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This is part of Revenge Week, a series about how vengeance runs America, from the Light House to cheating spouses to that bad boss who totally deserved it.
You know that thing where you own a crush on someone but you’re mean to them? It’s like nine-tenths of 10 Things I Hate About You. Well, I was once so in love with a fella, I mailed him my poop.
It was 1986 and I was 16. It was a nerve-wracking second to be lgbtq+. All you ever heard about gayness in most lofty schools were mean jokes about AIDS, so I considerate of stayed in the closet at my Catholic academy. I say kind of because I was also favor a kid in a candy store. It was an all-boys school.
I was known to be like Animal from the Muppets there, playing pranks and acting a fool. (A lot of that was just to get my mind off having the hots for half the trainee body.) But one guy especially made me weak in the knees. His name was Jason and he was what gays now dial a “short king,” or “fun-sized.” He was also quite fit from organism on the wrestling team. We met in rehearsals for the spring musical.
I tried not to swoon over him but it was all too much! He had vast brown eyes, a plump bubble butt, and Pooh
Gay Istanbul
Who said one of the world's most storied cosmopolitan crossroads can't also sustain a vibrant modern LGBTQ culture? While widespread affection remains taboo in conservative corners, Istanbul revels in dynamic gay nightlife if you realize where to look.
Make your way to the central Beyoğlu district, the longtime pulse of Istanbul's gay scene. Off rainbow-hued İstiklal Avenue’s bustling thoroughfare lie disguised havens, from cozy taverns to jumping clubs, lining narrow side streets that have catered to the LGBTQ community for decades. Nearby neighborhoods like trendy Cihangir and artsy Karaköy also mix gay-friendly cafés and lounges into their eclectic landscapes.
Follow the subtle rainbow flags to find venues ranging from cheeky drag bars to posh lounges. But Istanbul’s LGBTQ culture shines brightest when strangers become friends over thumping Turkish pop songs on illuminated dance floors, forgetting their worries as the Bosphorus breeze rolls in.
‘ta-da!’ review: A heartfelt romp full of magic and mayhem
The promo materials for Josh Sharp’s solo present “ta-da!,” a twisted, spicy comic romp now playing at the Greenwich Residence Theater, tout his “Herculean feat” memorizing 2,000 PowerPoint slides. Indeed, Sharp himself playfully harps on this achievement, as the slides are projected in rapid succession onto the stage backdrop.
“I’ve had to memorize that shit. The script is 180 pages prolonged for an 80-minute show,” he crows, displaying the final page from the Google Docs script as proof. “I’ve got to do a slide every 2.4 seconds.”
Impressive as this stunt is, the authentic triumph is his knack for storytelling, which tugs on the heartstrings as it tickles the comical bone. The thirtysomething, self-described “gay comedian” recounts getting heckled while performing magic tricks at other kids’ birthday parties, punctuated with “ta-da!” “Pubescent life is a waking Kafkaesque nightmare and your sorrow knows no bounds,” he laments.
Sharp also recalls his Southern gentleman father belting out “Rolling in the Deep” at an Adele concert, his mother’s battle with ovarian cancer, and a brush with death on a beach in Puerto Vallarta. The overar
Upon watching its sequel, I suddenly remembered adoring the 2020 action film The Old Guard. I was drawn to its worldbuilding, Gina Prince-Bythewood’s slick move filmmaking, the camaraderie of the immortalized characters, and how gay everyone was, especially Charlize Theron’s Andromache (nickname: Andy) who was in a century-long situationship with Veronica Ngô’s Quỳnh. My fond memories of these characters returned in spades, because they were sorely missed in The Aged Guard 2, a colossally dull follow-up that feels love it takes an eternity to survey in and of itself. Not even the additions of Henry Golding and *Fall Out Lad voice* Uma Thurman can save it.
A few months obeying the events of the first motion picture, Andy (Theron) and her motley crew of immortal mercenaries — Joe (Marwan Kenzari), Nicky (Luca Marinelli), Nile (KiKi Layne) — along with their mortal pal, former CIA agent Copley (Chiwetel Ejiofor), continue to do their vigilante missions. One of these leads them to Tuah (Golding), a fellow undying only Andy knew about for some reason. Andy learns through their banished ex-member Booker (Matthias Schoenaerts) that her former boo thang Quỳnh (Ngô) has resurfaced. M