David Ehrenstein

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David Ehrenstein (born February 18, 1947) is an American critic who focuses primarily on gay issues in cinema.

Life and career

Ehrenstein was born in

openly gay.[2]

His writing career started in 1965 with an interview with Andy Warhol which was published in

Village Voice. In 1976 he moved to Los Angeles with his partner Bill Reed and began work as a film critic and entertainment journalist for the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner and also wrote for Film Comment and Film Quarterly
during this period.

In 1982 he collaborated with Bill Reed on the book Rock On Film, while continuing to write for diverse publications, including the San Francisco Examiner,

The Advocate. He also wrote Film: The Front Line - 1984, a survey of experimental and independent film work. He has contributed to Sight and Sound
.

In 1987 he served as the film researcher and historian for the "Hollywood and History" costume exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In 1992 he published The Scorsese Picture: The Art and Life of Martin Scorsese.[3] In 1998 he published Open Secret: Gay Hollywood 1927-1997. As he documents on his blog and website, lawyers representing Hollywood actor Tom Cruise threatened to take legal action against Ehrenstein because he wrote of how Cruise is appealing to both men and women.

Ehrenstein has appeared often on The

homepage and blog
also contain commentary and satire on various journalists, politicians and figures in the entertainment industry.

"Obama the 'Magic Negro'"

In March 2007, Ehrenstein wrote an opinion piece on

compact discs featuring the song were distributed by Tennessee political activist Chip Saltsman (a candidate for chairman of the Republican National Committee) to various Republican Party activists as Christmas gifts. Part of Saltsman's response to the controversy was that the song was actually a parody of Ehrenstein's "irresponsible" column itself, rather than a parody of Obama. Ehrenstein responded to the controversy in late December stating, "As everyone knows Whites feel no guilt about America's racist history whatsoever. All they care about is the appearance of politesse — the slimy veneer of 'good manners.' Clearly the Republican party is 'split' over what to do in the wake of having lost so much political capital. Chip and his ilk want to continue making childish attacks. Others in the party seek to turn chicken shit into chicken salad by claiming Obama is the second coming of Ronald Reagan."[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "David Ehrenstein, Meet David Ehrenstein". LA Weekly. April 21, 2005.
  2. ^ Ehrenstein, David (October 31, 2007). "Obama's gospel mistake: He can't have it both ways on gay issues in the black community". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  3. ^ Ehrenstein, David (14 March 1993). "MOVIES : AIDS, Death and Videotape : 'Silverlake Life: The View From Here' is a first-person slice of HIV-positive life, a love story about a gay couple's final days together. 'Beyond AIDS,' says co-director Peter Friedman, 'there's a whole set of other issues the film deals with about gay relationships being . . .made invisible by society'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  4. ^ Ehrenstein, David (December 29, 2005). "Horsefeathers!". LA Weekly.
  5. ^ Ehrenstein, David (December 27, 2008). "Here Come Those Tired Old Tits Again".

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