Monday, April 16, 2007
See Kelly Shine
And shine in his clothes, 98% of the time. I saw Terrence McNally's "Some Men" yesterday, a dozen or so vingettes of gay male life from the repressive mid-20th-century through today. Nine men play many characters taking us from marginalization through gay liberation and AIDS to contemporary gay horizons such as marriage, group therapy, parenthood, and on-line cruising. The play is framed by a gay wedding and anchored by the deft and nuanced acting of Kelly AuCoin, who is straight and whose wedding rehearsal dinner I attended as his wife's brother's partner. Kelly's character bravely breaks from closeted married existence in the early 60s and his trajectory and development spin a thread through many vignettes."Some Men" has some flaws, and sometimes lapses into stereotype and sometimes needs more subtlety and insight. But it's dead-on and affecting more often than not and its most wince-inducing moments are painfully realistic, especially the internet dating and group therapy scenes. I appreciated that the cast was diverse in age and appearance. Several vignettes might have made interesting full-length play, such as the 1920s gay patrician banker and his poor Irish chauffeur/lover. Oddly, I'm appreciating the play even more as I digest it, hours later..
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