" I'd like to say being a "gay band" means being gay and being in a band, but most of my band mates are gay and we've never really had that classification. I'm not sure if it’s based on the type of music we make or the community we come from, but I've always wondered why we seem to be exempt from the label. It probably has to do with the fact there are a lot of stereotypes of what a gay band — particularly lesbian-identified band — should sound like, and we don't really fit in with those stereotypes, which is confusing....
...It’s confusing because I have always been careful to separate my sexuality from my music and have always made it clear in interviews that they are two very different things. I am a musician first, and a lesbian second. But I think in doing this I've sort of discredited the fact that being gay is a huge part of who I am and definitely effects the music I make. I'd like to be recognized as someone who makes interesting, experimental music and also identifies as queer, especially because I really believe there needs to be a wider variety of queer representation in music."
"Lesbians and gays do need their own culture, as any subgroup does, including the sub-group of heterosexuality but the problems start when we assume that the fact of our queerness bestows on us special powers.”
“It would be a pity of lesbians and gay men retreated into the same kind of cultural separatism. We learn early how to live in two worlds, our own and that of the dominant model, why not learn how to live in multiple worlds?”
Black Swan
Colin Firth has been an overlooked asset for as long as I can remember by the Academy, nominated for A Single Man last year and multiple other nominations but none was enough for the Academy Panel. As of this year, he fits the standard. The panel loves an actor who can either be angry and deep or a historical figure and if you're lucky, you can get both in one person. Firth as the stuttering King George VI who needs some speech help, the role itself seems rather monotonous but for the actor himself, it's about damned time.
Again, I may be biased - but who else looks more lovely under Aronofsky's heavily textured grainy filters of intentional or unintentional 75 millimeter? Natalie Portman's performance by critics has been name-called to stiff to uninspiring and merely a victim to an overproduced movie. But that is the point, whether we look at the movie as a modern day answer to magical realism or a satire, Portman's performance as Nina a victim to the tight fasciousness of her mother and her dance instructor. Or the performance of what it truly means to be a method actor, Portman's ability to show that magical realistic characters is possible - despite the possibility of the Academy's attempts of being consistently politically correct of possibly award the Best Actress to Annette Bening for the Kids are Alright. So the real question is, can fantasy/magical realism possibly outweigh PC reality?
Boil elbow noodles as long as needed while simultaneously dicing velveeta.
In a greased casserole dish, mix all ingredients together then place in oven 400 degrees for 45 minutes. Occasionally stir to mix cheeses together.
Serve.
