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REEL
FRIENDS! |
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Imagine a no-holds-barred deconstruction of the
latest movies and DVD releases (and maybe some
TV and websites thrown in!), where the reviewers
are not getting paid nor have allegiance to any studio.
Imagine an "Ebert and Roeper" type of show where the
critics tell the audience the truth about movies
from a gay perspective.
Voila! No need to strain your brain any further-
GAYRADIO'S (R) Reel Friends is such a show,
brought to us by a bevy of self-proclaimed critics,
who are every day people. Read their bios below.
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WILL CLARK is a producer, fundraiser,
MC, performer and writer who has been
involved in the gay adult entertainment
industry for the past decade. In New
York, he produces and hosts two regular
weekly events, Porno Bingo and Porn
Idol.
Having
raised over half a million dollars for
charities in the past nine years,
Will is also the creator of
the annual Bad Boys Pool Party
in Palm Springs, the Bad Boys on the
Hudson Sea Tea in New York and other
"Bad Boys" events . Additionally, Will
performs his one man show, ALTERED EGO,
at gay/lesbian theatres about his life
in the gay porn industry and writes a
weekly news column, "Porn Star
Confidential" for websites, magazines
and columns for AllBoy and BadPuppy
magazines, as well as the popular
"Will Clark MANhattan Newsletter"
about New York events for his site and
newyorkqnews.com. You can find more
about him at
willclarkusa.com,
badboyspoolparty.com and
willclarkpresents.com.
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Anil Vora |
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Anil was
born and raised in Bombay, India, where
life itself is a cross between a Fellini
fantasia, an epic William Wyler drama,
and absurdist comedy of Charlie Chaplin
all directed by the culturally
appropriate flair of Mira Nair. Like
many Indians, he realized very early on
that he wasn't born into the life of a
princess. The only way to dull that pain
was to surrender to the magic that is
Bollywood cinema. Since all Bollywood
movies are musicals, Anil learned to
sing and dance before he could talk and
walk.
Flash forward to the mid-1980s when Anil
came to the United States. He
quickly realized that he wasn't going to
have the life of a princess here either.
That's when he converted to the church
of Hollywood cinema. On "Reel Friends
with Anil and Andy" he shares with us
nearly four decades of obsession with
cinema. His reviews come from a
fascination with how cinema influences
masses of people at the cultural,
political and creative levels.
When asked if someone were to make a
movie of Anil's life who would he like
to play his part, he says, "Emma
Thompson, of course. In brown face.
Movies can - and do - make us believe in
anything."
For
comments or questions about Bollywood
films, please e-mail Anil at sanyoga@speakeasy.net
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T.B. Lawrence is a freelance writer and
film buff who has written for The
Pasadena Weekly and Forefront.
He obtained a B.A. in Creative Writing
from Antioch University, and is
currently studying towards his M.A. in
Film/Screenwriting while working on a
feature-length screenplay. Among his
other interests are travel, hiking,
music, and classic cars. Born and raised
in New York, he currently lives near Los
Angeles. |
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Andy Caldwell |
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Andy was
born and raised in the
culturally-challenged wilds of north
Idaho by two very loving and very
Fundamentalist Christian parents. Their
religion told them that most television
and cinema was "of the devil," and hence
limited young Andy's access to popular
culture.
In 1977,
after relentless begging and pleading from Andy,
his parents
finally allowed him to see his first
live-action film, "Close Encounters of
the Third Kind". That experience seeded
his life-long appreciation of film,
drama, and photography. When he wasn't
sneaking peeks at reruns of original
sci-fi hits "Star Trek"
or "Twilight Zone," he was making little
8mm movies with the camera Mom & Dad
had given him for Christmas.
He
realized at quite an early age that he was "different"
when he found himself fascinated with a
nearly-nude Patrick Duffy strutting
around NBC-TV in swim trunks as "The Man
From Atlantis." Taunted by his peers for
his developing queerness,
he fled to a series of Christian private
schools, then started college at 17,
studying creative writing and
publishing. In the English
department, he found himself naturally
drawn to the community of "Drama" people, eventually
writing, acting and directing plays in
college and at the local civic theater.
After college, Andy moved to Seattle in
1993, where he continues his fascination
with pop culture and indulges his
current passion of photography.
Eventually, Andy's
parents learned to embrace
their son's differentness, supporting
his artistic endeavors and welcoming his
boyfriends like family. As his parents, unfortunately,
have now both gone "to be with
the Lord", he can watch all the
movies and TV he likes. |
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