Gay at Woodstock: What Happened 50 Years Ago — Coolt Chary In The World This Week

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• ARE TWO DEMETRI MARTS TALKG ABOUT PLAYG GAY "TAKG WOODSTOCK"?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LYLE MASAKIAUGT 19, 2009/8:24 AMBY LYLE MASAKIAUGT 19, 2009 / 8:24 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ARE TWO DEMETRI MARTS TALKG ABOUT PLAYG GAY \"TAKG WOODSTOCK\"?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-08-19T12:24:15.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-08-19T12:24:15.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LYLE MASAKI","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEMETRI MART TAKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO FAR, WE HAVEN'T SEEN DEMETRI MART DO A LOT OF PROMOTN FOR HIS UPG MOVIE TAKG WOODSTOCK. FRIDAY NIGHT HE APPEARED ON THE TONIGHT SHOW, BUT BASED ON WEB SEARCH, APPEARS THE ONLY OTHER TIME HE HAS DISCSED THE MOVIE AND HIS GAY ROLE AT LENGTH WAS AN TERVIEW WH OM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MART'S TONIGHT SHOW APPEARANCE HAS BEE A TOPIC OF DISCSN FOR GAYS AFTER ANDY TOWLE LLED OUT THE GAY PANIC HUMOR THE SEGMENT (AND WE MENTNED THE BRIEFS YTERDAY). AFTER JOKGLY RSG MART, FELLOW GUT SHAQUILLE O’NEAL PRETENDS TO BE REPULSED BY MART AS HE TALKS ABOUT FILMG A SCENE WHERE WHERE HE KISS ANOTHER GUY. AS MART TELLS ON THE TONIGHT SHOW, FILMG THE SCENE WAS AN AWKWARD EXPERIENCE, PARTLY BEE HIS GIRLIEND HAD A ROLE . AS HE TOLD THE STORY TO CONAN O'BRIEN:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MART: THERE'S A SCENE THE MOVIE WHERE I HAVE TO KISS A GUY, WHERE I HAVE TO MAKE OUT WH THIS GUY. (AT THIS POT O'NEAL MOV AWAY OM MART) ANG [LEE], THE DIRECTOR SAID, LISTEN, THAT SCENE YOU HAVE TO KISS A GIRL FIRST, AND THEN YOU PH HER AWAY, AND THEN YOU KISS THE GUY. WE N ST YOUR GIRLIEND IF YOU THE DAY , AND I'M KD OF DREADG BUT I'M LIKE MY GIRLIEND WILL BE THERE SO THAT'S OL. WE DO THE FIRST TAKE. I KISS MY GIRLIEND, I HAVE TO PH PH HER AWAY. AND THEN I HAVE TO GO REALLY MAKE OUT WH THE GUY ONT OF HER. AND I HADN'T ANTICIPATED...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}O'BRIEN:THE WEIRDNS OF DOG THIS ONT OF YOUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MART: AND THEN, LIKE EIGHT TAK LATER -- WE KEEP DOG OVER AND OVER AGA. AND WAS WEIRD E WAS LIKE GIRLIEND, PH HER AWAY, GUY, OH YEAH I WANT TO KISS YOU, AND THEN, OKAY GIRLIEND AGA. I HAD LIKE 500 ALTOIDS THAT NIGHT. I THOUGHT WOULD MAKE A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}O'BRIEN: YOU'VE NEVER HAD TO KISS A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}O'BRIEN: IT WAS LLEGE!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT SOUNDS LIKE AN AWKWARD EXPERIENCE. NOT ONLY DO THE DIRECTOR OFFER TO EASE THE TENSN BY STG MART'S GIRLIEND FOR THE OPPOSE-SEX KISS, BUT HE SCRIB THE EXPERIENCE AS "WEIRD" AND END UP VOURG PLENTY OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW, FAIRNS TO MART, HE DON'T CLEARLY PLAY AS A GAY PANIC JOKE. SCE HE HASN'T HAD MANY ACTG ROL YET, THE AWKWARDNS ULD JT AS EASILY BE ABOUT FILMG A KISSG SCENE GENERAL. HIS HEAVY E OF ALTOIDS ULD BE A JOKE ABOUT FEELG SELF-NSC STEAD TRYG TO WIPE AWAY THE MEMORY OF KISSG A MAN. THERE'S ROOM TO HEAR GAY PANIC HUMOR OR JT AWKWARDNS FOR MART TAKG ON HIS FIRST DRAMATIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, THAT SOUNDS PRETTY DIFFERENT OM THE TIME HE TALKED TO ABOUT FILMG THAT SCENE:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE’S A SCENE WHERE I KISS A GUY – THE ONLY SCENE WHERE I HAVE A REAL KISS – AND I’M ON A DANCE FLOOR AND THE GIRLS PULL ME TO DANCE WH THEM MY FAY’S BAR THE MOTEL, AND THEY PULL ME ONTO THE DANCE AND A GIRL PLANTS A KISS ON ME AND THEN I PH AWAY OM HER. AND THEN A GUY GRABS ME AND SWGS ME AROUND AND KISS ME, AND AT FIRST I PULL BACK, LIKE WHO’S KISSG ME? AND THEN I SEE HIM AND I’M LIKE, ‘OH MY GOD – ’S YOU!’ AND THEN I GO BACK FOR THE KISS AND ’S MORE PASSNATE AND ’S REAL AND THERE’S A THARSIS AND EVERYBODY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SEND KISS – ONCE I PULL AWAY AND I GO BACK – I REMEMBER ASKG ONE OF THE GUYS ON THE CREW NAMED DAVID, ‘DID I SELL THAT WELL ENOUGH? LIKE DID THAT LOOK LIKE I WAS TO HIM ENOUGH?’ NOT THAT TAK A GAY GUY TO KNOW THAT. A GIRL PROBABLY ULD HAVE TOLD ME AS MUCH, BUT, I DON’T KNOW, THERE SEEMS TO BE A CERTA FERENCE AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE THE KISSG SCENE WAS STILL AWKWARD FOR MART, HIS BIGGT WORRY IS CLEARLY HIS PERFORMANCE. HE TURNS TO A GAY MAN ON THE CREW TO MAKE SURE HIS PERFORMANCE ME OFF AS THENTIC. ON THE TONIGHT SHOW, THE AWKWARDNS IS A MATTER OF FILMG A KISS WH A MALE -STAR AND HAVG HIS GIRLIEND VOLVED THE EXPERIENCE. HOWEVER, WHEN HE SCRIBED THE SCENE TO , THE SCENE WAS TIMIDATG BEE 'S A PIVOTAL MOMENT FOR THE CHARACTER, ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE NVCG FOR MART TO PULL OFF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT'S NOT THE ONLY NTRAST THAT STANDS OUT BETWEEN THE TWO TERVIEWS, HOWEVER. DISVERG HE WOULD BE PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER WASN'T A BIG AL WHEN HE TALKED WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I READ THE BOOK AND I’M LIKE, ‘OH, ’S ABOUT THE 60S [AND] WOODSTOCK. AND THEN THERE’S A CHAPTER ABOUT BEG GAY AND HIS FIRST GAY EXPERIENCE AS LIKE A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD KID OR SOMETHG MANHATTAN.’ AND I WAS LIKE, ‘OH, WA A MUTE.’ AND THEN BACK TO LIKE WOODSTOCK STUFF … OH, OL. AND THEN BACK TO MORE AND MORE TAIL, ABOUT S&M STUFF THAT AND A LOT OF STUFF HE WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WHEN MART SCRIB THE REALIZATN ON THE TONIGHT SHOW THERE'S A FE AWKWARDNS THE STORY. WHEN HE DISVERS HOW MUCH ELLT TOBER DISCS HIS SEXUALY THE BOOK, GIV HIM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I GOT A LL TO GO DN FOR [ANG LEE]. THEY TOLD ME WAS BASED ON A BOOK, TAKG WOODSTOCK, BASED ON A REAL GUY'S LIFE AND EVERYTHG. SO I STARTED READG THE BOOK RIGHT BEFORE THE DN, LIKE THAT WEEKEND. I READ THE FIRST CHAPTER AND 'S LIKE 'TAKG WOODSTOCK, 'S ABOUT WOODSTOCK. GREAT, I LOVE THE 60S, I N DO THIS.' CHAPTER TWO, 'I FIRST REALIZED I WAS GAY WHEN I WAS TWELVE.' I WAS LIKE, 'OKAY, THIS IS GOG TO BE TRICKY.'{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BACK TO WOODSTOCK THE NEXT CHAPTER. CHAPTER THREE, 'HE HAD ME PNED AGAST THE WALL.' ALL THIS KD OF STUFF. (GRIMAC) UH OH. BUT, ALL RIGHT, I ULD GIVE A SHOT, DO MY BT AND TRY TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ASI OM A FEW SHORT RED RPET TERVIEWS, MART HASN'T MUCH DISCSED TAKG WOODSTOCK OUTSI OF , A WEBSE FOCED ON HOW GAY MEN ARE PICTED THE MEDIA, AND THE TONIGHT SHOW, A LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW THAT REACH A WI DIENCE. