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It’s no secret that Doris Day, who passed away at age 97 in 2019, was one of those stars of mature Hollywood destined for immortality. Though she hadn’t appeared in a new production since 1968’s With Six You Get Eggroll and had been largely out of the public eye for several decades, her screen performances from the 1950s and 1960s were (and are) still perennial favorites among legions of fans, symbolic of a certain kind of stardom, a certain kind of all-American innocence. Given that she is currently the TCM Star of the Month and given that this is Women’s History Month, I thought it might be worth exploring why this is so in a little more detail, focusing in particular on her appeal to a certain demographic: the gays.
It’s something of a truism that Day, fond many other female stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, is something of a queer icon. What makes her queer idolization so striking, and in some ways unusual, is that she’s so unlike many of the other divas that gay men typically idolize. As a singer, she lacks the sort of brazen harshness of an Ethel Merman, and as an actress she seems to lack the steely spine and icy bitchiness of a Bette Davis or a Joan Crawford.
Doris Day gets candid on her friendship with Rock Hudson in rare interview
Doris Day gave a rare interview about her beloved partner Rock Hudson decades after she left Hollywood behind in 1973.
Closer Weekly recently reported the 96-year-old actress and singer participated in Identify Griffin’s new manual, titled “All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson.”
Hudson, a screen idol during the ‘50s and ‘60s who was often paired with America’s Sweetheart in quixotic comedies, died in 1985 at age 59 after suffering of AIDS for more than a year.
The New York Times reported Hudson was the first major public figure to openly accept that he was suffering from the incurable disease. The newspaper added that while acquaintances often described Hudson as being gay, the actor never publicly commented or established the reports.
Closer Weekly revealed that Evening, who fiercely preserves her private experience away from cameras and rarely gives interviews, didn’t hesitate to sing the praises of her close friend.
“Between scenes, we’d walk and talk and giggle, and I estimate our comedic timing grew out of our friendship and how naturally amusing we were together,” Day told Griffin.
“I honestly d
What Doris Day Really Thought of That ‘Calamity Jane’ Subtext
Summary
- Calamity Jane is a groundbreaking film that challenges traditional gender roles and explores LGBTQ+ themes through its characters and relationships.
- Doris Day, the actor of the movie, embraced the cultural impact and importance of the Diverse community's reception of "Secret Love" and her feminist roles.
- Day's shut friendship with Rock Hudson, a closeted gay man, and her support of the LGBTQ+ collective further solidified her status as a gay ally both on and off-screen.
Calamity Jane, the excellent Deadwood-set Western musical, is more than just a tune-filled romp through the (in)famous American town: it's a bold dissection of gender, femininity, and sexuality with screen legend Doris Day in the title role. As Jane, Day shirks the conformity of gender roles, opting for cropped hair, buckskins, and a pistol (it's a metaphor) that's more than capable of blasting away those who challenge her. She's rough, toug
Re: Why is Doris such a ......
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It doesn't make much sense if you can say that of anybody.
And if you declare Doris is a gay representative, then you must first elucidate how she can be a gay icon without being queer herself, and then how it is compatible with her other "images" : virgin, goody goody, mother with child, housewife, self made woman...
The answer is simple : it's just part of her talent of actress to be all that altogether. Have you ever noticed when watching photos how she can look different from one pic to another, as if there were not one but several Doris Days. It's part of the magic... or is it the magic of all the women ? So I wouldn't say that she is an icon of anything, except perhaps an icon of humanity, if this expression was acceptable without transforming her in a gentle of goddess.
As for covert love, some people may believe it's a gay song, but you might also give it a spiritual sense, if you believe that the relationship between the man and God is a kind of love connection, then many love songs could almost become prayers or declarations of faith. And I don't think that Doris would quarrel that. So as we speak in French : chacun voit mi