Michael Bronski
ob tug
ntawm qhov kub tshaj tawm xov xwm scandals lub caij ntuj sov no nyob ib ncig ntawm tus nqi
hais tias txoj kev hlub uas ib zaug tsis kam hais nws lub npe tam sim no coj mus
lub ntiaj teb - zoo, tsawg kawg yog Provincetown thiab Hollywood. Bryan
Burroughs qhov kev xam phaj nrog yav dhau los Tinseltown yawg thiab tus neeg nplua nuj
Michael Ovitz hauv lub Yim Hli qhov teeb meem ntawm Vanity
Fair ua cov xov xwm tam sim ntawd thaum nws cov ntsiab lus tshaj tawm tias
nws tau poob lub zog loj thiab txoj haujlwm hauv kev lag luam vim
ntawm "gay mafia" - cabal ntawm gay txiv neej, coj los ntawm Barry
Diller thiab David Geffen, uas tswj hwm Hollywood. Ib yam li qhov kev chim siab no
twb tuag lawm, Peter Manso phau ntawv Ptown: Art, Sex, thiab
Nyiaj txiag ntawm sab qaum teb Kauslim (Scribner) ntaus lub khw muag ntawv. Manso cov
kev sib cav sib ceg yog tias Provincetown raug rhuav tshem
tsis yog los ntawm cov nplua nuj gays thiab lesbians uas tau teeb tsa lawv tus kheej
raws li lub rooj vag ntawm lub nroog cov vaj tse thiab kev lag luam tourism,
tab sis kuj los ntawm hordes ntawm gay thiab lesbian tourists uas tau coj mus
txoj kev nyob rau hauv tawv thiab luag thiab tsim ib tug zaj sawv- chij queer
lub vaj kaj siab, ua rau Ptown ntuj txiag teb tsaus rau heterosexuals. Raws li ib tug ntawm Manso
Cov neeg xam phaj, tus neeg nyob hauv Ptown ntev, hais tias, โKuv yuav tsis
patronize cov lag luam uas ya tus chij zaj sawv. Kuv xav tias analogous
ya ib tug Confederate chij, ya ib tug Nazi chij. kuv thov txim,
uas yog exclusion-ism. Tus chij ntawd hais rau kuv, kuv yog
tsis txais tos nyob ntawd. "
cov
lub tswv yim hais tias gay txiv neej thiab poj niam nyiam poj niam muaj tremendously disproportionate
social, economic, kab lis kev cai, thiab nom tswv lub hwj chim yog ib qho tseem ceeb
ntawm txoj cai-tis propaganda rau ntau tshaj peb caug xyoo. Txog tam sim no
cov xov xwm tseem ceeb feem ntau tau tso tseg txoj cai dab neeg
ntawm enormous thiab txaus ntshai gay hwj chim. Tab sis cov hnub qub offensive tig
los ntawm Manso, tus kws sau ntawv East Coast liberal paub txog nws cov ntawv keeb kwm
Norman Mailer thiab Marlon Brando, thiab Ovitz, Hollywood wunderkind
tau sau tseg rau nws txoj kev xav tau zoo thiab rau nws qhov zoo nkauj
sawv thiab poob raws li ib tug Hollywood hnub qub-maker, qhia tias ib co liberals
tam sim no cia siab tias yuav tshem tawm qhov uas ib zaug suav hais tias yog txoj cai dag.
Cov qub nom tswv rallying quaj ntawm gay hwj chim tau noj tag nrho
lub ntsiab lus tshiab - thiab nws tsis zoo rau cov neeg gay.
cov
cov ntsiab lus tseem ceeb ntawm "cov neeg gay muaj hwj chim ntau dhau"
Tus nqi them tau muab tso rau hauv Ovitz's Vanity Fair kev xam phaj.
Qhov tseem ceeb tshaj, nthuav tawm queer-khiav kev koom ua ke "yog ib qho ntawm
tsav tsheb yam hauv nws qhov kev txiav txim siab los tham txog qhov tshwm sim, "
Tus kws xam phaj Burroughs hais tias, "yuav tsum tau hlawv lub npe,
mus pov lub teeb rau ntawm tus duab ntxoov ntxoo Hollywood cabal nws ntseeg tau ua nws
hauv." Qhov no yog qhov Ovitz hu ua gay mafia, txawm tias "ob peb
ntawm nws 'cov tswv cuab' tsis yog gay, "saib Burroughs.
Tsis tsuas yog Barry Diller, David Geffen, thiab lwm tus tau tig txhua tus
hauv Hollywood tawm tsam Ovitz los ntawm kev dag txog nws, siv lub siab,
thiab feem ntau npaj tawm tsam nws, tab sis lawv kuj ntxub nws lub luag haujlwm
raws li ib tug txiv neej hauv tsev neeg: โQhov no txhua yam pib ntawm CAA [Creative
Artists Associates]," hais tias Ovitz. โKuv tsis xav tau
mus rau Geffen lub tsev noj su txhua hnub Sunday. kuv yuav tsis.