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT MEANS IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY FOR SURE IF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO TERVIEWS IS JT A MATTER OF MART BEG A DIFFERENT AME OF MD ON DIFFERENT OCSNS, OR IF 'S A MATTER OF DISCSG THE ROLE DIFFERENTLY TO DIFFERENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MART AND LIEV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MART'S TONIGHT SHOW APPEARANCE ISN'T HELPED BY O'NEAL AND O'BRIEN'S ATTEMPTS TO JOKE ABOUT MART PLAYG GAY, AS THEIR GAY PANIC HUMOR LORS IMPRSNS OF HOW MART RETELLS HIS EXPERIENCE. HOWEVER, THERE'S AN UNFORTABLE DIFFERENCE HOW HE TALKED ABOUT HIS GAY ROLE WHEN TALKG TO A MASTREAM DIENCE AND A GAY DIENCE. IN TALKG WH AFTERELTON, HE ARTICULAT AN UNRSTANDG OF WHAT WAS LIKE FOR TOBER TO BE GAY 1969 WHEN POLICE HARASSMENT OF GAY PEOPLE WAS MON. ON THE TONIGHT SHOW, MEANWHILE, PLAYG GAY SOUNDS MORE LIKE AN AWKWARD SOCIAL SUATN TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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(PHOTO BY ANDREAS BRANCH/PATRICK MCMULLAN VIA GETTY IMAG)BY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEAUGT 16, 2019 / 10:58 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"CAN WE TALK ABOUT...? THE GAY GUY WHO MA WOODSTOCK HAPPEN 50 YEARS AGO","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-08-16T14:58:59.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-08-16T14:58:59.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","KEYWORDS":"CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT...? IS A WEEKLY SERI REALLY PULLG FOR GRACE AND KAREN TO IRON SH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WOODSTOCK HAS LONG BEEN RIGNED TO THE FADG MEMORY OF STRAIGHT WHE BABY BOOMERS AS THE LAST GASP OF THEIR IALISTIC YOUTH. OVER THE URSE OF THREE DAYS MID-AUGT 1969, ROCK GODS LIKE JIMI HENDRIX, JANIS JOPL, THE WHO, AND THE GRATEFUL DEAD PERFORMED FOR THE UNTERCULTURE SET THAT HAD WHOLLY EMBRACED THEIR SOUND ON A DAIRY FARM BETHEL, N.Y. BUT WHOUT THE HELP OF ELLT TIBER, A GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST WHO SECURED THE FARM FOR THE FTIVAL, WOODSTOCK—WHICH TURNS 50 THIS WEEK—MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TIBER DIED 2016, BUT BEFORE THAT HE PENNED TWO MEMOIRS ABOUT THE LEGENDARY FTIVAL, ONE 1994 AND ANOTHER 2007, THE LATTER BEG THE BASIS FOR ANG LEE'S 2009 FILM TAKG WOODSTOCK, WHICH TIBER IS PORTRAYED BY EDIAN DEMETRI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A FORMER YHIVA STUNT OM BROOKLYN, TIBER HELPED N HIS PARENTS' BETHEL MOTEL, EL MONA, ON THE WEEKENDS AND SERVED AS PRINT OF THE SMALL UPSTATE NEW YORK TOWN'S CHAMBER OF MERCE. DURG THE WEEK HE WORKED AS AN TERR RATOR MANHATTAN, WHERE AT NIGHT HE WOULD EQUENT THE GAY BARS, A HAB THAT TWO MONTHS BEFORE PLACED HIM SQUARELY ANOTHER WATERSHED MOMENT OF HISTORY: THE STONEWALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TIBER'S SIGN REER TOOK A H WHEN HE WAS CHARGED WH RATG A NIGHTCLUB OWNER'S BIRTHDAY PARTY ON A CISE SHIP. OUT ME THE RENTED PALM TRE AND "A BEVY OF MCLE BOYS VERED GOLD BODY PAT," BUT BEFORE YOU ULD SAY, "HEY, DADDY, WHERE ARE THE QUAALUS?," TIBER FOUND HIMSELF HUNKERED DOWN WH NOT JT A GAY IN, BUT THE GAY IN. THE NEW YORK TIM REUNTED THE CINT HIS OBUARY:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DURG THE CISE, A FIGHT BROKE OUT AT THE BAR, THEN SPREAD TO THE DG ROOM AND BEYOND. MR. TIBER WERED BEHD AN OVERTURNED TABLE WH JUDY GARLAND, AN IDOL OF HIS SCE CHILDHOOD. THE PALM TRE END UP THE RIVER. LEFT HOLDG THE BILL, MR. TIBER RETREATED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY THE TIME ANIZERS OF WHAT WOULD BEE THE WOODSTOCK FTIVAL WENT SNIFFG AROUND TOWN, JUDY WAS AD AND THE FIGHT FOR GAY CIVIL RIGHTS HAD BEGUN. THOSE