![]() ![]() The meatiest sections, unsurprisingly, deal with Tales of the City, a string of novels that started as a newspaper serial, first in Marin County’s Pacific Sun in 1974, then two years later in the San Francisco Chronicle‘s inside back page. Kroot breaks down the film into titled chapters marked by animator Grant Nelleson’s colorful ‘ 70s-style graphics. But limited as it is, the issue is sufficiently contextualized to introduce a welcome edge of contention into what’s otherwise a breezy love letter. It steps a tad too gingerly over the thornier elements, such as Maupin’s outing of gay and lesbian celebrities - most notably erstwhile fling Rock Hudson when the Hollywood star was dying of AIDS-related causes. ![]() ![]() As much as the gentlemanly Southern charm of Maupin, now 73, and the lively interviews of famous friends and colleagues, it’s the fabulous archival material, summoning all the sexy swagger of the Castro back in its heyday, that makes the film so enjoyable. ![]()
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