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FILM

End of the Spear

Now in theaters

Although out star Chad Allen Chad Allen may refer to:
  • Chad Allen (actor), actor formerly on St. Elsewhere
  • Chad Allen (baseball player), baseball outfielder formerly with the Minnesota Twins
  • Allen Kowbel, (Chad Allan) guitarist, singer and television host.
 shines in this tale of a martyred missionary to the Amazon, some in the religious right are knocking the filmmakers for casting him. How predictable.

ART

Potentially Harmful: The Art of American Censorship

Through March 10 (GSU GSU Georgia State University
GSU Georgia Southern University
GSU Governors State University
GSU Grambling State University
GSU Graduate Student Union
GSU Genealogical Society of Utah
GSU General Service Unit
GSU Galatasaray University
GSU Garrison Support Unit
. Atlanta)

Including out artists from Mapplethorpe to John Trobaugh, this living exhibit looks at all kinds of art that frightens the horses.

CDs

Capote

Now available (RCA See RCA connector and video/TV history. )

The soundtrack CD for the compelling film includes about an hour of Truman Capote, reading aloud from In Cold Blood. Amazing.

Transamerica

February 7 (Nettwerk Records)

Anchored by Dolly Parton par·ton  
n.
Any of the point particles believed to be a constituent of hadrons, now known as quarks. No longer in technical use.



[part(icle) + -on1.]
, this down-home sound track perfectly underscores Felicity Huffman's brilliant trans performance.

Fred Hersch in Amsterdam: Live at the Bimhuis

February 21 (Palmetto Records)

Out jazz pianist Hersch pays tribute to masters Monk, Carmichael, and Jobim--not to mention his own work--on this new CD.

TV

John Waters Presents Movies That Will Corrupt You

Now available (Here)

The Pope of Trash hosts a series of adventuresome cinema, including cracked classics like Freeway, Beefcake beef·cake  
n. Informal
1. Images, especially photographs, of minimally attired men with muscular physiques.

2. Attractive men with muscular physiques, such as those in these images.
, Baxter, The Fluffer,

Criminal Lovers, and Porn Theater.
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Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
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Date:Feb 28, 2006
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