Re: (TV) hedwig/jobriath

[eric s gregory <esgregory@uswest.net>]

so now i'm curious....is the hedwig musical based on
jobriath???
apparently , tod haynes has said here & there that "velvet
goldmine" owed more than a little/lot to jobriath's sad &
tragic star-crossed career.
(jobriath was perhaps the first openly 100% homosexual
rock/pop star ever...bowie et al only ever hinted at it or
else they copped the bi tag...i think his 2 recs were on a
major & there was a decent push on behalf of the rec label
at the time (72?), esp. in metros like nyc & la, but the
company decided he was too outre (not musically...it sounds
like a cross betwixt bowie's music hall stuff & earlier,
slightly glammier elton john) & subsequently bailed on
him...
he ended up in the chelsea hotel, sad & broke, working
cabarets & dies of aids in 82....none of his stuff is
currently available, tho morrissey (!) of all (sorta) people
was talking bout getting it reissued a coupla yrs ago).

chelsea girl wrote:
> 
> > not familiar with stephen trask or john
> > hedwig...ought i know em??
> it really depends -- _hedwig_ was an off-broadway
> musical about a chanteuse and failed transsexual who
> mentored a guy who became sort of a cross btwn bon
> jovi and david bowie.  the music is great, but the
> story can be off-putting for those who don't know what
> they're getting into.  if you liked _velvet goldmine_,
> this would also be of interest.
> 
> > sedated & pleased...but after a bourbon & 15 minutes
> > of (not too hard) reflection, i realized it wasn't
> > any different
> > from any other run of the mill hollywood, let's jerk
> > you round emotionally with no genuine payoff, piece
> > of shit...&
> it's becoming clear to me that crowe is crying like a
> spanked child to become the genx frank capra.  some of
> his stuff is charming, but he does have something of a
> virgin/whore complex (i just did a paper that dealt in
> part with _fast times at ridgemont high_, and couldn't
> completely articulate it in there), and when he gets
> into moralizing he falls on his face.  it's hard for
> me to get worked up over _af_ since there were so many
> other bad films this year (anyone here see _chick &
> buck_?  howsabout _goya in bordeaux_?) that were more
> worthy of my annoyance.
> 
> > crowe's lil stand in character was most
> > noxious...even execrable....
> i dunno.  i thought he was kinda cute, in a
> male-claire danes sort of way.  the character himself
> came off as jiminy cricket in a flannel shirt, though.
> 
> 
> my course advisor at suffolk actually gave me a copy
> of the meltzer piece both b/c he knew i liked bangs
> and because we'd been discussing _af_ for the past few
> weeks, debating its merits.  as i said, i can see
> where meltzer is coming from, since he was there, man.
> 
> 
> --chelsea
> 
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