Historicist: "The city that nobody loves"
Elsewhere in the Ist-a-Verse
We love giving away free stuff, and since it's Pride Week, why not go with a theme? Thanks to our friends at Morningstar Entertainment, we've got two Pride-related DVD prize packs to give away. Here's what's included in each:
A story of two school pals ostracized by their friends and family, The Two of Us was once the most controversial film ever produced by the BBC. Causing an political uproar when first aired in 1987, the film could only be shown at night and the Thatcher government forced a new version to be cut where the character of Phil returns to his girlfriend in the conclusion, leaving his gay tendencies behind (this DVD is the original version with the intended ending).
Created by Aaron Star, founder of New York's Hot Nude Yoga (link not safe for work!), Better Sex Through Yoga: For Gay Men is a full-body workout that claims to help make sex more satisfying. The obvious benefit is flexibility, but Star says the routines will help develop more intense, full-body orgasms. Whomever wins this, get back to us on that, 'cause we're skeptical.
The Ballad of Eskimo Nell is a traditional folk poem by an unknown author. Vilified by some as misogynistic, the bawdy poem tells of a "harlot named Eskimo Nell" who gives a bad case of the drips to Mexican Pete and Deadeye Dick. The DVD is a campy story (filmed in the U.K. in 1975) about how three inexperienced filmmakers try to make a movie based on the poem, ending up with four different versions made for four different financial backers—each conducted in the worst possible taste. Eskimo Nell has become a cult satire on adult filmmaking (rather tame, it was intentionally rated "X" in Britain), and is chock-full of inside jokes on the film industry.
Lastly, we've got an Eating Out double feature. In the original Eating Out, Kyle (played by American Idol's Jim Verraros—he's the one who had the deaf parents) lets his straight roommate and object-of-affection Caleb know that by playing gay, he can get any woman he wants. The film also starts Desperate Housewives' Ryan Carnes. In Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds, Kyle pretends to be straight in order to curry favour with Troy, horrifying his ex-boyfriend, who's got a different plan.
The contest will run until next Tuesday, and all you have to do to enter is be 18+ and answer the question below. The two winners will be chosen randomly and you'll be contacted via email if you've won.
add to stumble upon
add to reddit
tweet this
post to facebook
FWIW Pride includes lesbians, even though your giveaway doesn't. Homo-centric bs like this is why there's a dyke march. Just sayin.
Yeah, we know...that's why the question brought up the Dyke March as a reminder—but we didn't choose what DVDs we had to give away.
Including the question is offensive rather than inclusive. Torontoist's lack of control over the dvd selection is no excuse - the giveaway still propagates lesbophobia. Shame.
I didn't include it for the purpose of patronizing lesbians—I included it to remind people that the Dyke March is important, and we've been covering Pride in past posts and today's lit listings (as well as some more posts we have coming up) that are more inclusive. If you know of others that you'd like to see listed, let us know.
Also, if there are those who feel like we could use some finessing in certain areas (like the voices of queer women, for example) we're hiring and are always on the lookout for good writers that fit our style.
Finally, half the many entries to win the DVDs so far have been women (whatever that means).
As expected for our next prize pack, they supplied us with six films geared toward gay women, so we'll run that giveaway before the weekend.
These DVDs look terrible.
Can you imagine how badly this giveaway would be lampooned if the same DVD covers had nothing to do with Pride?