Sharon Wood (2)

Tra il 1933 e il 1945, 100.000 persone furono arrestate in base al paragrafo 175. Alcuni di essi vennero imprigionati, mentre altri vennero mandati in campo di concentramento, e solo 4.000 sopravvissero. Nel 2000 si sapevano ancora in vita meno di dieci di questi uomini. Cinque di loro uscirono allo scoperto nel documentario e raccontarono per la prima volta le loro storie, considerate le ultime del Terzo Reich rimaste ancora sconosciute: Karl Gorath, Heinz Dörmer, Pierre Seel, Albrecht Becker, Heinz F. (fonte: Wikipedia)… (mais)

An extensive study of how homosexuality was portrayed as well as inferred in cinema in the 20th century. Russo makes a rather good case that what was shown on-screen and what types of characters were heroes and which were villains was intended to and effectively did shape the American consciousness and people's conceptions of homosexuality and what was an acceptable expression of masculinity. Russo passed away in 1990. I wish he'd have lived to see Ellen, Will & Grace, and, eventually, RuPaul's Drag Race.… (mais)