Kissing is in the air, and not just because it’s spring and my allergies are attacking my face to death. No. Led by Tino Sehgal‘s “This Progress,” which opened at The Guggenheim back in January and featured “Kiss”, where exclusively male-female couples made out on the rotunda of the museum for like, all day, kissing [...]
Is It Possible To O.D. on the G.A.Y.?
No. And now that I’ve pretty much resigned to using the Counter Critic as a platform for advocating for all things gay–for the time being–I’d like to share with y’all a Fan Page I started that is dedicated to drawing attention to and discussing the ideas in Sarah Schulman’s groundbreaking book “Ties That Bind: Familial [...]
NO SERIOUSLY! THE NEW GAY THEATER IS NOT POLITICAL!!!
From Neil Genzlinger’s review of “Yank!”: “Yank!,” with music by Joseph Zellnik and book and lyrics by David Zellnik, his brother, of course has an added resonance because of the current debate over whether to repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. But this is hardly a political show. Its subtitle, “A WWII Love Story,” [...]
How do you solve a problem like Lady Gaga? Give her a penis, apparently.
I’ve been thinking about Lady Gaga. (But who hasn’t?) I first became aware of the seemingly unstoppable pop sensation when Gawker sister-site Jezebel began posting paparazzi images of her back in January. (They’ve just published the year-in-Gaga anthology of images; definitely worth a looksie.) She emerged—to me—as a mute, mysterious image; a person fixated on [...]
REGARDING ART, PERFORMANCE, AND THE PRINCIPLE OF CONSENT
Wednesday night, I attended Steven Cohen’s presentation of film works at CPR in Williamsburg. During one of the brief discussion breaks—led by a becostumed Cohen—one audience member prefaced his question by stating that “the audience inevitably becomes part of your work.” The assumption went unchallenged. It struck a particularly live chord for me, as throughout [...]
About The Bacchae
I know it’s been a while since I threw down a bona-fide review around these parts. So I’m breaking silence with some thoughts on The Bacchae, which wraps up its run The Public Theater’s Shakespeare In The Park this week. (Warning: this may fall more under “rant”.) It’s also been a while since I had [...]
BTW, John Hughes: “Yes, you’re a total fag”
Sorry to hate—once again—on a recently deceased beloved creator of popular entertainment, but I have to. Not just to be contrarian (as a darling friend accused me of being, just yesterday!), but to voice a legitimate criticism of John Hughes’ work that I have held in recent years. I should say that, if I die, [...]
The 4 Flavors of Sotomayor
So, we’ve never done one of these “poll” thingamjiggers, and not sure why we’re busting one now. And maybe we’re alone on this one, but we thought the Sotomayor testimony was riveting, and, I think we fell in love. So, if you care to click on the poll, let us know which Sotomayor look you [...]
TO DO: DTW Lobby Talks
Jun 9 at 7:30pm Dance Theater Workshop 219 West 19th Street, New York, NY Organized by Chase Granoff “As the internet continues to develop and mature into a powerful platform for communication, marketing, networking, and criticism, we will look at how these technologies have influenced dance. How has this development challenged and changed the landscape [...]
TO DO: “Pussy Faggot”
TONIGHT @ The Delancey, ubiquitous downtown producer Earl Dax is throwing a birthday bash for himself, which doubles as a fundraiser for Dixon Place’s HOT! Festival of queer performance. In light of Claudia La Rocco’s insightful piece on the negative impact capital campaigns and anchoring real estate ventures can have on the missions of small [...]
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