re seated with a good view. The warning becomes a true fact after an incident makes Lennythe center of attention. The apple of his eye is blackened while spying on his Mystery Woman (Kathleen Chalfant) who’s across the street looking towards the commotion and at Lenny with a coy smile.

Lenny’s nephew Zach Sugarman (Josh Hamilton) is a successful Stock Broker with a lavish office on Wall Street. He’s the next younger generation of a businessman who dressed in very loud Hawaii shirt with Dockers slacks topped off with a baseball cap. His uncle rips him a new one while ranting and raving about his appearance and laid back demeanor as a profession. Zach braces himself for the next storm after informing his Uncle that his investment in pork bellies had bellied up leaving Uncle Lenny flat broke. It was at his Uncle’s insistence that he invest all of his money in Pork Bellies. This makes Zach feel bad about it because he didn’t intervene with the better investments.

 Zach tries to an honest effort to make things right between himself and Uncle Lenny by offering him a stack of cash that would make him financially secure for the rest of his life. This is where the Last New Yorker passes the baton to Ruben who ties a bow on it to as he races and jump hurdles of his plots and plans towards the finish line with his lifetime friend.

This is where the Last New Yorker passes the baton to Lenny in his race for love! This is also where the Last New Yorker tells it tales of a first love that’s real love. Lenny found love at 70 and feels on top of the world. Lenny and Mimi’s love life begins on the corner of 38th and Lexington in the big heart of New York. The scenes of his courtship of Mimi, an elegant retired department-store buyer touches the romantic in all of us. New York is the perfect background for a love story and falling in love with elegance. (Remember Moonstruck?) Lenny feels alive with the zest and zeal of Mimi who’s a class act with style and debonair. Lenny compliments Mimi with gifts as a token of his affection towards her.

Mimi is a class act who’s polished with a high gloss that reflects elegance that’s laced with charisma that can charm the skin off of a snake!  She wows Lenny with her character that has soul, style, charm, while cycling in her own comfort zone with everything under control. She’s flattered and touched when Lenny presents her with a token from the heart that says; “I love you!”

The Last New Yorker goes through plot changes, spins, and twists that build up to a surprise ending that’s a real surprise. Lenny, Mimi, Ruben, and Zach all have a “Happy Ending” and get what they wanted and more!! The acting is superb; New York looks its best, the writing and directing seals the Last New Yorker as a classic.

This fantastic independent feature film is a first for Harvey Wang who’s a documentary photographer whose book of portraits, “Harvey Wang’s New York” inspired him to do The Last New Yorker.

The Last New Yorker is a rare comedy filmed in the style of Vaudeville; it has a 70ish top banana Lenny (Dominic Chianese) and bottom banana Ruben (Dick Latessa) banana that gets stuck holding the bag and tabs for all duo’s ventures and misadventures. It’s scripted with quick witted lines that are pure-d-camp. It’s corny with slapstick humor that’s packed with punch lines. These are the comedic elements that build upon the foundation of this hilarious comedy by Harvey Wang.

The Last New Yorker has won awards from City Scape, Finalist First Feature, and the Winner of Audience Favorite Awards.

The Last New Yorker is a great film that’s now on DVD. This is a must have DVD that sheds a different light on becoming an Elder at 70 and still live a full rich life! The Special Features are 2 slide shows, trailers, ringtones, and a booklet on how to buy a suit by Lenny Sugarman.

Life and Love Begin At 70!

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Dirty Politics Part II

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Dirty Politics PART II

By Nevin Jefferson

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After The 8 Years of being Bush-Whacked by the Bush/Cheney Disaster, You the Un-American Pubic finally get pissed then piss on the wrong Political Party! Okay,let’s look back at everything that you,The Un-American Public turned a blind eye to. The time to get pissed was when the Supreme Court stopped a legal recount and appointed a President. Clarence Thomas, of all people showed his true to the core Uncle TOM-NESS with his quick decision to pull off this “Vote Fraud” farce that began the screw of the nation part I of 8 years. Did you notice that no White Supreme Court Judge was near this Dirty Political ploy that killed people. This was the beginning of the new Hitler who took away the majority of the Help Agencies and Assistance to those in need for their lively hood, health, and money. He took away the sole income of families, disabled, elderly,and retired.

The time to get pissed was when Cheney allowed Energy company officials to dictate Energy policy and push us to invade Iraq. Along with Follow the Idiot! That became the nation’s greatest game to play while being played. “Countries that went out to play with Dick and George were;Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. Countries that refused to join The Multinational Forces  were called supporters of Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction. Countries that refused to join called The Burning Bush “The New Adolph Hilter” with the rest of the World hating; the United States with a passion. It wasn’t pretty overseas for our troop who stopped off in different countries being welcome with protest signs.

The time to get pissed was when a covert CIA operative got ousted with both of her cover and career was destroyed. CIA operative Valerie Plame was the spy left out in the cold and snowed by her own Government. Valerie Plame said that Karl Rove was “clearly involved” in the leak, and she called President Bush out for protecting Rove despite Bush’s pledge that he would “immediately dismiss anyone who had anything to do with this.” She calmly and eloquently critiqued the “creeping, insidious politicizing” of American intelligence and warned that this trend would prove to be disastrous for the nation. Not one eyebrow was raised over this back stabbing, two-faced, cruelty from a United States President.

The time to get pissed was when the Patriot Act got passed. The Act dramatically reduced restrictions on law enforcement agencies’ ability to search telephone, e-mail communications, medical, financial, and other records; eased restrictions on foreign intelligence gathering within the United States; expanded the Secertary Of Treasurey’s authority to regulate financial transactions, particularly those involving foreign individuals and entities; and broadened the discretion of law enforcement and immigration authorities in detaining and deporting immigrants suspected of terrorism-related acts. The act also expanded the definition of terrorism to include domestic terrorism, thus enlarging the number of activities to which the USA PATRIOT Act’s expanded law enforcement powers could be applied. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court delivered a mixed verdict relative to this case 03-6696 Hamdi v. Rumsfeld in that it was ruled that the U.S. government has the power to hold American citizens and foreign nationals without charges or trial, but that detainees can challenge their treatment in U.S. courts.

The time to get pissed was when we illegally invaded a country that posed no threat to us. The Mass Weapons of Destruction were the Oil Drills that belonged to Halliburton Inc. A Fortune 500 company that Dick Cheney was and still is Chief Executive Officer. Under the  new leadership of the new Adolph Hitler our great nation was bombed as a ploy to start a war in Iraq. A senseless war with people dying and the torturing of Human beings became a sport.

The time to get pissed was Bush and Cheney spent over 800 billion and counting on said illegal war. If you read Section 3, paragraph B, Bush was required to prove to the Congress that Iraq was in violation of UN Resolutions by still being in possession of weapons of mass destruction, and secondly, that Iraq was behind 9-11. Both claims have since been disproved and discredited, and appear to be created by the Pentagon Office at the heart of the latest Israel Spy Scandal. Under United States law, the war in Iraq was illegal. And We the People are not under any legal or moral obligation to pay for it, let alone let our kids be killed in it.

