Billy Eichner
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 13 Jul
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We didn't wait until it came to Queens.
Nope.
I insisted.
My parents and I go into the city to see it right away.
The weekend it opened at a movie theater on 23rd Street in Chelsea.
Ironically, the same movie theater on 23rd Street between 7th and 8th Avenue that I would spend many, many days shooting Billy on the Street in front of years later.
Sitting there between my parents, I often sat in between them at movies and shows, in a notoriously gay neighborhood, looking up at this big screen and watching scene after scene of Madonna interacting with the cast of her show, many of whom were the gay men who worked as her dancers, was just thrilling to me.
This was during the height of the AIDS crisis, so of course that's acknowledged in the film, but for the most part, these men weren't depicted as victims.
They were sexy and confident and strong, in addition to being exceptionally talented.
They actually seemed really fucking happy up there on that screen, and you can't overstate how rare it was to see that in such a high-profile piece of entertainment at the time.
At one point, two of the male dancers make out in the movie, passionately.
You can see tongue.
It was very bold for the time.
I don't think I had ever seen that sort of thing before, at least not on a big movie screen like that.
After the movie, when we were heading home, my mother took the opportunity to comment on it.
She said...
Wow, that Belgian dancer is so handsome.
In reference to one of the gay men in the movie we had all just watched making out with another guy.
I didn't respond when she said that.
I just stayed quiet.
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