ANIZERS, HOWEVER, EXISTED A WORLD APART, AND THEY JT WANTED TO FD A SPOT TO BRG THEIR PEACE, LOVE, AND ROCK 'N' {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WALLKILL, N.Y., WAS UNRPONSIVE TO THE IA OF LONG-HAIRED, UNWASHED, HIPPIE KIDS VADG THEIR TRANQUIL HAMLET. BUT AS PRINT OF THE BETHEL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, TIBER WAS THE POSN TO APPROVE THE FTIVAL PERM, AND OFFERED UP EL MONA AS HQ FOR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH WOODSTOCK IS OFTEN NSIRED A STRAIGHT DOMA, THE HIPPI' MANTRA OF EE LOVE SEEMED TO EXTEND BEYOND TRADNAL LABELS. IN FACT, ONE OF THE MOST INIC IMAG OF THE FLOWER-POWER '60S FEATUR AN 18-YEAR-OLD QUEER MAN NAMED GEE HARRIS GREETG RIFL AT THE 1967 MARCH ON THE PENTAGON WH RNATNS.BERNIE BOSTON/THE WASHGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAGARLINGTON, VA - OCTOBER 21 1967: GEE HARRIS STICKS RNATNS GUN BARRELS DURG AN ANTIWAR MONSTRATOR AT PENTAGON 1967. THEY TRIED FLOWER POWER ON MPS BLOCKG THE PENTAGON BUILDG ARLGTON, VA ON OCTOBER 21, 1967. (PHOTO BY BERNIE BOSTON/THE WASHGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HARRIS, PERFORMG UNR THE NAME HIBISC, WAS A -FOUNR OF THE PSYCHELIC GAY LIBERATN THEATER LLECTIVE THE COCKETT, WHICH FORMED 1969 SAN FRANCIS, THE NEX OF BOTH THE HIPPIE AND GAY MOVEMENTS. TIBER, FOR HIS PART, CERTALY BENEFED OM THE SEXUAL AND QUEER LIBERATN THAT PROLIFERATED THE AIR THE SUMMER OF '{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THOSE SIX WEEKS? WOW. THE PEOPLE WERE SO ENRICHG TO MY LIFE,” TIBER SAID OF ANIZG WOODSTOCK A 2008 TERVIEW WH THE MIAMI HERALD. "THEY OPENED UP WHOLE NEW WORLDS TO ME. I DIDN’T FEEL FAT, I DIDN’T FEEL UGLY. IT ENABLED ME TO MEET ALL KDS OF PEOPLE, TO ENJOY MYSELF. I GOT ED TO THAT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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ARE TWO DEMETRI MARTS TALKG ABOUT PLAYG GAY "TAKG WOODSTOCK"?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LYLE MASAKIAUGT 19, 2009/8:24 AMBY LYLE MASAKIAUGT 19, 2009 / 8:24 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ARE TWO DEMETRI MARTS TALKG ABOUT PLAYG GAY \"TAKG WOODSTOCK\"?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-08-19T12:24:15.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-08-19T12:24:15.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LYLE MASAKI","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEMETRI MART TAKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO FAR, WE HAVEN'T SEEN DEMETRI MART DO A LOT OF PROMOTN FOR HIS UPG MOVIE TAKG WOODSTOCK. FRIDAY NIGHT HE APPEARED ON THE TONIGHT SHOW, BUT BASED ON WEB SEARCH, APPEARS THE ONLY OTHER TIME HE HAS DISCSED THE MOVIE AND HIS GAY ROLE AT LENGTH WAS AN TERVIEW WH OM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MART'S TONIGHT SHOW APPEARANCE HAS BEE A TOPIC OF DISCSN FOR GAYS AFTER ANDY TOWLE LLED OUT THE GAY PANIC HUMOR THE SEGMENT (AND WE MENTNED THE BRIEFS YTERDAY). AFTER JOKGLY RSG MART, FELLOW GUT SHAQUILLE O’NEAL PRETENDS TO BE REPULSED BY MART AS HE TALKS ABOUT FILMG A SCENE WHERE WHERE HE KISS ANOTHER GUY. AS MART TELLS ON THE TONIGHT SHOW, FILMG THE SCENE WAS AN AWKWARD EXPERIENCE, PARTLY BEE HIS GIRLIEND HAD A ROLE . AS HE TOLD THE STORY TO CONAN O'BRIEN:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MART: THERE'S A SCENE THE MOVIE WHERE I HAVE TO KISS A GUY, WHERE I HAVE TO MAKE OUT WH THIS GUY. (AT THIS POT O'NEAL MOV AWAY OM MART) ANG [LEE], THE DIRECTOR SAID, LISTEN, THAT SCENE YOU HAVE TO KISS A GIRL FIRST, AND THEN YOU PH HER AWAY, AND THEN YOU KISS THE GUY. WE N ST YOUR GIRLIEND IF YOU THE DAY , AND I'M KD OF DREADG BUT I'M LIKE MY GIRLIEND WILL BE THERE SO THAT'S OL. WE DO THE FIRST TAKE. I KISS MY GIRLIEND, I HAVE TO PH PH HER AWAY. AND THEN I HAVE TO GO REALLY MAKE OUT WH THE GUY ONT OF HER. AND I HADN'T ANTICIPATED...