The time to get pissed was over 12 billion dollars in cash just disappeared in Iraq. This was the best magical trick ever with 12 billion disappearing into thin air then reappearing in Swiss Bank Accounts and Off Shore Banks. The former U.S. civilian overlord of Iraq, Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, performed this magic of making 363 TONS of newly printed, shrink-wrapped $100 bills disappear. That’s $12 billion in cold, hard American cash! Instead of using mirrors, crooked and incompetent contractors, greedy defense corporations and Iraqi crooks in a government were his props of choice.

The time to get pissed was Bush embraced trade and outsourcing policies that shipped 6 million American jobs out of the country. Companies were given tax breaks for outsourcing jobs to India and other countries for slave wages. This is where the art of communication went to hell without a hand basket. The Folks in India were Rude and Arrogant with an attitude of heirs and had millions of American enraged. There were no jobs here in the USA and Unemployment was at an ALL Time HIGH! This was the worst 8 years of job creations in several decades.

The time to get pissed was when Bush allowed his Corporate Boys Companies to downsize and eliminated positions for a tax break and to help raise profits on their stocks. People lost their pensions and were screwed out of there severance pay. Unemployment benefits were taxed and became an income. The same held true for Social Security and Disability benefits. To make matters worse extensions were no more and the length of time of Unemployment was cut shorter. People lost their sole income with Foreclosures happening left and right. Food Banks went broke from the number of people needing help and no donations in sight. Energy Assistance Programs weren’t able to assist people after Bush slashed this and other social services down to the bone. There was with no help what so ever with to assist millions of people in need. We the people suffered the consequences of doing without. The lack of oversight and regulations from the Bush Administration caused US Citizens to lose 12 trillion dollars in investments, retirement, and home values. Tax Breaks were lavished on the rich who got richer than rich. Nobody said not one word or any vocal feedback at all!

The time to get pissed was after Katrina destroyed New Orleans the victims went without help for 3 DAYS…count them 1-2-3 days! Fox news was there and the rest of the Media got pissed off with Fox news for their coverage of this story that showed that our great nation was uncaring and racist. Bush stood still and silent as bodies floated down the river once he finally arrived in Louisiana. He didn’t flinch once and showed no emotion what so ever. This when the Black Community were convinced that the man was on CRACK! The Black Community got completely pissed and foaming at the mouth after Barbara Bush made the comment that; “People were better off living in the Astros Dome and they should be left there. White America said nothing after giving this all of the airtime it could possibility get. This was when the Black Community decided that the woman had dementia from smoking CRACK with her son.

The time to get pissed was when over 200,000 US Citizens lost their lives because they had no health insurance. Bush created a federal budget that cut Medicare to fund billions for that illegal war of his. Bush made it illegal to sue your HMO and gave Insurance Companies free reign to hurt “We” the “People” than help and cure them. The expensive drugs that people needed to stay alive were denied and placing this burden onto to their Insured. The majority of “We” the “People” was and still is on a fixed income and had no money for this. Ridiculous High co-pays were charged once again screwing the person out of their medications needed to stay better and well. Donut Hole Periods was and still is when you lost your insurance coverage for long periods of time randomly. The Department of Welfare stopped giving out medical coupons and put people into a spend down period which meant no Medications for the Terminally Ill who needed their medications to stay alive and well… Medicare was cut to the bone with people losing their Healthcare from their Government. My health took plunge when I lost my Healthcare after falling into the Donut Hole. I went from having an undetectable viral load (which meant that there’s not a trace of the virus in your body) and High CD4 Cell Counts. To a viral load in the millions with a CD4 Cell count of 50. I also started suffering from the Opportunist Infections-Nausea, Fatigue, and Diarrhea. I also have chronic Depression and hyper-active which had me a nervous wreck without my Anti-Depressions. The count almost went to 200,001 US Citizens who died who had no Health Insurance. With that one being me!

Bush borrowed more money from foreign sources than the previous 42 Presidents combined. Add this to illegal wars, (we didn’t catch Bin Laden), lies, corruption, the horrible conditions at Walter Reed, illegally wiretapping, torture, job losses by the millions, and stealing your tax dollars. All to make the rich richer and creating the worst economic disaster since 1929. All of these low down ploys were okay with you, the reality of not helping fellow Americans in need. The People, who were sick, got sicker, sickest then died is perfectly fine with you.

You the Un-American finally got pissed beyond believe when a Black man was elected President and decided that people in America deserved the right to see a doctor if they are sick. In present day people should have got pissed when The Republican Party voted to stop emergency extensions for Unemployment. This meant that 2 ½ million people would have been without any financial assistance. They denied their State Stimulus Money for Mortgage Assistance. People got pissed when President Obama overturned their decision. And what does the a big part of Americans do vote the Poison Tea Party and the Racist Republican and their followers into Office and giving control to them. People didn’t get pissed while being pissed on. And they’re still enjoying the golden showers from the Corrupt Racist Republicans and the Corporations that rule them.

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Dirty Politics…The Dick and George Puppet Show!

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A Saga Series:Part I

Dirty Politics-The Dick and George Puppet Show!

By Nevin Jefferson

This is a Saga Series about the Bush Administration that was like Holocaust complete with a new Adolph Hitler who took away a majority of the Help Agencies and Assistance to those in need for their lively hood,health,and money. He took away the sole income of families,disabled,elderly,and retired. What does one do when your only source of income is taken away from with nowhere to go for help? Where does one go for food after a great number are closed or run out food for a week or longer? What does one do when they can’t get the medications that they need to combat the terminal illness that they have? Necessaries of our well being were taken away by the Rich who wanted to rid the World of the poor,sick,and needy. This series is told through the eyes of a Black Gay Man who’s HIV+.

With the help of the Corrupt and rotten to the core Corporate America and Dick Cheney conspired to get his “Puppet” George “Dimwit” Bush into office twice by way of Voter Fraud and a strangle hold on the Electoral College. Up to that point,my mindset on voting was that “We” the American “People” casted the winning vote with our ballots that decided who would get to live in the White House. That and that the Electoral College was used only if the race was neck and neck between the candidates or a tie. Overall “We” the People found out that our votes didn’t count nor did they matter. Say what chumps? So throughout the years of voting for a “New” President that yours and my votes never came into the total tally of votes and weren’t the deciding factors in who “Wins.” This was the first of many mind screws and lousy screws without a kiss that were slammed repeatedly into us from the Puppet Master of The White House. Dick’s Dumber than Dumb Dummy was George the “Burning Bush” a county bumpkin with the stupidity of a dimwit from the land of Dumb Acres . Dick’s DUMMY character made Mortimer Snerd,a buck-toothed country bumpkin of Edgar Bergen’s dummy character look intelligent with a High IQ. Stupid is what Stupid does and boy did George ever with the lines from Dick’s lack of mind laced with greed and pending doom for “We The People of Screwed!!