Kuv yuav tsis txi kuv cov menyuam 'Little League games. kuv xwb
yuav tsis ua. " Thaum kawg, raws li Ovitz, gay
mafia yog tom qab nws tsev neeg: "Nws yog lub hom phiaj ntawm cov neeg no
tshem tawm kuv. Lawv xav tua Michael Ovitz. Yog lawv ua tau
tau coj kuv tus poj niam thiab cov menyuam uas lawv yuav muaj. "
In
ntxiv rau nws ua tsis ncaj ncees lawm, ib qho ntawm qhov creepiest
ntawm Ovitz kev xam phaj yog tias nws sib piv, nyob rau hauv paranoia thiab rhetoric,
tsoos anti-Semitic tropes txog cov neeg Yudais lub hwj chim thiab lub hwj chim
hauv Hollywood thiab lwm qhov.
cov
ib yam yog qhov tseeb ntawm Manso phau ntawv Ptown.
Zoo li Ovitz, Manso ua tus tub txib npau taws uas muaj xov xwm tsis zoo - qhov ntawd
yog, thaum Provincetown tau ntev ua lub hauv paus ntawm kev ncaj ncees, ntau haiv neeg,
thiab kev ywj pheej kev ywj pheej, dhau peb lub xyoo dhau los nws tau dhau los,
zoo, too gay. Adept ntawm flash/slash journalism, Manso rub peb los ntawm
Provincetown keeb kwm, kab lis kev cai, tus kheej, thiab infighting nyiam
ib tug me ntsis crazed neeg khaus los qhia peb lub teeb. Ntau yam dab tsi
nws hais yog qhov nthuav heev muab lub nroog bohemian
keeb kwm, uas txhawb txhua yam los ntawm kev ua haujlwm ntawm Robert Motherwell
mus rau kev lag luam ntawm smuggling tshuaj.
Tab sis
Manso weaves ahistorical ntsiab ntawm homosexuality corrupting
cawv. Txawm tias hais txog keeb kwm kev sib raug zoo hauv zos, Manso ua tsis tau
tiv thaiv kev poob siab los saum ntuj los nrog cov lus piav qhia ntawm cov txiv neej muaj
Kev sib deev ntawm lub npe hu ua "Dick Dock," cov duab erotic
nyob rau ntawm phab ntsa ntawm lub Crown thiab Anchor lub nraub qaum chav, thiab garish
luag cov poj huab tais thiab tawv neeg ntawm Txoj Kev Lag Luam tau tawg mus thoob plaws
phau ntawv zoo li kev sib deev scenes nyob rau hauv nruab nrab-brow bestseller.
Tshooj ib, "Ib Lub Tsev Party," Manso nyob ntawm gay wealth
nyob rau hauv tib txoj kev yuav luag lurid nws dwells ntawm gay pw ua ke nyob rau hauv txoj kev.
Piav txog ib tog pov los ntawm ob peb gay hauv kev ua koob tsheej ntawm
ua tiav lawv lub tsev $ 2 lab, Manso sau tseg tias "cavernous
Lub txee dai khaub ncaws / chav hnav khaub ncaws" yog sau nrog "kev ua kis las kim
cov tsho tiv no thiab cov ris tsho zoo nkauj, " $ 40,000 Lalique-crystal
dab dej nchuav dej mus rau hauv tus tswv chav pw chav dej kub, thiab cov
"Catering craze ntawm lub caij ntuj sov" yog "dov sushi,
flash-fried nyob rau hauv me me batter" uas saj "Fabulous!
Qab heev li.โ Nws yog ib qho orgy ntawm kev noj thiab tiag
vaj tse, abuzz nrog lub suab sab hauv conspiratorial: โUa koj
paub,"ntxhi ib tug poj huab tais rau lwm tus ntawm ib lub tsev extravagant
tog, โuas yog ib tug ntawm cov tswv tsev ... hais rau kuv tias cuaj caum xya
feem pua โโโโntawm cov tsev uas tau muag hauv lub xyoo dhau los yog
muas los ntawm cov txiv neej. Nws tsis tuaj yeem muaj tseeb, puas yog?
Manso cov
homosexuals yog, los ntawm thiab loj, ignorant ntawm zoo yug me nyuam thiab saj.
Ib nkawm niam txiv "ploj nce siab ntawm 2 lab rau hauv ib txhiab-square-foot
ntses shack," nws qhia, thiab thaum lawv dhau los, "tsuas yog
cov thawj lub ru tsev tseem nyob.โ Lwm ob peb - โโlawv
ntawm Lalique dab dej - "tsis tau muab kos duab rau kev xav"
thiab โcia lawv cov neeg kho kom zoo nkauj siv lawv txoj kev paub, lossis tej zaum ntau dua
tsim nyog, lawv cov xim ximโ xaiv kos duab; lawv raug thuam
Thaum ib tus neeg paub zoo hauv zos hu lawv Goya etching "schlock."
