Men baring all
Jul. 27th, 2006 01:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pensnestYes, yes, I'll get to *that* in a minute...
But first, Bun and I went to see The Full Monty this evening, a production by a brave(!) amateur company. The sound was dismayingly bad, it was TOO LOUD and also too muffled, virtually impossible to hear the details. And poor 'Horse' seemed to be wearing a dead poodle on his head. But hey, they did a valiant and praiseworthy job, at times an *excellent* job, which wasn't made any easier by (a) the heat, the heat, or (b) the fact that the fire alarm went off just as poor 'Malcolm' (the Howie character!) was starting his lovely funeral song, and we all had to troop outside for fifteen minutes while somebody made sure the theatre was not, in fact, ablaze. Also, they did the thing with the hats for the 'full monty' at the end, except that one of them threw his hat across the stage at the crucial moment, so extra fun for all the family!
I love that show. So did the whole audience. See it, if you get the chance.
And yes, Lance also bares, if not in quite the same way. Dear, dear boy. I read the first newsbreakings this afternoon, then got gleefully back to my flist as soon as we returned home. You did not disappoint, guys, we are awash with squee, and isn't it nice!
And I must say, I think that so far, it has been presented quite splendidly. I'm all atwitch to see the full article, but the various media which have carried the story seem to have picked really nice quotes and refrained from slanting the story unpleasantly. It's very heartening. I dare say in a few days time there will be tales of Woe and Outrage from devastated fans who had entertained hopes of wedding the poor lad once they, um, met him, or some such nonsense, but for the present, it's sweet to read. I hope the comments Lance gets on his MySpace will be as encouraging as what he'd find in My Little Corner of Fandom, were he to surf this way.
Am finding myself just a leetle bit sorry for Justin (!), who may find himself answering rather more questions than he'd anticipated about one of his former bandmates. (Do we say 'former' now? I feel, regretfully, that we do. Unless this is all part of a carefully co-ordinated effort by all five sparkly ones to reposition themselves for a more adult comeback? No,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nopseud, not *that* adult.) I hope Lance got The Talk done in time! (Oh lawd, the plotbunny potential!)
And what of Canon? Are we now to see teenage!dom!Lance cast aside, and a slew of repressed!virgin!Lance fics instead? Will this confirmation make a difference to how and what we write? (I may have to cast aside a Really Neat Story that is so very AU now...damn.) I realise it's a bit soon to start on the 'But How Will This Affect Meeee?' track, but hey, I'm going to have to wait until tomorrow morning to read any more actual news...
I should also like to state for the record that my respect for Joey has multiplied, colour burned, screened (twice) and been topped with a soft light of adoration. You, too, rock, Mr Fatone.
Lance icons tomorrow. Purely by coincidence.
But first, Bun and I went to see The Full Monty this evening, a production by a brave(!) amateur company. The sound was dismayingly bad, it was TOO LOUD and also too muffled, virtually impossible to hear the details. And poor 'Horse' seemed to be wearing a dead poodle on his head. But hey, they did a valiant and praiseworthy job, at times an *excellent* job, which wasn't made any easier by (a) the heat, the heat, or (b) the fact that the fire alarm went off just as poor 'Malcolm' (the Howie character!) was starting his lovely funeral song, and we all had to troop outside for fifteen minutes while somebody made sure the theatre was not, in fact, ablaze. Also, they did the thing with the hats for the 'full monty' at the end, except that one of them threw his hat across the stage at the crucial moment, so extra fun for all the family!
I love that show. So did the whole audience. See it, if you get the chance.
And yes, Lance also bares, if not in quite the same way. Dear, dear boy. I read the first newsbreakings this afternoon, then got gleefully back to my flist as soon as we returned home. You did not disappoint, guys, we are awash with squee, and isn't it nice!
And I must say, I think that so far, it has been presented quite splendidly. I'm all atwitch to see the full article, but the various media which have carried the story seem to have picked really nice quotes and refrained from slanting the story unpleasantly. It's very heartening. I dare say in a few days time there will be tales of Woe and Outrage from devastated fans who had entertained hopes of wedding the poor lad once they, um, met him, or some such nonsense, but for the present, it's sweet to read. I hope the comments Lance gets on his MySpace will be as encouraging as what he'd find in My Little Corner of Fandom, were he to surf this way.
Am finding myself just a leetle bit sorry for Justin (!), who may find himself answering rather more questions than he'd anticipated about one of his former bandmates. (Do we say 'former' now? I feel, regretfully, that we do. Unless this is all part of a carefully co-ordinated effort by all five sparkly ones to reposition themselves for a more adult comeback? No,
nopseud, not *that* adult.) I hope Lance got The Talk done in time! (Oh lawd, the plotbunny potential!)And what of Canon? Are we now to see teenage!dom!Lance cast aside, and a slew of repressed!virgin!Lance fics instead? Will this confirmation make a difference to how and what we write? (I may have to cast aside a Really Neat Story that is so very AU now...damn.) I realise it's a bit soon to start on the 'But How Will This Affect Meeee?' track, but hey, I'm going to have to wait until tomorrow morning to read any more actual news...
I should also like to state for the record that my respect for Joey has multiplied, colour burned, screened (twice) and been topped with a soft light of adoration. You, too, rock, Mr Fatone.
Lance icons tomorrow. Purely by coincidence.
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Date: 2006-07-27 11:28 pm (UTC)What I meant by 'questioning the apparent timings of the revelations' was not his coming out now, but the idea that his bandmates were in ignorance for such an incredibly long time.
Personally, I'm all for ambiguities in canon - it gives us so much more scope!