Under the destruction of the Bushwhacked Administration our great nation went to hell without the hand basket. At the end of his term Dick and George left a national Debt stood at $10.626 trillion It increased $4.9 trillion during Pres. Bush’s 8-years in office. This Debt pin-pointed the policies of President George W. Bushwhack. By the time President Obama took office, he had a one-year deficit of over $1 trillion and projected deficits of $8 trillion over the next decade. Most of this was the result of not paying for two major tax cuts skewed to the wealthy, and a worthy but expensive prescription drug program that wasn’t paid for. President Obama took over the Oval Office amid a crisis, and the effects of the recession that put a $3 trillion hole in his budget before he even walked through the door. The National Debt has so far increased $2.4 trillion. When you put $13 trillion in perspective and wonder what one could buy with this money: It would buy 16,270,337,922 top-of-the-line IPads, 34,210,526 Rolls Royce Phantoms, or 83 Googles at its current stock price.

Their first act of the Dick and George opened with Bushwhacked going overseas where he defied the U.N and formed The Multinational Forces. The “Follow The Idiot!”Countries are;Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. Countries that refused to join The Multinational Forces were called supporters of Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction. Countries that refused to join called The Burning Bush “The New Adolph Hilter” with the rest of the World hating; the United States with a passion. It wasn’t pretty overseas for our troop who stopped off in different countries being welcome with protest signs.

The Mass Weapons of Destruction were the Oil Drills that belonged to Halliburton Inc. A Fortune 500 company that Dick Cheney was and still is Chief Executive Officer. Under the new leadership of the new Adolph Hitler our great nation was bombed as a ploy to start a war in Iraq. 2,976 people were killed in the 9/11 attack and 6,000+ were injured. Numerous people got sick afterwards from the elements in the air. Halliburton Inc. had a contract to rebuild Iraq’s oil lines that was canceled which was why a War was called against Iraq. Halliburton Inc. still managed to rack up on the oil in Iraq as well as the other Countries that joined forces with The Corporation States of America. Turn about was fair play when the oil wells were set on fire which caused many CEO’s to cry as their profits went up in smoke.

The press was tipped off about 9/11 being reported to Bush by the C.I.A. on 9/09. Bush ignored this report and other warnings from reliable sources. MSNBC reported that the Afghanistan War was planned before the 9/11 Attacks. The war plans for Afghanistan were on Bushwhacked desk on 9/09.Two Asian countries were going to combat the Taliban from the front. After being informed about 9/11 Bush showed no compassion or concern and went back to reading a book about the adventures of a Goose to a full classroom of colored children in the 4^th grade who were 8 years old.

“Was their public outrage about Bush doing nothing to stop the attack on 9/11?”

“No!”

“Were charges bought against the man who was responsible for 2,976 deaths and 6,000+ injured?”

“No!”

“Was their a call to impeach?”

“No!”

“Why?”

Because,this nation is owned by Corporations including the News Media of both Print and Network Broadcasting. The 9/11 conspiracy theory was planted into the minds of Mr. And Mrs. America and everyone else with the lie of a Terrorists attack. “We The People” had their brains washed with this utter nonsense with all spins of sensation by Press and Newscast Media that had the America people living in fear. The other reason that Dick and George got away with this is because they’re WHITE!

The Saga Continues….

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Part II: Absolutely Tops!

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Part II: Absolutely tops!
By Nevin Jefferson

Let’s hear it for self-improvement, hurray, hurray! God love it! In order to make a change for the better each one of us has to make a change within ourselves. Everyone has to do their part individually to make the Gay Community a better place. Have I got the perfect jump start for you with “10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do To Improve Their Lives” by Joe Kort. This book provides 10 powerful and positive steps Gay men can take to achieve a healthiest, more rewarding life. For those who don’t want anything out of their lives and strive for misery wrapped in despair, this book isn’t for you. The previous Saga covered the first five steps which were: Take responsibility for your own life; affirm yourself by coming out; resolve issues with your family; graduate from eternal adolescence and avoid or overcome sexual addiction. Now, here are the five that complete the 10 smart things that a Gay man could do to improve his life:

6) Learn from people whose lives are working well. As the old adage goes; “Look, Learn, and Listen!” For those of you who aren’t into old adages, here’s the new: “Watch and learn girls and studs!” This is how we become successful by learning with our heads on our shoulders, ears clean for listening and eyes open for watching. Not with our heads firmly planted up our posteriors, our ears full of shit, and our eyes closed and bolted shut because it’s dark anyway! A wise man once told my friends and I, (actually it was my Great Grandmother), “Experience teaches a dear school, but a fool will learn at no other”. Pull your head out, blow out your ears, open your eyes and LEARN! If you see something that seems to be working well, don’t be afraid to ask question and, here’s the big part that’s tricky gang, LISTEN!

7) Take advantage of therapy workouts. Keeping it all together mentally, physically, and spiritually while having things in control is great! At times, you can’t deal and your mind goes into a meltdown. It’s one of these times that one seeks help. Then, there’s self-help – something that’s second nature to my pals and me. We should know! Some of us took psychology and sociology while the others got life on experience. This helps one get into themselves as a person while getting in touch with our emotions. Learning about human nature with a twist of culture shock clues you in on a person real quick and helps you understand where they’re coming from and why? You learn that it’s an environmental thing with nothing else in-between but a more hard core ghetto to white bread suburban. There are times when you need help to sort things out and think things through in a logical matter. Me? I never tell my friends about what’s going on with the challenging situation in my life. They always hear the after effects with a double twist of the positive. I discuss my problems with my shrink every Tuesday at 4:00 p.m.; that’s 16:00 hours for you military bluffs. I check my emotional baggage at my shrink’s office and leave it there. You can’t reach your future if you’re carrying the past with you. I’m hyperactive, opinionated and have a strong personality that overpowers you. To some shrinks, I’m the perfect patient come true for future thesis papers and seminar discussions. To other shrinks, I’m a living nightmare that doesn’t end! Therapy makes you stronger and introduces you to the person inside while clearing out the cluttered areas in your life. Both inside and out. You get in touch with yourself, your emotions, and reveal the truth about yourself – exposing your dark side. Then, turn it into a bright point in your life. You find out the truth about yourself and deal with this truth. Getting it together and keeping it together is the best way to go to that peaceful, quiet, place inside of you. Having someone to talk to or with can have an enormous influence on your self-esteem. It doesn’t necessarily need to be a professional. Build on your personal freedom by exercising your self-worth. When one is able to work through problems, issues, and anything else that spells out misery in stress. Your confidence will grow, after enough personal growth and considerable effort, of course. You are better able to cope with life’s little problems. The best way to deal with it is when it’s occurring, so when you leave your session you have the answers that you need. If you’re the strong type, you like dealing with things on your own. Then, go back to your shrink and blow him or her away with the way you handled things. A mental workout develops a strong mind when a bulging brain flexes it.