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}O'BRIEN:THE WEIRDNS OF DOG THIS ONT OF YOUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MART: AND THEN, LIKE EIGHT TAK LATER -- WE KEEP DOG OVER AND OVER AGA. AND WAS WEIRD E WAS LIKE GIRLIEND, PH HER AWAY, GUY, OH YEAH I WANT TO KISS YOU, AND THEN, OKAY GIRLIEND AGA. I HAD LIKE 500 ALTOIDS THAT NIGHT. I THOUGHT WOULD MAKE A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}O'BRIEN: YOU'VE NEVER HAD TO KISS A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}O'BRIEN: IT WAS LLEGE!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT SOUNDS LIKE AN AWKWARD EXPERIENCE. NOT ONLY DO THE DIRECTOR OFFER TO EASE THE TENSN BY STG MART'S GIRLIEND FOR THE OPPOSE-SEX KISS, BUT HE SCRIB THE EXPERIENCE AS "WEIRD" AND END UP VOURG PLENTY OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW, FAIRNS TO MART, HE DON'T CLEARLY PLAY AS A GAY PANIC JOKE. SCE HE HASN'T HAD MANY ACTG ROL YET, THE AWKWARDNS ULD JT AS EASILY BE ABOUT FILMG A KISSG SCENE GENERAL. HIS HEAVY E OF ALTOIDS ULD BE A JOKE ABOUT FEELG SELF-NSC STEAD TRYG TO WIPE AWAY THE MEMORY OF KISSG A MAN. THERE'S ROOM TO HEAR GAY PANIC HUMOR OR JT AWKWARDNS FOR MART TAKG ON HIS FIRST DRAMATIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, THAT SOUNDS PRETTY DIFFERENT OM THE TIME HE TALKED TO ABOUT FILMG THAT SCENE:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE’S A SCENE WHERE I KISS A GUY – THE ONLY SCENE WHERE I HAVE A REAL KISS – AND I’M ON A DANCE FLOOR AND THE GIRLS PULL ME TO DANCE WH THEM MY FAY’S BAR THE MOTEL, AND THEY PULL ME ONTO THE DANCE AND A GIRL PLANTS A KISS ON ME AND THEN I PH AWAY OM HER. AND THEN A GUY GRABS ME AND SWGS ME AROUND AND KISS ME, AND AT FIRST I PULL BACK, LIKE WHO’S KISSG ME? AND THEN I SEE HIM AND I’M LIKE, ‘OH MY GOD – ’S YOU!’ AND THEN I GO BACK FOR THE KISS AND ’S MORE PASSNATE AND ’S REAL AND THERE’S A THARSIS AND EVERYBODY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SEND KISS – ONCE I PULL AWAY AND I GO BACK – I REMEMBER ASKG ONE OF THE GUYS ON THE CREW NAMED DAVID, ‘DID I SELL THAT WELL ENOUGH? LIKE DID THAT LOOK LIKE I WAS TO HIM ENOUGH?’ NOT THAT TAK A GAY GUY TO KNOW THAT. A GIRL PROBABLY ULD HAVE TOLD ME AS MUCH, BUT, I DON’T KNOW, THERE SEEMS TO BE A CERTA FERENCE AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE THE KISSG SCENE WAS STILL AWKWARD FOR MART, HIS BIGGT WORRY IS CLEARLY HIS PERFORMANCE. HE TURNS TO A GAY MAN ON THE CREW TO MAKE SURE HIS PERFORMANCE ME OFF AS THENTIC. ON THE TONIGHT SHOW, THE AWKWARDNS IS A MATTER OF FILMG A KISS WH A MALE -STAR AND HAVG HIS GIRLIEND VOLVED THE EXPERIENCE. HOWEVER, WHEN HE SCRIBED THE SCENE TO , THE SCENE WAS TIMIDATG BEE 'S A PIVOTAL MOMENT FOR THE CHARACTER, ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE NVCG FOR MART TO PULL OFF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT'S NOT THE ONLY NTRAST THAT STANDS OUT BETWEEN THE TWO TERVIEWS, HOWEVER. DISVERG HE WOULD BE PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER WASN'T A BIG AL WHEN HE TALKED WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I READ THE BOOK AND I’M LIKE, ‘OH, ’S ABOUT THE 60S [AND] WOODSTOCK. AND THEN THERE’S A CHAPTER ABOUT BEG GAY AND HIS FIRST GAY EXPERIENCE AS LIKE A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD KID OR SOMETHG MANHATTAN.’ AND I WAS LIKE, ‘OH, WA A MUTE.’ AND THEN BACK TO LIKE WOODSTOCK STUFF … OH, OL. AND THEN BACK TO MORE AND MORE TAIL, ABOUT S&M STUFF THAT AND A LOT OF STUFF HE WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WHEN MART SCRIB THE REALIZATN ON THE TONIGHT SHOW THERE'S A FE AWKWARDNS THE STORY. WHEN HE DISVERS HOW MUCH ELLT TOBER DISCS HIS SEXUALY THE BOOK, GIV HIM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I GOT A LL TO GO DN FOR [ANG LEE]. THEY TOLD ME WAS BASED ON A BOOK, TAKG WOODSTOCK, BASED ON A REAL GUY'S LIFE AND EVERYTHG. SO I STARTED READG THE BOOK RIGHT BEFORE THE DN, LIKE THAT WEEKEND. I READ THE FIRST CHAPTER AND 'S LIKE 'TAKG WOODSTOCK, 'S ABOUT WOODSTOCK. GREAT, I LOVE THE 60S, I N DO THIS.' CHAPTER TWO, 'I FIRST REALIZED I WAS GAY WHEN I WAS TWELVE.' I WAS LIKE, 'OKAY, THIS IS GOG TO BE TRICKY.'{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BACK TO WOODSTOCK THE NEXT CHAPTER. CHAPTER THREE, 'HE HAD ME PNED AGAST THE WALL.' ALL THIS KD OF STUFF. (GRIMAC) UH OH. BUT, ALL RIGHT, I ULD GIVE A SHOT, DO MY BT AND TRY TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ASI OM A FEW SHORT RED RPET TERVIEWS, MART HASN'T MUCH DISCSED TAKG WOODSTOCK OUTSI OF , A WEBSE FOCED ON HOW GAY MEN ARE PICTED THE MEDIA, AND THE TONIGHT SHOW, A LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW THAT REACH A WI DIENCE. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT MEANS IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY FOR SURE IF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO TERVIEWS IS JT A MATTER OF MART BEG A DIFFERENT AME OF MD ON DIFFERENT OCSNS, OR IF 'S A MATTER OF DISCSG THE ROLE DIFFERENTLY TO DIFFERENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MART AND LIEV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MART'S TONIGHT SHOW APPEARANCE ISN'T HELPED BY O'NEAL AND O'BRIEN'S ATTEMPTS TO JOKE ABOUT MART PLAYG GAY, AS THEIR GAY PANIC HUMOR LORS IMPRSNS OF HOW MART RETELLS HIS EXPERIENCE. HOWEVER, THERE'S AN UNFORTABLE DIFFERENCE HOW HE TALKED ABOUT HIS GAY ROLE WHEN TALKG TO A MASTREAM DIENCE AND A GAY DIENCE. IN TALKG WH AFTERELTON, HE ARTICULAT AN UNRSTANDG OF WHAT WAS LIKE FOR TOBER TO BE GAY 1969 WHEN POLICE HARASSMENT OF GAY PEOPLE WAS MON. ON THE TONIGHT SHOW, MEANWHILE, PLAYG GAY SOUNDS MORE LIKE AN AWKWARD SOCIAL SUATN TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Friday night he appeared on The Tonight Show, but based on web search, appears the only other time he has discsed the movie and his gay role at length was an terview wh om 's Tonight Show appearance has bee a topic of discsn for gays after Andy Towle lled out the gay panic humor the segment (and we mentned the briefs yterday). Not only do the director offer to ease the tensn by stg Mart's girliend for the oppose-sex kiss, but he scrib the experience as "weird" and end up vourg plenty of, fairns to Mart, he don't clearly play as a gay panic joke. There's room to hear gay panic humor or jt awkwardns for Mart takg on his first dramatic, that sounds pretty different om the time he talked to about filmg that scene:There’s a scene where I kiss a guy – the only scene where I have a real kiss – and I’m on a dance floor and the girls pull me to dance wh them my fay’s bar the motel, and they pull me onto the dance and a girl plants a kiss on me and then I ph away om her.

DEMITRI MARTIN ON GAY KISS IN TAKING WOODSTOCK

’ Not that tak a gay guy to know that.

