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The Boys in the Band: once banned in Australia, this pre-gay liberation story is now a fond, funny Netflix remake – The Conversation AU
Judged by gay activists to be a cruel and outdated film almost 50 years ago, what can a remake of The Boys in the Band offer today?
The Boys in the Band, a remake of a 1970 film based on a 1968 play, has arrived on Netflix with little fanfare.
The film tells the story of Michael, a Hermés scarf-loving, Manhattan-dwelling gay man who is hosting a birthday party for a friend. Intended as a small event for seven gay men, a straight former college buddy of Michaels also arrives unexpectedly. The party, to put it mildly, does not go well.
The guest of honour is Harold, a former figure skater who, in his spectacular party entra…
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