8) Maintain rewarding relationships. The key here is the word is “rewarding,” spelled R-E-W-A-R-D-I-N-G. Friendships are the greatest rewards of life with memories to flood an autobiography. It’s volumes and volumes of extending the hand of fellowship and enjoying companionship. You reap what you sow! Every so often, we need to “weed our garden”. But, like a garden, there are those rare and beautiful things that are carefully tended. Nurturing a good and rewarding relationship is it’s own reward. Friendships are the most beautiful things in any garden. My friendship with Mr. Bill blooms into 33 years in August and my friendship with Leather Ken blooms into 23 years. Tom and Richard are still hotter than hot for each other after 14 years. Gary Fye, Marine has come to a full harvest after 14 years of friendship. With more harvests to come in my lifetime. Matt Nagel and I never started counting, neither did Jared Keaton. My friend,Companion,and soulmate feels like he’s known me forever, as do I. As they say, great minds think alike with Gays being the most creative of the species. Together, we form G.U.Y.S.! Gay Unique Youthful Studs (or sissies depending on our mood). We stand proud. It’s the Gay sorority complete with jackets and pin. Friendship is what you make them. Friendships! God Bless em’ and God Love em’!

9) Understand the stages of loves. At first we all thought that this was a typo gone unnoticed by the publisher, then again, who cares! Love goes through many stages, from the fiery kindling of the first sparks of romance, through and including the steady warm glow of the embers of maturity. Just because you may not feel that intense heat that began a relationship, does not mean you have fallen out of love. Love can grow, love can be a steady source of strength, and – if you let it – LOVE can wither and die. The main problem with the Gay community is fickleness. Once the heat from the initial passion is gone, it’s “On to the next to the next conquest!” You know when a guy is completely into you when he: ignores you, acts like he can’t stand being around you, and watches every move that you make from a comfortable distance. He can’t eat, sleep, or think! He only wants you, he only wants to be with you, he won’t want anyone else, he’ll only want you, and he will be the one and only with you. Once he gets over the bullshit and becomes a man about the situation. Rejection of any kind hurts and, when the same wound is opened up again and again, it doesn’t heal properly. Heal, cleanse, and renew!

10) Commit to a partner. This topic started a round of “yor mama!” during brunch, which offended the group of Black, women of size, who make up the Mother Board of their Church. Which goes to prove that committing to a partner is a touchy subject. Not everyone is interested in being in a relationship. There ARE those who prefer to be left alone, and they have that right. Some people commit because they don’t want to be alone. Others – as a couple – commit to an open relationship so that they won’t be without a body. And at the same time they deprive themselves of the sexual satisfaction that they haven’t learned to enjoy with each other. Then it’s the old adage of two bottoms committing. Or two tops who are into being straight acting and appearing. Committing for the wrong reasons can lead to your been committed into a mental ward or a hospital’s ER. When you meet someone who you connect with spiritually, mentally, and physically: you and that person alone know that you’re each other’s soul mate. You can’t explain the way you feel. All you know is that it feels right and you’re going for it. There’s trust, communication, understanding, respect for one another, knowing what the other is thinking. Then say the same thing together, giving the person their own personal space to grow into their individuality and creativity. Being there in each other’s corner. There’s a strong feeling of love between the two of you that glows outward with everyone seeing it. This is when you make a commitment to each other and get married in the wedding of your dreams. You have to commit to yourself first, before committing yourself to other things and people becomes easy! There are those who can’t commit to a 32-week Gay bowling league, so how can they commit to anything else? There are those of us who can’t commit. There are others who can and will commit. For those of us who WANT a partner& See the above nine top reasons and logical ways to MAKE IT HAPPEN!
May 12th 2006

Part I Absolutely Tops!

 

The Saga Continues…

Part I Absolutely Tops!
By Nevin Jefferson

     No, this isn’t about Tops with 10 inches. It’s the ten things that a Gay man can do to improve his life. For those who like to go by the book, you can on this one. “10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do To Improve Their Lives” by Joe Kort. The achievement of happy, healthy, and satisfying lives by Gay men are knocked to hell and back. Due all in part to holding onto self-defeating behavioral patterns. Try after aggravating try, the same mistakes are repeated with frustration leading to misery. It’s easy to quit, which is the route most take here with the solution being to nip them in the bud. Then, start the process of moving in the opposite direction without turning or looking back. Joe Kort is an out ‘n proud therapist with 16 years experience dealing with hundreds of Gay men, in one on one and group sessions. He conducted workshops and retreats with his book, which provides 10 powerful and positive steps Gay men can take to achieve a healthiest, more rewarding life. This required reading for today’s Gay man can be ordered on Alyson.com. For those of you who don’t want to be spotted near, in, around, or anything else with a Gay bookstore. You can order it in the privacy of your own home. You could go to a Gay friendly bookstore with Gay friendly clerks. But, you stand the chance of the straight clerk manning the P.A. system then asking: “How much is this Queer book?”  

     I consulted with various people who I know about the topics and asked for their comments, moans, complaints, and anything else that they could think of. Then, we met for brunch where I had to break up fights, slap hands in grab of hair to pull, duck dishes, watching patrons flee from the restaurant after the onslaught of colorful language. Which made the listeners red in the face and a flush, better then the one you get in a poker game. This episode from the extremely weird and strange ended with a grand major group food fight. Being the polite and well-mannered Queens that we are, we started off throwing hot soup. Of course, we closed down another restaurant thanks to the unbecoming ghetto behavior in public. To redeem ourselves we went hand in hand skipping down the street, then into the bookstore where we all bought the book. With love in our hearts with a pending summons in the not too far away future. A very detail the lawsuit against my friends and I from the restaurant for ruining their business. And not to mention lawsuits from patrons who claimed that they were traumatize from the “Real Drama” from a bunch of real Queens. They’ll all be shocked along with the rest of the Gay community that I don’t have swat! Neither do my friends who are just as or equally PO( too poor to afford the OR) as I am. We can afford the Absolute 10 was is at a bargain price!  

1) Take responsibility for your own life. If you don’t claim responsibility for yourself, you’re not going to be concerned about your responsibility to others. To some it goes without saying, but to others it may remain never figured and rot inside of their minds. It’s all about owning up to the things that you do and say while at the same time learning a life lesson from it to help others. In the echoes getting louder is the old cry of “it’s my parent’s fault!” Nice cry, but the truth of the manner is that this only works until your 18th birthday. With 18 on the life register, your problems and solutions are yours and yours alone. True, your perceptions and experiences may be colored by the teachings or lack of thereof from your parents, but once you become an adult, it becomes this simple: “GET OVER IT Gertrude!” Coming from the wrong family isn’t anything unusual these days with products of a screwed up household being the norm. Mommy and Daddy have nothing to “DO” with how you act after you’re 18, grown, and on your own. Blaming an authority figure for your misdoings, missteps, and wrong doings is a load of crap in a long cargo train. In the event that you end up getting your knuckle rapped for something you did wrong, BLAME YOURSELF! The officer, judge, or whoever is simply doing their job to maintain order and prevent your childish behavior from harming or disturbing others. In other words, as previously heard during our brunch: “Look in the mirror bitch!” Blaming others for the woes and wrongs of your life is just as dumb. It’s time to be an adult while becoming a class act within yourself.