THE UPROAR, UNCENSORED STORY OF WOODSTOCK, THE GAY MAN WHO MA IT HAPPEN

He turns to a gay man on the crew to make sure his performance me off as thentic. Disverg he would be playg a gay character wasn't a big al when he talked wh read the book and I’m like, ‘Oh, ’s about the 60s [and] Woodstock.

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And then there’s a chapter about beg gay and his first gay experience as like a twelve-year-old kid or somethg Manhattan. ' Chapter two, 'I first realized I was gay when I was twelve.

But, all right, I uld give a shot, do my bt and try to om a few short red rpet terviews, Mart hasn't much discsed Takg Woodstock outsi of, a webse foced on how gay men are picted the media, and The Tonight Show, a late night talk show that reach a wi dience. Unfortunately, that means is impossible to say for sure if the difference between the two terviews is jt a matter of Mart beg a different ame of md on different ocsns, or if 's a matter of discsg the role differently to different and Liev SchreiberMart's Tonight Show appearance isn't helped by O'Neal and O'Brien's attempts to joke about Mart playg gay, as their gay panic humor lors imprsns of how Mart retells his experience. However, there's an unfortable difference how he talked about his gay role when talkg to a mastream dience and a gay dience.

In talkg wh AfterElton, he articulat an unrstandg of what was like for Tober to be gay 1969 when police harassment of gay people was mon.

CAN WE TALK ABOUT...? THE GAY GUY WHO MA WOODSTOCK HAPPEN 50 YEARS AGOELLT TIBER HAD A VERY SPECIAL SUMMER 1969. HE WAS NOT ONLY AT STONEWALL, BUT ALSO HELPED FACILATE THE MOST FAMO MIC FTIVAL HISTORY.BY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEAUGT 16, 2019/10:58 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3600PX;WIDTH:2400PX;}ANDREAS BRANCH/PATRICK MCMULLAN VIA GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 17: ELLT TIBER ATTENDS 21ST ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS AT HYATT REGENCY CENTURY PLAZA HOTEL ON APRIL 17, 2010 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY ANDREAS BRANCH/PATRICK MCMULLAN VIA GETTY IMAG)BY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEAUGT 16, 2019 / 10:58 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"CAN WE TALK ABOUT...? THE GAY GUY WHO MA WOODSTOCK HAPPEN 50 YEARS AGO","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-08-16T14:58:59.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-08-16T14:58:59.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","KEYWORDS":"CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT...? IS A WEEKLY SERI REALLY PULLG FOR GRACE AND KAREN TO IRON SH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WOODSTOCK HAS LONG BEEN RIGNED TO THE FADG MEMORY OF STRAIGHT WHE BABY BOOMERS AS THE LAST GASP OF THEIR IALISTIC YOUTH. OVER THE URSE OF THREE DAYS MID-AUGT 1969, ROCK GODS LIKE JIMI HENDRIX, JANIS JOPL, THE WHO, AND THE GRATEFUL DEAD PERFORMED FOR THE UNTERCULTURE SET THAT HAD WHOLLY EMBRACED THEIR SOUND ON A DAIRY FARM BETHEL, N.Y. BUT WHOUT THE HELP OF ELLT TIBER, A GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST WHO SECURED THE FARM FOR THE FTIVAL, WOODSTOCK—WHICH TURNS 50 THIS WEEK—MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TIBER DIED 2016, BUT BEFORE THAT HE PENNED TWO MEMOIRS ABOUT THE LEGENDARY FTIVAL, ONE 1994 AND ANOTHER 2007, THE LATTER BEG THE BASIS FOR ANG LEE'S 2009 FILM TAKG WOODSTOCK, WHICH TIBER IS PORTRAYED BY EDIAN DEMETRI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A FORMER YHIVA STUNT OM BROOKLYN, TIBER HELPED N HIS PARENTS' BETHEL MOTEL, EL MONA, ON THE WEEKENDS AND SERVED AS PRINT OF THE SMALL UPSTATE NEW YORK TOWN'S CHAMBER OF MERCE. DURG THE WEEK HE WORKED AS AN TERR RATOR MANHATTAN, WHERE AT NIGHT HE WOULD