British Buggery.
After closing out January with the very gay (and very terrible) The Covenant (listen) and the pseudo-remake of Single White Female: The Roommate (listen), we kicked off February with journey to the world of H.P. Lovecraft in Re-Animator. Now, we’re traveling back in time to discuss Albert Lewin‘s 1945 adaptation of The Portrait of Dorian Gray.
In The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders), tells his friend Dorian Gray (Hurd Hatfield) that men should pursue their sensual longings, but laments that only the young get to do so. Taken with the idea, Dorian inadvertently makes a Faustian bargain to stay young forever. His wish comes true, and his boyish looks aid him as he indulges his every whim. Unfortunately, his sins take physical form on a portrait of himself, and as the years go by he must decide what type of man he wants to be.
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Episode 268: The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
We apologize for the intelligence of our remarks, but we’re delving into every gay man’s worst nightmare (aging) in Albert Lewin’s The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945). Tagging in for the conversation is writer and filmmaker Amanda Jane Stern, who turns out to be an enormous fan of the source material!
Join us as we go all in on this adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s only novel, but not before discussing the tragedy that is Wilde’s life. We then discuss Hollywood’s “straightening” of this very queer story and bask in the glory of what is Angela Lansbury‘s third film role.
Plus, one very cruel Slut Test
, four stellar Technicolor shots (seriously), a presumably enormous confetti budget, Egyptian cat magic, one extremely unnecessary narrator and an even more unnecessary Gladys.
Cross out The Picture of Dorian Gray!
Coming up on Wednesday: We’re celebrating Valentine’s Day with a discussion of the 2009 remake of Friday the 13th, just in time for its 15th anniversary.
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