2) Affirm yourself by coming out. Another obvious step in growing up and becoming the best you can be. Closets were made for clothes and other garments, so if you don’t belong on a hanger or on the shelve, get your ass out there! Hiding from one’s true identity and self keeps your self-esteem low and your guilt complexes high. It’s a robbery that steals from us the full potential of our unique personality and the task of just being who we are. This includes the Breeder Boys and Girls! If you feel encumbered by fear, there is no way in hell you can completely be your wonderful self. By pretending to be someone and something that you’re not just to please others only does extensive damage to one’s self. Think of the loss you are imposing upon yourself. There is also greater safety not to mention political clout in numbers. Being afraid to stand up and be counted is why the monsters of history were able to come into power. We must NOT be afraid to tell it like it is. You have to come out to yourself first before you can come out to others. Coming out to a therapist is high recommended because you’ll learn how to deal with yourself as a person, while loving yourself as that wonderful person. 

3)      Resolve issues with your family. This is something that’s easier said than done with severing all family ties for the good of one’s peace of mind and total freedom. Pleasing your family can lead to depression, anxiety, and break downs of every mental realm. Resolving issues MAY seem to be saying that things can be worked out. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. In some instances – painful as it may be – you have to learn that your family will never accept you as you’re truly are. Which is a unique, spiritual being with a “gifted” talent to present to the world. Think what you want to, but remember this; you CAN select your family. If you have issues that cannot be resolved with your biological family, move on. I did and so did my friends and we’re better people because of it. We also choose each other as family members who provide love, nurturing, and understanding during the good and bad. An extended family will give as much – if not more – love and support as any biological one can, minus the bullshit and emotional scars. This is NOT to say you should not TRY to resolve matters and keep trying it. It can take years, sometimes decades to get past the hidebound ideologies of the ones closest to you. Then ,there will come a time when it doesn’t manner anymore and you can care less how and what they feel. Trying to make right of a wrong situation with sincerity, love, and forgiveness makes you the better person that you know you are. 

4) Graduate from eternal adolescence. The best teacher is life achieved and acquired is at the school of hard knocks! Experience is the best teacher. Grow up and act responsibly and you will be treated responsibly. If you can’t accept this fact, then don’t bitch when society keeps looking down its nose at your sophomoric antics. And don’t be the least bit shocked when your own peers do not want anything to do with you. Not to mention the possibility that the mere thought of your name would induce vomiting.  

5) Avoid or overcome sexual addiction. My brunch club called this one: “We shall overcum some day!” It’s a private joke between those of the celibate sect for the simple joy of a cheap thrill. Okay gang, here’s where sexual addiction is broken down for your understanding and grasp of it. Sexual addiction is merely an extension of the feeling of low self worth and low self-esteem. The need to be loved and have the best of hot sex underneath the sheets runs rapid in a horny mind. Loneliness is a mo-fo and quite unbearable. It also leads to the want of sexual desire that has yet to be filled. One finds themselves in the world of casual and meaningless sex of the unsatisfactory lay. Being a slut is NOT going to allow you to find “Mr. Right.” The only one you will find with this sort of behavior is “Mr. Right Now”. And he won’t be there very long. Along with that, the POTENTIAL “Mr. Rights” out there are going to see you for the slut you are and run screaming into the night as you approach. Then, you’ll end up doing your part; sending tricks – past, present, and future – to the V.D. Clinic. You’ll rack up ‘frequent layers miles’ for a free shot of penicillin. You’ll also feel alone, empty, and cheap, which will fan the flames of your mental hell. As my mother told me: “Nobody wants something that everyone else had. You don’t know where they been or who they’ve been with. Have some tact about yourself while maintaining yourself as a gentleman. Everybody loves a nice guy. Everyone had a slut they’re not talking about, except to their friends who’ll be next in line for a piece. Listen to your old girl!” Thanks Ma!

The Saga Continues….Look for Part II coming soon.
April 28th 2006

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The Rejection of Acceptance!

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The Saga Continues…
The Rejection of Acceptance!
By Nevin Jefferson

In the world of network and print media it’s planting subliminal messages embedded into the words that make the copy on the pages of newspapers. The nightly news is a precise reading of the news from the teleprompter by the news anchor with their head tilted just right. Mr. And Mrs. John Q. Duped tune in for their daily mind control – complete with brain washing and conditioning. The news stories are twisted out of portion while going for sensationalism like miners went for gold. Criminals are hailed as heroes while the victim’s families, friends, and those who happened to know someone who knew the victim are milked by the media for all of the newsworthy material they can squeeze out of the udder. Victims and survivors who escape a deathly feat tell their all to the media. They should be on their knees giving thanks and praise to God! Books are written, movies are made, and media whores trick the talk show circuit. Only in America can a woman gain fame and misfortune for being a cock sucker. Only in the U.S. of A. can a man become happening and totally rad after his teenage girlfriend shoots his wife. It becomes a corporate thing when a otherwise boring rich businessman becomes the executive idol of the business world when it’s discovered that he’s having an extramarital affair. The mistress becomes a household name and becomes the media diva for screwing somebody else’s man. She forgot about karma being around the corner when she cried to the news camera; when the same man who cheated on his wife with her is now cheating on her with someone new. The world of figure skating landed a quadruple jump into the media that gave perfect scores to the white trash skater and her husband who took out the competition with a tire iron on the knee. The world of the UN-religious wrong rules the airwaves and radio frequency where crack pot hate-monger Evangelists blame world events and tragedies on Gays, Lesbians, women, and those who are pro-choice. In the pulpits, Bastards (they’re not pastors!) of the cult preach the teachings of Satan to their diz-zoid followers who believe it, deem it as the truth, and then tell it in verbatim to others. I love it when one of these dim-wits recite homophobia to me, and then tell me that it’s in the Bible. I ask them, “Where at in the Bible? Show me!”

This knocks them for a loop everything time because they’re going by what someone else told them without reading it for themselves. They’re used to saying this nonsense to people who don’t say anything back on their behalf. Most people ignore them and move on. Not me! I put them to the test by asking them to prove it. This direct and to the point approach while keeping your cool and loving your enemy. Teaching Bible Study really pays off for me during these encounters because I teach them that God is love, then I give them my interpretation of the Bible. In their interpretation of the Bible Gays are a living sin before God and are going to burn in hell! I’m a man of God who’s Gay and has the light of Christ shining upon their darkness is too much for their corrupted minds and hardened hearts to take.

