STONEWALL 2015 - THE TRAVESTY

Thoughtful interview with actor praised by all for performance in film failing at box office that "Vanity Fair called the movie "terribly offensive, and offensively terrible," while The Times said it "shortchanges [the] pivotal gay rights moment." Many on social media added their thoughts using the trash can emoji to express their disdain. I agree with the critics; it's a travesty and abomination and more detailed comments I posted elsewhere. But the actor makes a point here that reflects my thinking after reading the immense number of comments on the film's FB page and the queerty web site: discussion of the events portrayed and the status of gay and transgender's in today's society is sorely needed.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-stonewall-jonny-beauchamp-20151001-story.html

More from the article reflecting my point of view and the poor box office: By featuring the fictional character as the main instigator of the riots — though most accepted accounts attribute that role to drag queens, street kids and transgender women of color — online backlash accused the film of erasing an already marginalized minority within the LGBT community.

An online petition calling for a boycott of the picture seems to have had an effect, with "Stonewall" pulling in only $112,414 in its first weekend. That's an average of $871 per screen of the 129 screens in its limited release, according to box-office figures."

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153476351576622&set=a.10151494463681622.450599.582911621&type=3&theater 


so many comments - really it's overwhelming - on the FB page of of the new stonewall movie it was hard to find mine. they are overwhelmingly negative. seems to me the director could have been creative and not so lazy and created an original story based on the era based on original characters and who could whine. plenty but that's beside the point. you can't blame an original story for distorting history it's not meant to recreate. he found it easier to take an actual historical event - and not just any event but the most significant event in modern LGBT history and created a fictional white character because focus groups found that straight people were more comfortable seeing white guys throw bricks than black or puerto rican trans. that's not saying there weren't white people there, there were plenty. nor i am saying that the movie excludes portrayals of black and PR trans - there are plenty. the fact that the director is gay makes it worse to me and i question his integrity and self esteem. why should we care what straights think - our rights are enshrined in the Constitution not dependent on the evolution of thinking among straights. sure acceptance helps but how does it help to make gay characters so white washed and straight acting to gain acceptance among straights who will then expect real gay people to be like those portrayed in the movie and then when they meet real gay people who are not like that how does that help? it doesn't it's counterproductive and oppressive and i am disgusted. i am not telling anyone what to do this is my view. you can like, or positively comment, or wittily or creatively comment supportively or articulately present another point of view that is not negative, or you can move on.
I finally found the movie i was thinking of and remember it as being fictional yet authentic, inclusive, historic and trail blazing. Recommend Stonewall 1995 or the PBS documentary Stonewall Uprising and the documented articles accurately describe history that occurred in the life time of so many still living today, including the actual rioters and brick throwers and demonstrators so distorted by this film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114550/

Just ran across this on the film maker's own FB page where he's getting trashed worse than on the movie or queerty page; very amusing and fulfilling, and best of all, for those like me a little slow at recognizing parody when i see it - it says Parody right on the title.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3PcbgNpJIk&feature=share