Tuesday 30 March 2010

It's Big and it's Gay

More London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival frolics, this time with The Big Gay Musical.


As you'd expect, this film is as camp as a boy scout convention. The story revolves around an off-Broadway production (all oiled bodies and sub-Pink Narcissus colour schemes), and the off-stage lives of some of the cast.


There are two principal characters:


But in true Orwellian fashion, one of them is more principal than the other (I speak of the lovely Daniel Robinson, seen above to the right).


There's a rather promising chorus but they are used disappointingly little (they evoke strongly the drag queens from Torch Song Trilogy. And that's a big compliment).


And there's a modest role for comedian Steve Hayes. Or perhaps I should have written immodest, since he's playing God:


Steve was part of the delightful ensemble in delightful gay semi-musical Trick, one of my all-time favourite gay films.

But did I mention this was hunky Daniel Robinson's film?:


It also features a cameo from gay porn "star" Brent Corrigan -- although you'll see rather more of him in this next photo than you will in this surprisingly chaste film:


Er... did I mention it was Daniel Robinson's film...?:


Bugger it -- lost my thread completely.

Er... The Big Gay Musical is a low-budget, jolly, camp-as-Christmas, gay musical.

Yeah, I think that about sums it up.

4 comments:

nitrox11 said...

Just saw it today at the film festival. Fun! Full of the cutest guys too and you're right. Daniel Robinson in sex on a stick...

sticks said...

Couldn't agree more - great, gay, Gay entertainment. With candy on offer all through it. I'm waiting for April to come to buy the DVD.

Joe B. said...

The terrible acting and predictable plot ruined it for me.

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