this is our last dance

Freddie: patriotic jazzercise

Rog: cracking open a cold one with all the other dads at the yacht club

John: kid at summer camp on tie dye day

Freddie: erotic biker gang

Rog: charismatic leader of a big cat rescue/possible sex cult

Bri: reluctant mob boss

John: neighborhood cat lady, sends money to televangelists, named Shirley 

Freddie: saucy 19th century vampire 

are making shit

are making shit

this is an all time favourite of mine

And my personal fave:

or

fucking hate?

you know what really

gets my goat??

that in most of the documentaries that include paul gambaccini, they use his story when he asked freddie, “have you adjusted your behavior in light of the new disease?” and freddie answers, “darling, my attitude is ‘fuck it.’ i’m doing everything with everyone.” but they always CUT HIM OFF THERE.

he adds, “and i also thought, that even though he’s putting up this great front… probably in the back of his mind, he thinks it’s too late.”

but they never include that part. i wonder why. hmm, is it perhaps that they’re demonizing freddie’s sexuality & making it seem like he got aids because he was too indulgent?

fuck that.

“I pray I’ll never get AIDS. So many friends have it. Some have died, others won’t last much longer. I’m terrified that I’ll be the next. Immediately after I have sex I think, “Suppose that was the one? Suppose the virus is now in my body?” I jump in the shower and try to scrub myself clean although I know it’s useless.”

“I was totally devastated when I heard about my friends who have died from AIDS. It brought the seriousness of the illness home to me. I learnt the hard way. When you’re young it is so much harder. I was thinking the other day, we were lucky to have sown our wild oats when we did, but they are just starting out. It is something the young have got to get to grips with.”

“I used to live for sex but now I’ve changed. I’ve stopped going out, stopped the nights of wild partying. I’ve almost become a nun. It’s amazing, I thought sex was a very important thing to me but now I realize I’ve just gone completely the other way. Once, I was extremely promiscuous, it was excess in every direction, but now I’m totally different. I have stopped all that and I don’t miss that kind of life. Everything is fine.”

“You see, I’m one of those people that can go from black to white. I don’t like intermediary measures. It’s quite easy for me to completely give up things. I can give up alcohol at the drop of a hat. AIDS has frightened me to death and so I’ve just stopped having sex. I just like titillation now. I’m into titillation. It’s much more fun. What more can I do? I’ve stopped having sex and started growing tulips!”

“You can’t expect people to just abstain from sex forever. I think the message of safe sex is essential and crucial. Anyone who sleeps around should have an AIDS test.”

“It is a very, very serious thing we are dealing with. I think people have to wait now, better times are ahead. This thing about safe sex is all very worthwhile, but you can still have fun. You can’t expect people to just give up sex. People get freaked, they think they have AIDS and they shoot themselves, and then people find out that they didn’t have it after all. People should be careful, but not paranoid.”

“We’re living with it now and it’s there, on your doorstep, and you’d be a fool to say that you haven’t heard of it. You can’t get away from it. But if you get into the nitty-gritty of it, there are friends of mine who have died of AIDS. It’s devastating.”

“How much more can one harp on about it? I am not the saviour of the fucking thing! I like those television ads where it says everybody is equal with AIDS– like money doesn’t mean anything. AIDS is not prejudiced. AIDS is not prejudiced about who you are or what you do. It gets you!”

It’s funny how Freddie pushes John while John’s still addressing the audience. He’s still nodding to say thank you! :D

And how quirky and cute the way Brian hold his Red Special and abruptly stop his movement to unplug it. The shirt only emphasize it :)

(If only these John - Fred and Brian moments exist in a more close up view……)