Checking out the new advertisement for the documentary Gay Sex in the 70s in the print edition of Metro Weekly, I saw that my fairly positive review of the film had been quoted. So, what did I think of the film?
"Unrestrained joy!" says Metro Weekly, according to the ad.
Wow, was I that effusive? I had to go back and check my review -- turns out what I wrote was this:
"And that's the tragedy of the '70s. It's incredibly easy to get caught up in the unrestrained joy of people living their lives freely and openly for the first time, and believing there were no limits. It makes it all the harder to hear the stories of what happened when those limits were found."
I'm not complaining, particularly since I happened to like the film -- just in a completely different way than the ad implies. I just think it's kind of funny that my pointing out the tragic undercurrent of '70s celebrations ended up being the "go see this film" blurb.
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