EQUENT THE GAY BARS, A HAB THAT TWO MONTHS BEFORE PLACED HIM SQUARELY ANOTHER WATERSHED MOMENT OF HISTORY: THE STONEWALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TIBER'S SIGN REER TOOK A H WHEN HE WAS CHARGED WH RATG A NIGHTCLUB OWNER'S BIRTHDAY PARTY ON A CISE SHIP. OUT ME THE RENTED PALM TRE AND "A BEVY OF MCLE BOYS VERED GOLD BODY PAT," BUT BEFORE YOU ULD SAY, "HEY, DADDY, WHERE ARE THE QUAALUS?," TIBER FOUND HIMSELF HUNKERED DOWN WH NOT JT A GAY IN, BUT THE GAY IN. THE NEW YORK TIM REUNTED THE CINT HIS OBUARY:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DURG THE CISE, A FIGHT BROKE OUT AT THE BAR, THEN SPREAD TO THE DG ROOM AND BEYOND. MR. TIBER WERED BEHD AN OVERTURNED TABLE WH JUDY GARLAND, AN IDOL OF HIS SCE CHILDHOOD. THE PALM TRE END UP THE RIVER. LEFT HOLDG THE BILL, MR. TIBER RETREATED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY THE TIME ANIZERS OF WHAT WOULD BEE THE WOODSTOCK FTIVAL WENT SNIFFG AROUND TOWN, JUDY WAS AD AND THE FIGHT FOR GAY CIVIL RIGHTS HAD BEGUN. THOSE ANIZERS, HOWEVER, EXISTED A WORLD APART, AND THEY JT WANTED TO FD A SPOT TO BRG THEIR PEACE, LOVE, AND ROCK 'N' {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WALLKILL, N.Y., WAS UNRPONSIVE TO THE IA OF LONG-HAIRED, UNWASHED, HIPPIE KIDS VADG THEIR TRANQUIL HAMLET. BUT AS PRINT OF THE BETHEL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, TIBER WAS THE POSN TO APPROVE THE FTIVAL PERM, AND OFFERED UP EL MONA AS HQ FOR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH WOODSTOCK IS OFTEN NSIRED A STRAIGHT DOMA, THE HIPPI' MANTRA OF EE LOVE SEEMED TO EXTEND BEYOND TRADNAL LABELS. IN FACT, ONE OF THE MOST INIC IMAG OF THE FLOWER-POWER '60S FEATUR AN 18-YEAR-OLD QUEER MAN NAMED GEE HARRIS GREETG RIFL AT THE 1967 MARCH ON THE PENTAGON WH RNATNS.BERNIE BOSTON/THE WASHGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAGARLINGTON, VA - OCTOBER 21 1967: GEE HARRIS STICKS RNATNS GUN BARRELS DURG AN ANTIWAR MONSTRATOR AT PENTAGON 1967. THEY TRIED FLOWER POWER ON MPS BLOCKG THE PENTAGON BUILDG ARLGTON, VA ON OCTOBER 21, 1967. (PHOTO BY BERNIE BOSTON/THE WASHGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HARRIS, PERFORMG UNR THE NAME HIBISC, WAS A -FOUNR OF THE PSYCHELIC GAY LIBERATN THEATER LLECTIVE THE COCKETT, WHICH FORMED 1969 SAN FRANCIS, THE NEX OF BOTH THE HIPPIE AND GAY MOVEMENTS. TIBER, FOR HIS PART, CERTALY BENEFED OM THE SEXUAL AND QUEER LIBERATN THAT PROLIFERATED THE AIR THE SUMMER OF '{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THOSE SIX WEEKS? WOW. THE PEOPLE WERE SO ENRICHG TO MY LIFE,” TIBER SAID OF ANIZG WOODSTOCK A 2008 TERVIEW WH THE MIAMI HERALD. "THEY OPENED UP WHOLE NEW WORLDS TO ME. I DIDN’T FEEL FAT, I DIDN’T FEEL UGLY. IT ENABLED ME TO MEET ALL KDS OF PEOPLE, TO ENJOY MYSELF. I GOT ED TO THAT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

On The Tonight Show, meanwhile, playg gay sounds more like an awkward social suatn to overe. All of that asi, Ellt was livg a closeted life as a homosexual mutg between hom Bensonhurst, Brooklyn and the Catskills.

TAKG WOODSTOCK

As he tells the story his 1994 book, Knock on Woodstock: The Uproar, Uncensored Story of Woodstock, the Gay Man Who Ma It Happen, and How He Earned his Ticket to Free, Elltt was at the Stonewall rts June 1969 and he brought that activism wh him back to the Catskills that summer. Movie Featur by Ian Cadll on Augt 26th, 2009 at 2:43 PM NEW YORK CITY—When Liev Schreiber was offered a role Ang Lee’s Takg Woodstock, he uld see that the part of Vilma, a gay ex–army officer who drs women’s clothg, uld be plited, given that the film was set 1969—long before pri paras and gay marriage.

In addn, Vilma is a role mol of sorts for Ellt Tiber, the film’s protagonist, a gay man livg wh his parents upstate New York who has ncerns about g out of the closet.