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What’s In the Box?
This is part of Revenge Week, a series about how vengeance runs America, from the Alabaster 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 caring of stayed in the closet at my Catholic academy. I say kind of because I was also enjoy 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 pupil body.) But one guy especially made me weak in the knees. His name was Jason and he was what gays now summon a “short king,” or “fun-sized.” He was also quite fit from existence 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 enormous brown eyes, a plump bubble butt, and Pooh
Upon watching its sequel, I suddenly remembered adoring the 2020 activity film The Old Guard. I was drawn to its worldbuilding, Gina Prince-Bythewood’s slick action 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 Old Guard 2, a colossally dull follow-up that feels like it takes an eternity to watch in and of itself. Not even the additions of Henry Golding and *Fall Out Boy voice* Uma Thurman can save it.
A few months following the events of the first film, 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 immortal 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
‘ta-da!’ review: A sincere romp full of magic and mayhem
The promo materials for Josh Sharp’s solo show “ta-da!,” a twisted, spicy comic romp now playing at the Greenwich House Theater, tout his “Herculean feat” memorizing 2,000 PowerPoint slides. Indeed, Distinct 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 long for an 80-minute show,” he crows, exposing 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 real triumph is his knack for storytelling, which tugs on the heartstrings as it tickles the funny 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
Gay Istanbul
Who said one of the world's most storied cosmopolitan crossroads can't also sustain a vibrant up-to-date LGBTQ culture? While universal affection remains taboo in conservative corners, Istanbul revels in dynamic gay nightlife if you know 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 concealed 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 uncover 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.