http://blog.fawny.org/2007/07/22/flyerextrabold/ blog.fawny.org Thu, 26 May 2011 13:52:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-alpha-19896 http://blog.fawny.org/2007/07/22/flyerextrabold/comment-page-1/#comment-2273 Recognizable addition to the Cinema of Recognition  ¶  Personal Weblog of Joe Clark, Toronto Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:42:21 +0000 http://blog.fawny.org/2007/07/22/flyerextrabold/#comment-2273 [...] If, as I keep saying, pace Edmund White, that the function of gay literature is to induce the reader to nod and mutter “yes,” then the lesson I have learned from a quarter-century’s experience is that gay cinema is the Cinema of Recognition. If you can’t recognize yourself, the picture doesn’t work. Conversely, the only way a picture can work is if its portrayals are recognizable. Gay cinema is more steeped in archetypes than black comedies the fonts on whose posters tell you they suck. [...] [...] If, as I keep saying, pace Edmund White, that the function of gay literature is to induce the reader to nod and mutter “yes,” then the lesson I have learned from a quarter-century’s experience is that gay cinema is the Cinema of Recognition. If you can’t recognize yourself, the picture doesn’t work. Conversely, the only way a picture can work is if its portrayals are recognizable. Gay cinema is more steeped in archetypes than black comedies the fonts on whose posters tell you they suck. [...]

]]> http://blog.fawny.org/2007/07/22/flyerextrabold/comment-page-1/#comment-1619 This movie is sincere, say the squiggles ¶ Personal Weblog of Joe Clark, Toronto Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:30:19 +0000 http://blog.fawny.org/2007/07/22/flyerextrabold/#comment-1619 [...] Because if we used Flyer or Futura or even Gill Kayo, it would mean “this movie sucks.” [...] [...] Because if we used Flyer or Futura or even Gill Kayo, it would mean “this movie sucks.” [...]

]]> http://blog.fawny.org/2007/07/22/flyerextrabold/comment-page-1/#comment-1493 Steamfitting ¶ Personal Weblog of Joe Clark, Toronto Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:24:11 +0000 http://blog.fawny.org/2007/07/22/flyerextrabold/#comment-1493 [...] In other words, “This movie sucks,” say the fonts. [...] [...] In other words, “This movie sucks,” say the fonts. [...]

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