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Near the Arthouse Movie, at the Cabaret Voltaire (Dada House), we invite you to join us for panel discussions, thematic discussions, a lecture and an exhibition.…
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Comics and film have a lot in common. Not only is a storyboard a kind of script in form of images, but many comics have also inspired film realisations and can be understood as a format closely related to film media. Now what do comics and homosexuality have in common?
Markus Pfalzgraf presents the history of gay and lesbian comics, whilst Ariel Schrag began to document her daily life at school (and her coming out) in images and texts already at the early age of 15. Erwin In Het Panhuis in turn analysed the first 500 episodes of the “Simpsons” in respect to their attitude to homopolitical issues – and discovered an atypically open-minded picture of gays and lesbians.
Markus Pfalzgraf presents the history of gay and lesbian comics, whilst Ariel Schrag began to document her daily life at school (and her coming out) in images and texts already at the early age of 15. Erwin In Het Panhuis in turn analysed the first 500 episodes of the “Simpsons” in respect to their attitude to homopolitical issues – and discovered an atypically open-minded picture of gays and lesbians.
Events in the context of this special:
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Lecture
Free entry!A lecture with many film excerpts about how “The Simpsons” deal with homosexuality.In his exceedingly entertaining lecture, Erwin In het Panhuis, author of the book “Behind the Gay Laughter – Homosexuality in “The Simpsons”, will look at the popular and much loved American comics series from a new side. “The Simpsons” convey a typically American but atypically open-minded image of gays and lesbians to millions of people. Despite falling back on clichés, “The Simpsons” usually handle homosexuality intelligently, playfully and with fairness. This lecture will present new information even to die-hard fans of “The Simpsons”: because who already knew that the first kiss between two men on US TV was in “The Simpsons”?
This lecture is held in German only.
LECTURE
Erwin In het Panhuis (Cologne) is the author of “Behind the Gay Laughter – Homosexuality in “The Simpsons” (Archiv der Jugendkulturen 2013).
Frauenfeld, Cinema Luna
Sat, 10. May 2014, 16 Uhr
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