Just the Phacts. (the Buzz).THIS MONTH, out novelist Christian McLaughlin (Sex Toys of the Gods) brings to the Los Angeles stage a drag-laden project with an oddball pedigree--The Phacts of Life, based on that '80s show That '80s Show is a television situation comedy which aired in half-hour long episodes from January through May of 2002. Despite having a similar name, show structure, and many of the same writers and production staff, it is not considered a direct spin-off of the more . "We were really surprised at both the lameness of the jokes and the inflammatory subject matter they dealt with regularly," says McLaughlin, who is a producer of Phacts. "Abortion, teen pregnancy, racism, cerebral palsy cerebral palsy (sərē`brəl pôl`zē), disability caused by brain damage before or during birth or in the first years, resulting in a loss of voluntary muscular control and coordination. , wanting to join a convent. All the things teens go through." The show is a fund-raiser for the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center provides a broad array of services for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Its clinic and on-site pharmacy offers free and low-cost health, mental health, HIV/AIDS medical care and HIV/STD testing and prevention. , so "we are definitely cranking up the lesbian subtext sub·text n. 1. The implicit meaning or theme of a literary text. 2. The underlying personality of a dramatic character as implied or indicated by a script or text and interpreted by an actor in performance. in the classic dysfunctional butch-femme relationship of Jo and Blair," notes McLaughlin. "I mean, what was really going on between those two? It doesn't take Camille Paglia to figure that out." |
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