We’re living in the age of big corporations buying out and downsizing for a hefty profits. Companies get a tax credit when they lay off employees and the price of their stock goes up. The irony of it all is that companies are wondering about why the moral of their employees is at an all time low. They have yet to realize that their dirty dealings are degrading and deplorable. Well, when three job positions are trimmed down into one person at entry level pay one might have it in for the “man”. Corporations also own television and radio stations with it becoming quite the big business in projecting negative images stereotypes that Blacks fought against. Nappy hair,clothes hanging off their ass,and using the N-Word is the standard fare acceptable behavior in today’s society. What you see isn’t exactly what you get!

The United Church of Christ has a 30-second commercial entitled “Ejector” that cues into a shot of a Black mother in a church pew, trying to calm a fussing baby. As fellow worshipers become more impatient with the baby someone in the wing pushes an ejector button thus sending mother and baby flying from the pew. A Gay couple, an Arab American, a disabled person using a walker and others get ejected as well. The announcer says, “No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you’re welcome here.”

The United Church of Christ has spent 1.5 million on the ad and air time according to Ron Buford, director of the church’s four-year Still Speaking Initiative which touts the denominations policy of inclusion. The Protestant denomination disputes the suggestion that its ad disparages other religions. Church leaders maintain that the ads are merely an attempt to reach out to those, especially GLBT people, who may feel rejected by other denominations. The “Ejector” ad is the third in the series, but not the first to be rejected by networks. The church’s similarly themed “Bouncer” ad in which Gays and other minority groups were prevented from entering a church was also given the thumbs-down by the major broadcast networks and several cable outlets. Blacks in San Francisco and other bigoted cities can relate to this theme since they’re kept from entering bars and social events by a bouncer or security. I saw the ad this morning on CNN after Bootsie (my cat) laid down on the remote control during “The Price Is Right!” I rough housed him as a gesture of thanks for bringing this ad to my attention since I am writing a Saga about it. The Ads are creativity done while making a point in a humorous way and delivering a strong message. Do you think that you’ll see this wonderfully done advertising spot that suggests that the United Church of Christ welcomes people who may not find a friendly reception at other churches on your dial? No, Nada, nil, null and void! CBS, ABC, NBC, CW, FOX, and all of the other networks refused to air it. Why? Because it goes against everything that they’re not! Which is controlling the masses by television shows; to feed their viewing of watching the misery of others. These same Networks air commercial spots about Marijuana being the evil drug that’s destroying the “children”. The little darling are getting a sick high from prescription drugs, designer drugs, and anything else for a sick kick. When I was in high school kids sniffed Dippity-Doo a hair gel from a plastic bag. Believe it or not, some of the sniffers died from the fumes. Let’s not forget about heroin, meth, and crack that are hooking dopers by the thousands.

Marijuana is the pro-drug of choice with over a billion stoned. No one has yet to steal, go wrong, or do anything harmful to others or themselves. It does help with all of the side effects from AIDS/HIV medications and help those with Cancer or other ailments. This is what I’ve been told, since I never smoked pot after high school. The fact that I petitioned for the Medical Marijuana referendum and helped set up two organizations has nothing to do with it. The fact that I was on the news with my friend Margie discussing the pros of pot after the bill passed was just a part of my activism. The ads for the anti-smoking campaign tickles me silly because the ads are sponsored by the tobacco corporations. The Anti-Smokers group are getting money for their cause from the tobacco companies who’re they’re against. If smoking is so wrong, why are they accepting money from the same industry that’s was made from the purchase of cigarettes by fellow proud smokers? Smoking is bad, but the money from their enemy has been really, really, “GOOD” for them. The anti-smoking group sold out on their cause which is why most people don’t pay their ads any attention. Don’t you just love it when networks censor something that they don’t want you to see? Why don’t they censor Tampon ads that air during prime time while you’re eating your dinner? Or ads for yeast infection, bras, exposed bellies of pregnant women, and Viagra for women? Why do they censor ads for condoms but aired a Trojan commercial for women? Why didn’t they censor the ad that showed a man going into the store for Tampons for his woman who sat in the car smiling lovingly about the good deed? In the real world women would be kept waiting and waiting forever for their brother, boyfriend, or husband to return from the store with the product in hand. Me? I always told my mother that the store was out of them and so were the other stores that I went to which is why I was back five hours later. So, what stations are airing the ad throughout April? CNN, A&E, AMC, BET, the Hallmark and History channel, TBS, TNT, E!, Lifetime, and the Aztecs America.

Since Logo is a Gay network think that they’ll be airing this ad of acceptance and tolerance to its GLBT viewers who may be looking for a church where they’ll be welcome? Heck Naw! Logo, which is owned by Viacom and operated by MTV rejected the ad saying that MTV’s policy of standard and practices “does not accept advocacy or religious advertising that appears to disparage any organization, denomination or individual.” This policy applies to all of MTV Network’s channels, which include MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon the company released this in a written statement to the press. However, Gay themed networks Here! and Q Television will air the ad. A Logo spokesman told the Planet Out Network that MTV’s standard’s and practices department does not have a blanket policy of rejection religious ads and noted that it has accepted ads from the United Methodist Church and the Church of the Latter-day Saints as well as an earlier ad from UCC. Shocked? I’m not! Logo is the same station that airs the Black sissy farce of a show called Noah’s Ark. The show is about four Black friends in LA with one of the characters having a relationship with a man who claims to be straight. With AIDS/HIV being an epidemic in the Black community especially with women who’s men are out on the “Low Down”. This isn’t funny, amusing or entertaining! All it’s doing is encouraging the Brothers to continue with their low-down behavior and living a lie. Why didn’t they censor this? Because with Corporate America, it’s all about the money while brain washing their viewers. They control what you see and give you disgusting stereotype images to imitate. Last week, the church launched a letter-writing campaign to urge Logo executives to accepts its latest ad.

“Viacom’s refusal to air this new commercial is an example of an apparent policy that fails to allow for a full range of religious expression in the United States,” the UCC action alert stated. Jeff Lutes, executive director of Soul force was not particularly pleased about this decision and denounced MTV’s policy as a “dangerous double standard about religion in the media.”

“Ads that promote the truth about God’s inclusive love for all people are rejected because they say they might be disparaging to another religion while Christian fundamentalists are free to disparage GLBT people over the airwaves and their outrageous lies go unchecked,” said Lutes.

To this I say, RIGHT ON!

About the Author: My name is Nevin Jefferson,I’m the controversial columnist of “The Saga Continues..”Topics I Write About: HIV/AIDS,Gay issues, Concerns,Bitching and Moaning,Social,Bigotry, Interviews,Spiritual,Politics,and Things In General. I address these issues in a thought provocative,hard hitting, compelling, encouraging, and inspirational style of my own. Which is a true creative genius in writing a tell it like it is column.

