Our season concludes with a look at Beautiful Thing. Jonathan Harvey's gay teen romance is as charming today as it was in 1996.

 Blake Edwards co-wrote and directed this glamorous remake of the 1933 musical. This Julie Andrews vehicle still has a lot to say about sexuality and gender roles. 

Foes to Friends to Lovers is a classic romcom formula. But what happens when the central couple never stops fighting? Dan Bucatinsky’s All Over the Guy pairs two men who make each other miserable in this sour romance. 

When Klaus makes a gay friend his mother panics. This German gay-sploitation film underwent many rewrites to please the censors. Bewildered Youth portrayed sympathetic gay characters long before Hollywood would try.

 Tom Gustafson’s musical, Were the World Mine, sets A Midsummer Night’s Dream in a modern high school. Timothy, a bullied teen, casts a spell that makes his tormentors fall in love with people of the same sex. My guest and I have mixed feelings about the work. 

Joe Mantello directed a remake of Mart Crowley’s The Boys in the Band for Netflix last year. Eight gay men attend a birthday party. Things fall apart when a surprise guest arrives. This episode contains plot spoilers and strong language.

Greg Berlanti wanted The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy to showcase the gay men he wasn’t seeing represented in mainstream media. The starry cast plays a group of friends in West Hollywood. We discuss our favorite characters and analyze the film’s mixed messages about gay friendships.This episode contains plot spoilers. The Broken Hearts Club is currently available on multiple streaming services. Musical theme from PodSummit and Creative Commons Zero. You can follow Rainbow Colored Glasses on Letterboxd and Twitter. 

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert follows three drag performers on a road trip across the Australian Outback. The film was a critical and box office hit. It revitalized the careers of stars Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce and Terrence Stamp. But writer and director Stephan Elliott received push back for some controversial scenes. We gave it a fresh look in 2020.This episode contains plot spoilers, explicit language and mature subject matter. Priscilla is currently available through Amazon, Google Play, YouTube and TUBI. We cite a film analysis by Culture Critic Matt Baume which can be viewed here. Musical theme from PodSummit and Creative Commons Zero. You can follow Rainbow Colored Glasses on Letterboxd and Twitter. 

David Secter was 22 years old when he wrote and directed Winter Kept Us Warm. The film follows two students, Doug and Peter, at the University of Toronto. Doug starts to realize he wants more from Peter than friendship. Same-sex activity was illegal in Canada in 1965 so Secter removed all direct references to it from his script. The relationship became ambiguous enough to sneak past the censors and win a spot at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2020 the subtext is clear. This episode contains spoilers and strong language. 

In our last episode we covered the 1999 romcom Trick. We followed up with a discussion of how we would adapt it into a musical. Are we out of our minds? Or is this a great idea? This episode contains spoilers and strong language.