Lawv txoj kev ua txhaum, nrog rau kev ua gay thiab muaj nyiaj, yog kev hais lus phem.
cia li
raws li Ovitz liam cov txiv neej gay hauv Hollywood rau txhua qhov kev phem uas muaj
ua rau nws poob, Manso rau txim rau cov kev hloov pauv hauv Ptown ua haujlwm
ntawm ib tug uniform phalanx ntawm "gays." Qhov no nthuav tawm ib yam dab tsi
ntawm ib qho teeb meem logistical vim (raws li Manso sau) Province-town
muaj keeb kwm ntev ntawm knitting gays thiab lesbians rau hauv nws kab lis kev cai
los ntawm 1920s mus rau. Dab tsi arts colony thiab bohemian enclave tsis muaj?
Nws lees paub tias qee cov neeg nyob hauv gay tsis ua txhaum. Txawm li cas los xij,
nws piav txog lawv li "gay tab sis tag nrho tsis yooj yim txog nws,
zoo li ntau lwm tus Ptown ntev xyoo-rounders. " Nws tsis muaj kev hlub tshua
txog lwm yam, thaj nyuaj, homosexuals.
txawm
Tom qab qhov sib txawv ntawm qhov zoo thiab qhov phem, Manso characterizes
txhua tus txiv neej gay thiab poj niam nyiam poj niam ua ib pawg monolithic. Cov ntsiab lus xws li "lawv"
thiab "cov neeg no," nrum li taug kev clichรฉs, yog
peppered thoob plaws hauv phau ntawv kom nco ntsoov nyeem cov yeeb ncuab.
โLawv muaj peev xwm loj heev [rau kho thiab
rov muag tsev]โ sau ib qho ntawm Manso cov neeg qhia hauv zos.
"Kuv txhais tau tias lawv tuaj yeem nqa lub shithole thiab ua kom zoo nkauj. Nws yog
zoo li lawv tsuas hais tias, 'Peb yuav mus rau hauv thiab nchuav ib co fairy
plua plav thiab ua kom nws zoo heev. "
raws li
rau Manso, gay vaj tswv tsev tau txhais ua lub zog hauv tsev:
gays thiab poj niam nyiam poj niam tau tuav lub tsev, zoning, thiab tso cai committees.
Lwm tus hais rau Manso, "'Cov gays," yog
los ntawm tam sim no cov neeg nplua nuj, cov neeg muaj zog tshaj plaws hauv Provincetown,'
Nws hais ntxiv tias, 'Ntau tus neeg no nyiam nyob ntawm no
committees '." Nrog rau qhov "kev hlub" ntawm lub hwj chim
los arrogance, thab plaub, thiab hem. โLeej twg lub fuck
koj puas xav tias koj yog,โ qw qw ib tus poj niam qaug cawv ntawm ob ncaj
cov txiv neej nyob rau hauv ib lub zos bar, "qhov no yog kuv lub zos." Yog li ntawd nws yog,
dab tsi Manso hu ua "Gay trump card."
muaj
tsis muaj lus nug uas Provincetown tau hloov pauv ntau dhau ntawm
20 lossis 30 xyoo dhau losโraws li Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket,
thiab Hamptons. Nws kuj muaj tseeb tias ib puag ncig kev nyuaj siab
nyob rau hauv ntau lub nroog tau gentrified, suav nrog Boston's South
Xaus thiab qhov chaw ntawm Cambridge. Kev hloov pauv loj hauv Asmeskas kev lag luam
ob xyoo dhau los no tau tsim muaj nyiaj txiag tshiab. Tab sis dab tsi Manso tsis
lees paub tias qhov tshwm sim ntawm kev coj noj coj ua yog vim kev hloov pauv
cov qauv hauv kev nplua nuj thiab kev siv nyiaj, tsis yog homosexuality. Puas muaj leej twg
mus txog yuav ua li cas WASPs los ntawm Connecticut tau rhuav tshem Hamptons?
In
Manso lub ntiaj teb nws tsis muaj teeb meem pes tsawg tus gay neeg nplua nuj
tau tsiv mus rau Provincetown, muaj pes tsawg tus neeg muaj nyiaj ncaj ncees,
Muaj pes tsawg tus poj huab tais los yog txiv neej thiab poj niam tawv tawv nyob ntawm txoj kev,
los yog muaj pes tsawg tsev neeg nrog me nyuam tuaj rau hauv nroog. Manso's "pov thawj"
ntawm gay takeover ntawm Provincetown yog yuav luag tag nrho anecdotal.
