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Day: 10 December 2017

  • THEATRE REVIEW | Callisto a queer epic, Arcola Theatre, London

    ★★★ | Callisto, Arcola Theatre London

    CREDIT Lidia Crisafull

    Callisto is four tales for the price of one in a time travelling epic concerning queer people in different eras. They’re not stand alone stories but are interspersed and entwined with each other. Basically, it’s a poor man’s ‘Cloud Atlas’ but with LGBT people. The first tale is about opera singer Arabella who’s married to another woman and about to be exposed and get herself in some serious trouble. Secondly, Alan Turing is talking to the mother of the boy who was his first love. Thirdly, Tammy is on the trail of a hot porn actress who she’s become infatuated with. Finally, CAL is an A.I. in the future who’s fallen for a human.

    They’re a mixed bag of plays which don’t all work as well as they might and there’s something derivative about the whole set-up at times. The scenes about the 17th-century female couple are the strongest and the Alan Turing scenes are cleverly written but lack much drive, floundering in parts. The other two sections fare less well, especially the futuristic part. If the future involves talking in strange mixed up speech whilst wearing bicycle lights shining down your legs and tee-shirt, culottes combos with odd side ties then count me out of it.

    The production has merits with strong acting and a wry sense of humour but doesn’t quite fill its potential. Regardless, it’s an engaging evening and worthy of a look.

    Callisto a queer epic is playing at the Arcola Theatre, London

     

     

  • Max Emerson gives us bulge goals

    Max Emerson just lays it all out for us… thank you.

    Sexy actor and model, Max Emerson knows how to please the crowd and he’s not afraid to flash a bit of flesh for his thirsty fans.

    The 29-year-old left some of his followers on Instagram speechless after releasing a photo from an underwear shoot in which he wasn’t wearing much but was sporting a rather large bulge.

    Posting to his 850,000 plus fans he joked that he just “woke up like this” – which gives a whole new meaning to morning glory.

    The star is not adverse to showing off his nekkid body either – he recently surprised his followers with this rather cheeky view.

     

    @25hourshotels said they’d comp my stay if I feature the room on insta. So there you go. Thanks guys!

    A post shared by Max Emerson (@maxisms) on

  • Stormzy is the BBC’s Artist Of The Year

    The BBC has announced that Stormzy is their “Artist Of The Year” despite homophobic Tweets found on the performer’s Twitter timeline.

    Hip Hop artist Stormzy has been made the BBC’s “Artist Of The Year”. The announcement comes weeks after Stormzy was criticised for homophobic tweets found on his Twitter timeline. Tweets which he later apologised for in a heartful statement.

    He was given the award at the BBC’s annual Music Awards.

    In 2015 the BBC named him on the BBC Influential Sound of 2015 list.

    The tweets, some of which date back to 2011 use homophobic slurs, like “no homo” and “faggot” to blast critics on his social media account. At least one was aimed at an actor for dancing on an advert. The tweets were sent from his account before he achieved chart success in 2017.

    Successful Self Release

    Stormzy self-released his album earlier this year and achieved a number 1 album in the UK charts, selling at least 100,000 records – achieving a Gold disk.

     

     

     

  • COLUMN | Don’t we all end up paying for sex?

    Recently I read an article about the increasing number of young men who pay for sex.

    Welcome to the club. In the gay world, middle-aged and older men have had to cope with ageism being against them and the cultural desire of a younger sexier partner driving them for the wallet, cash and for convenience – credit card.

    Men are not alone in this. These days there are many high flying single women who have the desire for ‘action, based on attraction for short-term satisfaction‘ but not the time for a long-term relationship and its longer-term complications and commitments.

    There are probably many other married men, women, and LGBT+ people too who have considered just making it a contractual exchange based on the oldest of professions.

    In the past, there have been campaigns to outlaw prostitution in all of its forms. As a society, we couldn’t do it without appearing to be hypocrites. In one way or another, we all pay for sex. Whether it is chancing your arm and buying the person who smiles at you in a bar a drink, or taking someone out on a date for a meal or a trip to the zoo. In many ways, the motivations have the same long-term objective.

    If you pay for sex, you know how long the foreplay is likely to last, especially if it is ‘on the clock.’ When you try to seduce and entice, it is an entirely different matter and in many ways more costly, whether counting the hours in pursuit or the mounting cost of getting a shag.

    It turns out most of us have something in common, and it is that we are ‘buy-sexual; if we want it, we have to pay for it.

     

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