Wednesday, May 23, 2012
GAY NOIR
Today's gay film was made for teevee. There are three others with the same private eye character.
Chad Allen plays Don Strachey (based on a series of books) a gay private eye in Albany NY.
He is married to his man Timmy and they lead a great life together.
This film is noir. It is, to some extent based on the Thin Man series. There is even a little white dog.
In this one everyone is gay. The private eye and the villains and the in betweens.
It is a film dedicated to the proposition that gays are pretty much like everyone else except for a few extraneous details. It is a thriller and a who dunnit and it is very good at that level.
It has a lot of humor. It is slick. There are a lot of in-jokes.
And it is even a little scary.
I will be watching the other ones next, if the mail delivers on time.
Chad Allen is a great actor and he has a full cast to do good ensemble with here.
It is a 4 out of Netflix5.
