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Dear mikeyank,
How delightful and validating are your comments and it makes me feel a close kinship with you and your candid reflections.
Before fixating on the "boys" in all of their glory, at 4 or 5 I became addicted to Marilyn Monroe and was frequently immitating her voluptious hip movements as she walked. I got alot of positive attention and, just like Norman Mailer, I am a lifelong fan of her. My most favorite Marilyn Monroe movies are the ever charming and funny "The Seven Year Itch" with it's outageously funny scene with Tom Ewell both sitting on a piano bench. I won't spoil it for you. You must see it. The other must see movie is a more obscure 1956 film entitled "Bus Stop". It certainlly is not the most glamorous project. However, her vulnerability is prominently displayed and most touching to see. I guess you can see that I simply love her, even today.
Seven Year Itch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7CnSPMPt68
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq1HSjZUL5I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLOEq-OY2II
Bus Stop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th6mNuzRwp8
Happy Birthday JFK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfQtfw8U06g
When I was 14, I had a paper route and it was 2+ miles from my home. On Sunday Aug 5, 1962 I had just completed my morning route and was returning home on my bike. Curiously, I was met by my father in the car and he came bearing bad news. This was the first I had heard of her so-called suicide (translation: mob murder in other words) and it was as if a nuclear blast had just gone off in my unsuspecting 14 year old head. The mushroom cloud was looming overhead and I had no where to hide. To this day, I miss her beauty, her charm, her wit, her honesty, but most of all I miss her vulnerability as I am convinced of her inner beauty and innocence. Truthfully, my eyes today are filled with tears as I am writing this over Marilyn's unfortunate tragic ending. She deserved so much better than this!
Joan Crawford (long before Mommie Dearest) was another person I had burned into my memory with her big and intense eyebrows and all. I most remember a Western where she played a saloon owner and the movie was Johnnie Guitar and this was the iconic scene of the movie playing a piano as a lynch mob busts in:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn79n1NsSkk
Then there was a visually magnificent movie featuring Deborah Kerr and Yul Brenner in the "King and I" with its outrageously beautiful costumes and its grand sets. Here is one of the highlights of this magnificent musical:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdyqmN5cnRQ
Another 1956 movie featuring Deborah Kerr was the classic "Tea and Sympathy" which broke new ground and was dealing with coming to terms with one's homosexuality and done "all in good taste", according to the movie trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sJqnG-I1SY
I saw "Tea ans Sympathy" at age 8 and I could not get this story out of my mind even though I had no clue of what exactly being gay was. AS A MOVIE IT IS SUPURB AND WAY AHEAD OF ITS TIME IN DEPICTING HONESTLY THE DELIMMA OF ACCEPTANCE ON YOUR SELF. THE TRAILER IS MOST INADEQUATE POINTING OUT THE TRUE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS GREAT MOVIE.
Then in 1958 there was the every charming and Academy Award winning musical "Gigi". Here is a trailer for the film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEofRODHZ1w
followed by another 1958 classic "Auntie Mame" with Rosalind Russell at her very best. This is a story of "riches to rags to riches" and her favorite nephew and his son. Its truly magical, especially the ending scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xykJHsZ7y4I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzl9EyykNo0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPX4S5cNx_c
And assorted scenes set to Queen's "Killer Bees";
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le3L1-Sgs9s
Unfortunately, the clip of the marvelous final scene is not available. Simply stated, it is almost dream like as Auntie Mame assends the rounded staircase wearing this most beautiful golden lace shawl over her head as she escorts her grandson telling him of the wonderful sights to see in the world before their leaving on their journey together. I was so enamored and transfixed over Rosalind Russell and I transported myself onto the screen replacing her beloved grandson about to begin this new adventure of a lifetime.
I am complete worn out from all my emotions I've released as this posting has been one hell of a pesonal journey for me! Hope you found it gratifying too!
Sincerely,
Cumrag, aka Stimpy
I was much the same way as you Undie, growing up. I didn't identify with the closeted "gay role models" of the era of my growing up. I didn't consciously think of Liberace as gay, but rather thought he was a kind of a "freak", with his outlandish way of dressing, and his feminine speech patterns, much the same way I felt about Tiny Tim, a decade or so later. There was one comedic actor who gave off a very gay vibe that I really enjoyed and that was Paul Lynde. I loved him on Bewitched, and in the movie Bye Bye Birdie, and he was a total pisser on Hollywood Squares. On Hollywood Squares he was doing double entendre jokes, hinting at his being gay, too. He was very cool.
I too enjoyed the boys in my classes much more than the girls. As I got older, I was obviously totally aware that the guys were attracted to the girls, while I was not. Initially, I thought my "boy crazy" period was just a stage I was going through, and that I would discover the secret of attraction to females and their body parts when I got older. But now I am very much older, and still going though my "boy crazy" stage, so I guess it ain't gonna' happen.
