{"product_id":"cruising-the-movies-a-sexual-guide-to-oldies-on-tv-9781584351719","title":"Cruising the Movies: A Sexual Guide to Oldies on TV","description":"\u003cb\u003eA writer casts an acerbic, queer eye on the greats and the not-so-greats of Hollywood's Golden Age. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRonnie Reagan's bizarre legs are sufficient reason to watch \u003c\/i\u003eJohn Loves Mary \u003ci\u003e(1949), a picture so \u003c\/i\u003eordinaire \u003ci\u003eit needs this bizarre touch. When the faces in this historic still from the Museum of Modern Art are cropped, Reagan could pass for a butch lez from the Women's Army Corps who is about to put the old make on a fluff (Patricia Neal).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e--from Cruising the Movies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCruising the Movies \u003c\/i\u003ewas Boyd McDonald's \"sexual guide\" to televised cinema, originally published by the Gay Presses of New York in 1985. The capstone of McDonald's prolific turn as a freelance film columnist for the magazine \u003ci\u003eChristopher Street, Cruising the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e collects the author's movie reviews of 1983-1985. This new, expanded edition also includes previously uncollected articles and a new introduction by William E. Jones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEschewing new theatrical releases for the \"oldies\" once common as cheap programing on independent television stations, and more interested in starlets and supporting players than leading actors, McDonald casts an acerbic, queer eye on the greats and not-so-greats of Hollywood's Golden Age. Writing against the bleak backdrop of Reagan-era America, McDonald never ceases to find subversive, arousing delights in the comically chaste aesthetics imposed by the censorious Motion Picture Production Code of 1930-1968.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetter known as the editor of the \u003ci\u003eStraight to Hell \u003c\/i\u003epaperback series--a compendia of real-life sexual stories that is part pornography, part ethnography--McDonald in his film writing reveals both his studious and sardonic sides. Many of the texts in \u003ci\u003eCruising the Movies \u003c\/i\u003ewere inspired by McDonald's attentive inspection of the now-shuttered MoMA Film Stills Archive, and his columns gloriously capture a bygone era in film fandom. Gay and subcultural, yet never reducible to a zany cult concern or mere camp, McDonald's \"reviews\" capture a lost art of queer cinephilia, recording a furtive obsession that once animated gay urban life. With lancing wit, \u003ci\u003eCruising \u003c\/i\u003ecelebrates gay subculture's profound embrace of mass culture, seeing film for what it is--a screen that reflects our fantasies, desires, and dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Boyd McDonald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Semiotext(e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Semiotext(e) \/ Active Agents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781584351719","brand":"Semiotext(e)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081309733001,"sku":"9781584351719","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_d4e71525-7aec-4d3c-8922-3c77f685bbb0.jpg?v=1782239205","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/cruising-the-movies-a-sexual-guide-to-oldies-on-tv-9781584351719","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}