Musical Madness
“You can exchange the word ‘Reefer’ in Reefer
Madness with just about any controversial issue today, and the film
would still be relevant. Iraq War Madness, Abortion Madness, Gay
Madness, whatever,” says Andy Fickman, the openly gay director of the
new movie musical.
Fickman contends that the original 1936
anti-marijuana movie, on which the musical version is based, distorted
the truth in order to control the country’s “morals,” and that big
business actually helped initiate that battle in “the war on drugs.”
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Thailand's "Beautiful Boxer"
In Thailand it’s called “The Science of Eight
Limbs,” because practitioners of Muay Thai, or Thai Kickboxing, use the
entire body to subdue their opponent. It is a sport, says the
Professional Muay Thai Association, unfit for women.
The Thai world was turned upside down six years
ago when Parinya Charoenphol, a pre-operative male-to-female
transgendered person, joined the ranks of professional in that masculine
and lethal sport.
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A walk on the controversial side
Walk on Water director Eytan Fox was joined by his
producer, Gal Uchovsky, during an interview in Toronto last fall. That’s
not unusual. But Fox introduced the casually dressed man by saying, “We
make films together, and Gal is my spouse, as well. We’ve lived together
for the last 16 years.”
While the openly gay couple’s partnership isn’t
secret, it’s not widely publicized, either. “We usually don’t give
interviews together,” Fox said. Uchovsky simply stated, while waving his
hand Queen Elizabeth style, “We don’t want to give the image of the
royal couple.”
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