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The Reluctant Pornographer

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Bruce LaBruce's witty revulsion and response to gay culture--the film industry, drag queens, drugs, and sex--give his latest endeavor a certain pop-philosophical conversational appeal. LaBruce frames the creation of his films around a nostalgia for the old punk underworld of homosexual rebellion. In fact, LaBruce finds contemporary homosexuality almost criminal and desperately claims to detach himself from it. But LaBruce is armed to the hilt with a wicked tongue and a definitive sense of purity in his perversity. He may detest the fine art of homosexuality, but he impressively recounts his own grand history of gay ponderings and encounters. His incessant search for queer identity through his art leaves the reader wanting desperately to help him out, or at least give him a hand, and his chatty style makes the reader look forward to his promised sequel. LaBruce is definitely worthy of his artistic license and creativity.

This is a hysterically funny, name-dropping memoir about the travails of underground filmmaker Bruce LaBruce. By hooking the reader with great gossip about numerous queer and underground celebrities, LaBruce shares with us his very unorthodox philosophy of life. While I don't necessarily agree with his post-queer/post-gay message, the book is hysterically funny. If you loved any of LaBruce's movies, you will definitely dig this book!

Pornographic filmmaker LaBruce deposits assorted columns he authored for a music magazine in this oddly formatted book complemented by photographs. The columns cover everything from drag queens to frustrations of shooting porn films, but fail to answer the question why the reader should care about what this guy has to say. Personally, I found the layout cloyingly annoying and really could have lived without the pictures. For porn film aficionados and those seeking a cheap thrill.