Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ptsfa.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hpda!fortune!amdcad!amd!dual!ptsfa!rob From: rob@ptsfa.UUCP (Rob Bernardo) Newsgroups: net.motss Subject: Re: What, no comments on "Consenting Adult"? Message-ID: <472@ptsfa.UUCP> Date: Sat, 9-Feb-85 13:23:06 EST Article-I.D.: ptsfa.472 Posted: Sat Feb 9 13:23:06 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Feb-85 02:33:26 EST References: <1308@bbncca.ARPA> Organization: Pacific Bell, San Francisco Lines: 43 /Steve Dyer {decvax,linus,ima,ihnp4}!bbncca!sdyer sdyer@bbnccv.ARPA wrote: > ... if this movie purports > to present what is reality for most gay young people (and let's face it: > TV movies aren't serious art, they are latter-day miracle plays), it would > have been much more realistic to show him investigating his local campus > rap group, maybe reading some local gay newspapers, to establish a better > self-definition before coming out to his parents. > > Anyone else care to comment? Yeah, you're right - it was not such a great movie, but with the exception of that somewhat sleazy pick-up scene, I think it would have an overall good effect (politically) on the tv audience. I don't think this movie is about what it was like for the son, but rather for the mom; it was almost all from her point of view. Furthermore, I think one of the intents of those who made the tv movie (not the book) was to present the issue of accepting one's children, because after the movie on a local tv news broadcase in San Francisco, there was a brief interview with Marlo Thomas who said that (for her) the movie was not only about accepting homosexuality, but about accepting one's children's choices in like. What amazed me about the movie was the realistic portrayal about each family member's reactions -- the differences between what happened in the movie and what happened to me when I came out to my parents are a matter of quantity, not of quality. My dad stayed home from work for a few days and cried and whined around the house and argued with me. My mom was much more communicative and wanting to find out more information. I had come out to my sister months before and she had quickly accepted my sexuality. Because of the somewhat universal reactions parents go through, I think that the movie will have a beneficial effect on parents of young gays. -- Rob Bernardo, Pacific Bell, San Francisco, California {ihnp4,ucbvax,cbosgd,decwrl,amd70,fortune,zehntel}!dual!ptsfa!rob