Posts Tagged ‘Closet Case’

On The Gay Recluse: Your Favorite Filthy Copycat

30Mar08

In which The Gay Recluse posts love letters from crazies. Remember a couple hundred years ago when Arthur C. Clarke died and we made fun of him for being a closet case? And how not everyone thought it was funny and we laughed at them too? Well, some people are still upset and can’t resist […]


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On a Closet-Case Classic: The Big Blue (or I’d Rather Die Than Get Married to Rosanna Arquette)

01Mar08

In which The Gay Recluse reviews a film that needs to come out of the closet. The “director’s cut” of The Big Blue clocks in at 168 minutes, but don’t be too deterred: you can easily fast-forward through the dull parts and watch it in something closer to 90 minutes or so without losing anything […]


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On Call Me By Your Name (Or, The Book of Closet-Cases)

19Feb08

In which The Gay Recluse reads an acclaimed book of contemporary fiction and is more than disappointed. When we first received our copy of Call Me By Your Name (FSG, 2007) by Andre Aciman, we were a bit startled (but pleased, to be sure) that a book about a love affair between a 17-year-old boy […]


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