American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

Van Sant milks history for understated biopic

Director Gus Van Sant has taken a break from his often inaccessible forays into (almost) experimental film to make Milk, a very typical Hollywood biopic about Harvey Milk, the nation’s first openly gay man to win major elected office and then assassinated shortly thereafter. I don’t use ‘typical’ pejoratively, rather as an observation of how [...]

Hetero parties now seem even less interesting

Lord help me, but before I went down to Miami in May I considered getting my back waxed. I’m not a bear, but I figured I should look my best. NY Magazine had one waxer on a previous “Best of” list and I wrote him to get an estimate. It was way WAY more money [...]

Preaching About Microsoft’s ‘Homosexual Agenda”

When your previous job used to be running around all day in a pair of spandex, getting sweaty with other men and then jumping on top of them, maybe you aren’t the right person to be coming out with a strong stance against gay rights.
Former Dallas Cowboys linebacker turn reverend, Ken Hutcherson of the Antioch [...]

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