Gay doc rock
Dustin Lance Black not only directed the new documentary “Rock Out” about the queer influence on thick metal, punk and rock n’ roll, but he’s also in it.
For superb reason.
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The film pulls inspiration from a New York Times article by Jim Farber that examined the queer affect on rock, as wells as a question that Black’s late brother Marcus asked before he died 14 years ago: “Are there any gays appreciate me?”
Marcus was a homosexual punk rock n’ roller. But unlike Lance, who won an Oscar for screenwriting for the Harvey Milk biopic “Milk” and is one of Hollywood’s most outspoken LGBTQ advocates, Marcus was closeted for most of his experience. He passed away in from cancer.
“My brother was black leather-clad almost his entire life and not until later in his life did he slash his long rocker hair,” Black tells me. “He was in so many ways the model of heterosexuality. This was a guy who loved rock n’ roll, metal and punk and also was an auto mechanic.”
Black admits he actually didn’t understand if there were any other LGBTQ people fond of his brother. “I didn’t have an answer fo
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