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Mr. Right

Saga Film Review

 

The 2009 Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

Mr. Right

By Nevin Jefferson

 

Cast

Emma-Lucy Jules

Paul-Jeremy Edwards

Harry-James Lance

Alex-Luke De Woolfson

Lawrence-Leon Ockenden

Tom-David Morris

Larrs-Benjamin Hart

William-Rocky Marshall

Georgie-Maddie Planer

Screen Play by David Morris

Directed by Jacqui Morris

 

Mr. Right opens in the studio of a dating service where Emma(Lucy Jules) is telling the match maker that Paul(Jeremy Edwards)her Mr. Right is Wrong for her…He’s Gay! She’s the “Fag Hag” to six gay men who’s she very close to so she would know. This love story of drama-comedy takes off as we get to know who’s who,who’s with who,and who’s doing who. Emma is the narrator and link to the great ensemble cast of excellent characters. Harry (James Lance),was a rugby player and is now the producer of a home fixer upper show keeps asking his pregnant assistant;”Why do I do this?”

 And she tells him;“For the money!”

 She also tells him that she has the father of her baby narrowed down to 3 men. This is one of the many one liners and gay zingers that keeps the comedy element of this British film extremely humorous and filled with Brit wit. Harry is in love with Alex(Luke De Woolfson) a positive thinking failure of an actor and successful cook and cater. He does his best to fight the envy and jealously of his circle of queers who are successful especially Lawrence(Leon Ockenden),the actor who plays a Hunk of a Doctor on a soap opera. Lawrence is recently involved with William,an Art Dealer. The morning after they consummate their relationship they awaken to wild antics of William’s daughter Georgie (Maddie Planer)who’s been out of control since her parents divorce. Tom an artist (David Morris) is a with an arrogant and conceited boy-toy ,Larrs (Benjamin Hart). Tom knows that the only reason that Larrs is with him is because he gives him an allowance and buys him any and everything that he wants. While laying in bed together Tom announces that it’s “Thursday Night” on hearing this Larrs turns over on his side and goes to sleep. (A lot of the gay men related to this scene including yours truly)After having his handy man fall apart during filming Harry hires Larrs as the new handy man. Harry and Alex host a dinner party for Emma and Paul so he can meet the “Gay Bunch” in their entirety. A gay dinner party isn’t complete without “Drama”and the scenes of the dinner party pure-d-“Drama” with a capitol “D.” Larrs boasts and brags about his getting it on and getting off with Harry. Alex exits stage left to his parents home with his taunting big brother. William makes it clear to Lawrence that his relationship with his daughter is more important than theirs. Paul is thrilled,excited,and blown away by all of the happenings and enjoyed it throughly he can’t wait to go to the next gay event with Emma. This begins the first many Emma telling Paul that he’s gay. He’s quite intrigued and very ecstatic after meeting Emma’s circle of gays.

Slowly but entertainingly this ensemble cast finds a clever and witty ways to get past the drama in order to find true happiness in Soho. William finds a sketch by a famous artist in the window of a thrift store. After getting it appraised the first expert tells him that its a fraud and something like this would never be found in a thrift store. Harry produces a show starring William who goes out about town to determine if people have genuine art or genuine trash. He doesn’t give up on the sketch that he knows is by the right artist in question. He makes things right with his daughter who makes things right with Lawrence with the three of them becoming a happy gay family. Alex’s big brother gives him a thick envelope filled with pounds and tells him to use it for his own apartment. Alex gets his own place and starts his own catering business. Acting wise Alex’s lands the leading role in a play about Malthus. Instead of kudos he’s hit by protesters galore and is ripped to threads by the critics. Distraught and dismayed he agrees to move back in with Harry. Alex discovers that once upon a time he used to enjoy having Harry as his Mr. Right. A man who took care of him while he did nothing seemed right to him at that time. Now,he enjoys his freedom as an independent gay man with money of his own and being right for himself not others. Tom who defines being gay as just being sexual and nothing else. After getting dumped by Larrs he goes out and finds another Right Live In Stud to replace him. Harry doesn’t get the chance to go through the motions of being dumped by Alex. Larrs tells Harry that he’s right for him in vain and conceited ways. According to Larrs, Harry is nothing to look at and should be grateful that a stud like himself is in love with him. As for Emma and Paul while out at a gay bar with Alex,Paul winks and blows kisses to a hot man standing in the wings proving Emma right about his being gay. David Morris (Tom) wrote this right script and his sister directed this right film. The two of them both took the risk to self finance a gay movie with a difference that has the right stuff to become a hit in the GLTB communities. Everything is right about this film with it being a great entertainment complete with a creative script,good characters whom you get to know and love plus genius direction. Well Alright!

 

 

 

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Saga Film Review

 

The 2009 Gay And Lesbian Film Festival

Hannah Free

By Nevin Jeffersn

 

Hannah Free is a beautiful,moving,and touching love story about Hannah (Sharon Gless) and Rachel who grew up as little girls in a small Midwest town. The movie flashes back to the past and present in their decades long love affair. Hannah becomes an adventurous, love her and leave her lesbian and Rachel a strong but quiet homemaker who put up with Hannah’s leaving and returning back to her. What is revealed is a multi-layered and strong portrait of how the two women maintained a passionate life-long love affair. They tell the stories of their lives from mouth-watering apple pie to clandestine sex in the barn, from adventurous travels to an unbearable marriage, from a world war to deep family denial. Through a history spanning nearly 70 years, their love is the bond that withstands it all.  

Present day is in a nursing home where Hannah is forbidden from seeing the now comatose Rachel because she’s not “family.” Hannah has conversations with the young Rachel. Hannah finds help in a young woman who seems to just be in the home to visit old folks. This adds a twist that unveils itself and adds to an already compelling story. This movie touches base on same sex partner’s rights,what defines a family,and denial from a family. It explores the difficulties when your loved ones become old and ailing. The characters are shown as courageous women in vast ways. With the fight for gay marriage all over today’s headlines, this film couldn’t have come at a better time. When Hannah lies in her own bed, longing to hold her lover so she doesn’t have to die alone, we feel the ache. Sharon Gless gives a very powerful performance from the pain in her eyes and the tremor in her voice pulls at our heart strings on her not being able to be with her lover. This is a great love story with great performances by Taylor Miller (All My Children), Maureen Gallagher, Ann Hagemann, Kelli Strickland and Jacqui Jackson. Directed by Wendy Jo Carlton,written by Claudia Allen and produced by Tracey Baim.

The Big Gay Musical

The 2009 Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

The Big Gay Musical

Thou Shalt Be A Hit!

By Nevin Jefferson

Fred M. Caruso handed down two top commandments when he started casting for his religion-themed film The Big Gay Musical. “Thou Shalt be hot” and Thou Shalt be out.”  The actors are hotter than hot and go all out in Adam & Steve: Just the Way God Made ‘Em the off Broadway play that takes place on stage while the lives of the actors take place offstage .This Musical has it all to make it the Big Gay Musical that’s larger than life. It has a cast of incredible Broadway talent,It’s under the direction of Casper Andreas and Fred M. Caruso, It’s written by Fred M. Caruso, It has the fantastic choreography of Shea Sullivan, the songs of Rick Crom,the costumes of Bobby Pearce, the Cinematography of Jon Fordham, the production design of Jason Courson,and the musical direction of Jack Aaronson.