Tsis muaj cov ntaub ntawv nyuaj thiab tsis muaj kev txheeb xyuas pej xeem. Rau qhov kawg,
kev ua haujlwm nyuaj ntawm kev tshawb fawb yuav tau punctured nws tus kheej-cuam tshuam,
Cov lus piav qhia yooj yim ntawm vim li cas Provincetown tau hloov pauv: nws nyiam
cov neeg nplua nuj, tsis txaus ntseeg "gays" vim tias muaj ntau dhau
"gays."
So
vim li cas cov liberals no tawm tsam "gay mafia" thiab cov
gay power cov neeg tseem ceeb ntawm lub sijhawm no hauv lub sijhawm? Ib qho yog vim li cas gay
kev txav mus los tau ua tiav. Cov neeg gay tau txais ntau dua tam sim no,
kev koom ua ke ntau dua rau hauv zej zog, tsawg dua yuav raug saib raws li kev tsis sib haum xeeb
thiab social outcasts. Tab sis nrog qhov kev lees paub los ntawm kev tsis meej pem
ntawm kev hloov pauv tsis kawg ntawm kev sib raug zoo, kev nom kev tswv, thiab kab lis kev cai ciam teb.
Ntau yam tshiab gay thiab lesbian visibility uas tau los ntawm qhov no
kev lees txais yog nyiam thiab txhawb nqa los ntawm kab lis kev cai heterosexual. Yuav ua li cas
Lwm qhov koj tuaj yeem piav qhia qhov muaj koob meej ntawm kev luag hauv cov yeeb yaj kiab
zoo li La Cage aux Folles, Tootsie, Thiab Rau Wong Fu,
Hlub Julie Newmar, los yog qhov tshwm sim ntawm gay-inspired tawv
thiab S/M fantasies nyob rau hauv Madonna cov yeeb yaj duab suab paj nruag thiab txawm nyob rau hauv mainstream
sit-coms? Tab sis lub feeb tsawg-tshaj-nrawm-tsim ciam teb
yog hla kab lis kev cai panic teeb nyob rau hauv.
thaum
gay neeg dhau los pom thiab xis taug kev hauv qab
txoj kev, raws li tau hais nyob rau hauv Provincetown, latent kev ntxhov siab txog
queerness kicks hauv. Suddenly, raws li Manso li vividly captures nyob rau hauv nplooj
tom qab nplooj ntawv ntawm nws phau ntawv, muaj ntau ntawm lawv tshaj peb thiab tag nrho cov
kev txhawj xeeb txog kev sib deev sib txawv thiab kev noj nyiaj txiag pib
roil ua.
Poj niam nyiam
thiab gays tau hloov qee yam hauv Provincetown, tsis yog vim lawv
yog txiv neej, tab sis vim lawv muaj nyiaj. Qhov dag ntawm qhov chaw
ntawm Manso phau ntawv yog cov neeg gay tau txeeb Ptown, lawv
xav tshem cov neeg ncaj, lawv siv tus chij zaj sawv los hem
thiab cais cov neeg nyiam sib deev, thiab lawv muaj tag nrho cov hwj chim.
Social
kev lees txais lossis kev zam rau cov neeg gay tau tshwm sim thiab nws muaj
tau qeeb thiab feem ntau mob txheej txheem rau ob homosexuals thiab heterosexuals.
Kev tawm tsam ntawm gay nyiaj thiab lub zog hauv Ovits's saib iav heev Fair
Interview thiab Manso's Ptown: Art, Sex, thiab Money on the
Sab nraud Cape yog ib qho qhia ntxiv tias theem tshiab ntawm kev sib raug zoo
kev lees paub yog nyias veneer uas tuaj yeem khawb tau yooj yim los qhia
kev ntshai, feem ntau hais nrog loathing thiab disdain, uas tseem
nyob hauv qab. Z
Michael
Bronski yog ib tug neeg sau xov xwm, kev thuam kev coj noj coj ua, thiab kev tawm tswv yim nom tswv
uas nws cov ntawv sau tau tshwm sim hauv Tnws Boston Globe,
Utne Reader, Los Angeles Times, Tus Kws Pab Tswv Yim, thiab Z Magazine.
Nws yog tus sau ntawm Kab lis kev cai sib tsoo: Kev Ua ntawm Gay Sensibility
(South End Press; 1984) thiab Txoj Cai Zoo Siab: Kev Sib Deev, Rov Qab
thiab Kev Sib Tw rau Gay Freedom (St. Martin's; 1998). Nws muaj
edited Flashpoint: Gay Txiv Neej Kev Sau Ntawv thiab noj
Kev ywj pheej: Gay Txiv neej Essays ntawm Txoj Cai, Kab lis kev cai thiab kev sib deev.