MetaFilter posts tagged with sexuality and movie

The Bully Pulpit

zarq — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:54:30 -0800

Late last month, after vocally anti-gay evangelical author and blogger Jonathan Merritt's essay defending Chick-Fil-A appeared in The Atlantic, Azariah Southworth outed Merritt on his blog. An interview with Merritt about his sexual orientation. Follow-up column from Southworth: Why I outed a Christian star. Southworth is the former host and producer of The Remix, a once-popular Christian reality TV show, which was pulled from the airwaves back in 2008 after he came out. Jonathan Merritt is the son of Dr. James Merritt, former President of the Southern Baptist Convention. "Outing" public figures as gay or lesbian (who hide their sexual orientation, typically out of fear of homophobia) without their permission is not a new practice, but it remains controversial. The term "outing" gained prominence in March 1990 after Michaelangelo "Mike" Signorile wrote a cover story for the now-defunct magazine Outweek: "The Secret Gay Life of Malcolm Forbes." (pdf of that issue here, archive of Outweek's entire run, here.) Profile of Signorile from June 1990. In 2007, he wrote about the Forbes story. Throughout his career, Signorile has outed many celebrities and public figures, and was likely one of the first to do so as a form of pro-gay political activism, by outing those whose rhetoric or political policies were anti-LGBT. In 2009, a documentary by Kirby Dick called Outrage was released. (Previously.) It's available in its entirety on YouTube in nine parts. English, with Portuguese subtitles. The movie outed a number of closeted gay politicians who create or vote for discriminatory, anti-LGBT legislation. NPR's review of the film was censored prior to press, to remove the names of three politicians. For American media, there is no industry-wide standard regarding the ethics of outing. Back in 2010, a panel discussion about outing public figures was held during the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association's 20th annual national convention in San Francisco. Signorile was one of the panel members.

WIGS

zarq — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 08:00:34 -0800

In May, YouTube announced they would be hosting a lineup of original video channels, in a possible attempt to compete with network and cable television. Among the new offerings was WIGS, the (NSFW) brainchild of director/producer/writers Jon Avnet and Rodrigo Garcia, of original, scripted dramatic series and short films exploring female characters. The first, 15 episode series, Jan, starred Caitlin Gerard, Virginia Madsen and Stephen Moyer. They also have Behind the Scenes videos. A short film, Serena, starred Jennifer Garner and Alfred Molina. A third series, Blue, is currently "airing," and will have a total of 12 episodes chronicling "the struggles of a mother [Julia Stiles] who secretly works as a call girl." That series also stars David Harbour, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Kathleen Quinlan and Sarah Paulson. Behind the Scenes videos have also been posted. Stiles was interviewed on NBC's Today Show and by Adweek about the project. New 5-8 minute long episodes are posted on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Nudity, language and adult topics may make them nsfw for some viewers. "Director's Cut" videos (like this one) are also available for some episodes (linked on episode pages) if you're logged into YouTube and over 18. Spanish-language episodes. Trailers and Commercials for the series / Official Site Additional actors reportedly slated to play roles: Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Beals, Maura Tierney, Michael C. Hall, America Ferrera, Jason Isaacs, Allison Janney, Jane Kaczmarek, Jena Malone, Rosanna Arquette, Gary Cole, Jason O'Mara and Catherine O'Hara.

A descent into madness, of a particularly gruesome kind

davidjmcgee — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:44:27 -0800

"But when a saga popular with pre-adolescent girls peaks romantically on a night that leaves the heroine to wake up covered with bruises in the shape of her husband's hands — and when that heroine then spends the morning explaining to her husband that she's incredibly happy even though he injured her, and that it's not his fault because she understands he couldn't help it in light of the depth of his passion — that's profoundly irresponsible." MetaFilter's own Linda Holmes on the "psychosexual horror-show" that is The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1. Linda Holmes, previously. The previous film, previously.

Everything Below This Is NSFW

The Whelk — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:04:40 -0800

Cinema's Most Pivotal Gay Sex Scenes from Salon.com. (NSFW, of course) some notable omissions. In other Gay cinema news: I Love You Phillip Morris will finally get a US release.