{"product_id":"screened-out-9780415923286","title":"Screened Out","description":"\u003cp\u003eRapacious dykes  self-loathing closet cases  hustlers  ambiguous sophisticates  and sadomasochistic rich kids: most of what America thought it knew about gay people it learned at the movies. A fresh and revelatory look at sexuality in the Great Age of movie making  Screened Out shows how much gay and lesbian lives have shaped the Big Screen. Spanning popular American cinema from the 1900s until today  distinguished film historian Richard Barrios presents a rich  compulsively readable analysis of how Hollywood has used and depicted gays and the mixed signals it has given us: Marlene in a top hat  Cary Grant in a negligee  a pansy cowboy in The Dude Wrangler. Such iconoclastic images  Barrios argues  send powerful messages about tragedy and obsession  but also about freedom and compassion  even empowerment.  Mining studio records  scripts  drafts (including cut scenes)  censor notes  reviews  and recollections of viewers  Barrios paints our fullest picture yet of how gays and lesbians were portrayed by the dream factory  warning that we shouldnt congratulate ourselves quite so much on the progress movies - and the real world -- have made since Stonewall.  Captivating  myth-breaking  and funny  Screened Out is for all film aficionados and for anyone who has sat in a dark movie theater and drawn strength and a sense of identity from what they saw on screen  no matter how fleeting or coded.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651905511477,"sku":"ByrdShop_041592328X","price":59.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780415923286.jpg?v=1781844811","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/screened-out-9780415923286","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}