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• You're right. How about first comedy? - tinear 08:59:30 07/11/14 (5)
  In Reply to: RE: What wasn't mainstream about... posted by musetap on July 10, 2014 at 21:37:04

  I think "Some Like it Hot" may be the first one of those, too, but it was a long time ago.
  

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  • Not intended as a comedy, but, - Larry I 13:26:03 07/11/14 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: You're right. How about first comedy? posted by tinear on July 11, 2014 at 08:59:30

    I can't help laughing at the wild lesbian shoot-em up western: "Johnny Guitar."
    

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  • Wasn't really anything gay about SLIH, not in the contemporary useage of the word... - musetap 11:20:31 07/11/14 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: You're right. How about first comedy? posted by tinear on July 11, 2014 at 08:59:30

    maybe it was "The Boys in the Band"? NOT a comedy of course, but pretty mainstream.

    1970 and much more direct (and respectful) of gays portrayed in film than in the previous seven decades of Hollywood film making.
    
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  • I saw SLIH as a kid and thought it was funny . . . - Billy Wonka 09:17:36 07/11/14 (2)
    In Reply to: RE: You're right. How about first comedy? posted by tinear on July 11, 2014 at 08:59:30

    If you recall the fifties you would remember a LOT of humor was predicated on men dressing as women. Not because it is "gay" but because it is "ridiculous". Uncle Miltie in drag? Even Jack Benny in drag. Monte Python in drag half the damned time?

    Also, Tony Curtis spend most of his time trying to seduce MM in drag. Preposterous but funny that guys are so horny they will break character in the pursuit of a quick shot.

    
    

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    • Good points, both you and mousecrap. nt - tinear 21:43:15 07/11/14 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: I saw SLIH as a kid and thought it was funny . . . posted by Billy Wonka on July 11, 2014 at 09:17:36

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    • Still one of the best comedies ever... - musetap 11:27:48 07/11/14 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: I saw SLIH as a kid and thought it was funny . . . posted by Billy Wonka on July 11, 2014 at 09:17:36

      and way near the top of best Billy Wilder films, which says a lot!
      
      Joe E. Brown?!?!?!? BRILLIANT!!!
      
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