It all comes out as a Supreme Musical that’s pure-d-hilarious that’s heavy on the drama with conservative religious families, coming out,coming to terms,being dumped,and falling apart afterwards,and getting your act together again. Center Stage:Paul and Eddie (Daniel Robinson and Joey Dudding) are starring as the first same-sex couple in Adam & Steve: Just the Way God Made ’Em! an off-Broadway gay tuner that looks at the Book of Genesis through pink colored lenses. The musical centers on alternate version of the Book of Genesis that involves Adam and Steve becoming a gay couple after Eve eats the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and gets banished from the garden. There’s a Tammy Fay and Jim Baker evangelists who have a “Gay No More Camp” to heal Homosexuals from their sinful lifestyle. The numbers go from Holy Rollers,Tap Dancing Angels and “God Loves Gays” sung by an Angel named Dorothy with blue and white checks on her wings. Director Casper Andreas and writer co-director Fred M. Caruso do a fantastic job of smoothing and blending drama, religion,comedy, and romance with the combination being very true-to-life and hits the nail on the head. The characters come off the screen as real, energetic, and interacting with one another. The struggles that they go through to be comfortable with themselves are personal and heartfelt. Steve Hayes steals the show in the role of God and has many witty lines as the role of God in the musical show. Each member of the cast having the time of their life in their roles while performing in the campy, hilarious musical show, that has a very clever and a true wit voice over introduction that’s more of a friendly warning for their religious wrong audience. The show calls the bible the “Breeder’s Informational Book of Living Example

Off Stage: Paul’s boyfriend accuses him of being HIV positive so he goes to get tested. After finding out that the results are negative his boyfriend becomes his ex. Heart broken Paul decides to become slut like the sexy chorus boys that share his dressing room. This leads into one of the cute musical numbers in this movie. Eddie is still in the closet with his parents who are conservative Christians who are the targets that the play is aiming at. He invited them to the opening night of the show that doesn’t follow the familiar Bible’s version. Eddie is still a virgin and goes out to a bar and picks up a guy. He ends up bottoming for a bottom an evening that Paul calls pathetic. After having a trick leave after sex when he asks to cuddle has our darling slut go to Match.com for a hustle who he gets his cuddling from. The hustler is played by porn star Brent Corrigan. Eddie comes out to his parents on the phone and it doesn’t go well. Eddie didn’t use a condom so he fears that he might be HIV positive and goes to get tested with Paul going for emotional support. Eddie is negative but has to get checked again in 6 months. One of the chorus boys exits the office with positive results and Paul offers compassion and becomes closer friends. On opening night Paul has an admirer who becomes his new boyfriend. Eddie’s parent’s show up and are understanding and accepting of their gay son.  

The Big Gay Musical pulls it off as a humorous,musical, drama,with fantastic production numbers that’s the definitive answer to the religious wrong in an entertaining way with a political conscience. This is a feel good movie with the reality sinking in that life would be better if we accept ourselves just the way we are. The Sound Track will be released soon with the DVD being released next year.

Waxie Moon

The 2009 Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival!

The 2009 Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

 

Waxie Moon

By Nevin Jefferson

 

Cast & Crew

Director Wes Hurley

Producer Wes Hurley

Cast

Marc Kenison/Waxie Moon, Steel Orr, Miss Dirty Martini, Deirdre Timmons, Elsa Von Schmaltz, Lucky Penny, Babette La Fave, The Shanghai Pearl, Ernie Von Schmaltz, Tamara the Trapeze Lady, Ben De LaCreme, Kitten La Rue, Lily Verlaine, The Swedish Housewife

Russ Morgan, Sydni Deveraux,Iva Handfull, Gerard D, Sylvia O’Stayformore, Julio Machado, Bianca Cabrera, Rhonda Soikowski, Jody Kuehner, Monica Gilliam, Ricki Mason, Sean Ryan, Jerry Manning, Marya Sea Kaminski, Miss Indigo Blue,Tigger!,Christopher Blakeley, The Luminous Pariah, Ultra, Jennifer Zeyl, Rob Grant, Miss Inga Ingenue

 

Waxie Moon is a informative,edu-taining(educating and entertaining),delightful,and simply divine documentary about the one and only Boy of Male Burlesque(Boylesque) Waxie Moon. Burlesque is an art form that’s performed in a expressionistic,tastefully,risqué,suggestive,and teasing while pleasing with a strip. Waxie Moon is the epitome of Burlesque draped with style,soul,class,grace and talent. Waxie is an “Artist” whose craft is the artful striptease of Burlesque. Friends and artists of the Burlesque world told their Waxie stories and praised him to the high heavens. The numbers performed by Waxie Moon were mind blowing and great creativity in dance. In a number entitled “Buttons” He takes to the stage dressed in a outfit covered in shiny buttons. After stripping down to his g-string he leans over a make-shift whipping post. Mr. Leather takes to the stage in full leather garb then disciplines his “Boy” by flogging him. After the flogging Mr. Leather and Waxie embrace and cuddle as the lights dim.

Waxie as a Bride in a beautiful y wedding dress and veil strips down to the bare minimums of a g-string and pasties that he twirls to a tee. Waxie performs this with elegance and grace looking exquisite as a Princess Bride. The greatness of this act can be accredited to his being a ballet and modern dancer. Yes, he’s tall, has great body tone,and has a great physique. But No,he doesn’t look like a man in a dress. He’s a fantasy come alive looking simply marvelous and wicked. A perfect blend of masculine and effeminate sides has transformed him into an object of beauty. An admirer and friend of Waxie is completely blown away and in awe when he sees Waxie as Cassie from a Chorus Line. Waxie does look like quite the dancer in a Dance-Skin putting the real Cassie to shame. The grieving widow in a black dress in veil at the river is a show stopper. Waxie has mastered wearing high heels anywhere like snow and rocks. You go girl! The fan dancing is Waxie’s signature dance with no one coming close. Sally Rand is rolling in her grave! 

In his humble beginnings Marc Kenison studied ballet and modern dance at Juilliard. Fame! For six years, he danced with the outstanding José Limón Company performing in Sarajevo, El Salvador, and for President Clinton and Hillary. He earned an MFA in acting from the University of Washington and co-founded Washington Ensemble Theater (WET), which raised the standard for theater in Seattle. Recent claim to fame includes performing for the B-52’s,Cyndi Lauper, Margaret Cho, Carson Kressley, and Fred Schneider.

This was more of a variety show instead of a documentary which usually put me to sleep. This was a wonderful evening at the cinema starring my peers. This should be on DVD by next year meanwhile,Waxie is taking her act on the road in the West Coast. Waxie, I’m so glad that we this time together.

Saga Notes:Three Dollar Bill Cinema is a member generated organization support your local gay arts by becoming a member. New members will be entered in a drawing for a trip to London. The reception after Waxie Moon was held a Purr. Good food,good crowd,and great karaoke.