My male "role models" on television were always good looking guys, not gay acting guys. My earliest crush's that I can recall were George Reeves, (Superman), and believe it or not Bob Barker on Truth or Consequences. I thought he was totally hot and even wrote him a fan letter when I was eight years old or so. I was crushed when he didn't respond.
I later admired and lusted after, in my own boyish way, Tony Dow, Ricky Nelson, Don Grady, (Robbie on My Three Sons), Johnny Crawford from the Rifleman, Tim Considine from many Disney shows including Spin and Marty, and numerous other hotties.
None of these guys made me gay, but made me realize that cute guys were hot, and that girls didn't do it for me. I believe more and more that I was born this way, and that probably 10% of the population is "wired" the way I am, and it had nothing to do with any gay role models, or the way I was raised, or my relationship with my father. But it has been fun remembering some of the celebrity hotties that I was attracted to in my youth.![]()
Dear mikeyank,
How delightful and validating are your comments and it makes me feel a close kinship with you and your candid reflections.
Before fixating on the "boys" in all of their glory, at 4 or 5 I became addicted to Marilyn Monroe and was frequently immitating her voluptious hip movements as she walked. I got alot of positive attention and, just like Norman Mailer, I am a lifelong fan of her. My most favorite Marilyn Monroe movies are the ever charming and funny "The Seven Year Itch" with it's outageously funny scene with Tom Ewell both sitting on a piano bench. I won't spoil it for you. You must see it. The other must see movie is a more obscure 1956 film entitled "Bus Stop". It certainlly is not the most glamorous project. However, her vulnerability is prominently displayed and most touching to see. I guess you can see that I simply love her, even today.
Seven Year Itch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7CnSPMPt68
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq1HSjZUL5I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLOEq-OY2II
Bus Stop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th6mNuzRwp8
Happy Birthday JFK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfQtfw8U06g
When I was 14, I had a paper route and it was 2+ miles from my home. On Sunday Aug 5, 1962 I had just completed my morning route and was returning home on my bike. Curiously, I was met by my father in the car and he came bearing bad news. This was the first I had heard of her so-called suicide (translation: mob murder in other words) and it was as if a nuclear blast had just gone off in my unsuspecting 14 year old head. The mushroom cloud was looming overhead and I had no where to hide. To this day, I miss her beauty, her charm, her wit, her honesty, but most of all I miss her vulnerability as I am convinced of her inner beauty and innocence. Truthfully, my eyes today are filled with tears as I am writing this over Marilyn's unfortunate tragic ending. She deserved so much better than this!
Joan Crawford (long before Mommie Dearest) was another person I had burned into my memory with her big and intense eyebrows and all. I most remember a Western where she played a saloon owner and the movie was Johnnie Guitar and this was the iconic scene of the movie playing a piano as a lynch mob busts in:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn79n1NsSkk
Then there was a visually magnificent movie featuring Deborah Kerr and Yul Brenner in the "King and I" with its outrageously beautiful costumes and its grand sets. Here is one of the highlights of this magnificent musical:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdyqmN5cnRQ
Another 1956 movie featuring Deborah Kerr was the classic "Tea and Sympathy" which broke new ground and was dealing with coming to terms with one's homosexuality and done "all in good taste", according to the movie trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sJqnG-I1SY
I saw "Tea ans Sympathy" at age 8 and I could not get this story out of my mind even though I had no clue of what exactly being gay was. AS A MOVIE IT IS SUPURB AND WAY AHEAD OF ITS TIME IN DEPICTING HONESTLY THE DELIMMA OF ACCEPTANCE ON YOUR SELF. THE TRAILER IS MOST INADEQUATE POINTING OUT THE TRUE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS GREAT MOVIE.
Then in 1958 there was the every charming and Academy Award winning musical "Gigi". Here is a trailer for the film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEofRODHZ1w
followed by another 1958 classic "Auntie Mame" with Rosalind Russell at her very best. This is a story of "riches to rags to riches" and her favorite nephew and his son. Its truly magical, especially the ending scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xykJHsZ7y4I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzl9EyykNo0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPX4S5cNx_c
And assorted scenes set to Queen's "Killer Bees";
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le3L1-Sgs9s
Unfortunately, the clip of the marvelous final scene is not available. Simply stated, it is almost dream like as Auntie Mame assends the rounded staircase wearing this most beautiful golden lace shawl over her head as she escorts her grandson telling him of the wonderful sights to see in the world before their leaving on their journey together. I was so enamored and transfixed over Rosalind Russell and I transported myself onto the screen replacing her beloved grandson about to begin this new adventure of a lifetime.
I am complete worn out from all my emotions I've released as this posting has been one hell of a pesonal journey for me! Hope you found it gratifying too!
Sincerely,
Cumrag, aka Stimpy