DVDS only I could love and other random thoughts

Kelli Dunham — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:03:57 +0000

Because I’ve been doing a lot of mindless work, fixing stuff on this new site so I’ve been watching or, kind of watching, a number of DVDs lately to keep me mildly entertained while doing tedious tasks. I’ve recently discovered that the Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch has an almost limitless supply of DVDs Only Kelli Could Love. Lots of church history, geography, old old old National Geographic specials, movies that were in the theaters for seven days, self help and inspirational DVDs and OH OH OH the documentaries. This is especially helpful because I’ve watched almost every documentary Netflix offers on demand. Netflix has run out of suggestions and have started telling me I might like the DVDs in the category of “intense indie movies” which are kind of what documentaries mostly are anyway.

Some random observations:
A. Are all older movies homoerotic or just the ones I pick out? I watched Jesus Christ Superstar right after A Chorus Line and I really do think that the former was even gayer than the latter. Which is no small feat considering even the women in A Chorus Line look like gay men.

B. Yes, I know I’m five years behind, but I hadn’t seen any of Trans-Generation and was glad the BPL had the series on their shelves. It’s definitely firmly seated in the Well, That Could Have Been Much Worse category. You know what was intensely weird about that series? How much they showed all the subjects brushing their teeth. I mean, why all the B reel of oral hygiene? That Lucas kid especially, every single time they had a voiceover there he was, toothbrush in hand. Okay LOGO/Sundance, we get it: Transfolk have minty clean breath. There are worse stereotypes, I suppose.

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DVDS only I could love and other random thoughts