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Opinion by
Radkr
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1 year ago
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Was James Dean gay? He never admitted it, except to say, rather enigmatically, "I am certainly not going to go through life with one hand tied behind my back."
Based solely on this statement, and the secret hopes of many a smitten homosexual male, one would have to assume that this was the case. I say, "HOGWASH!" (Actually, I say something much stronger, but this is a family show).
James Dean was NOT gay. Sure, he may have dabbled a bit, but just because you know how to swim, it doesn't make you an Olympic Gold medalist. The only reason gay people say James Dean was gay is that they WISH he was. There is not a true Dean fan on Earth who hasn't looked at him and thought, "I would do him".
Anyone who has done any reading on James Dean's life (I have), most surely know of his unwillingness to conform to anyone's expectations of him. He knew what his goal was and he went after it regardless of the fallout.
Much has been written about this aspect of his life, probably because it was never really resolved. There was no clear "Yes" or "No" answer to the question. Somehow I get the distinct impression that James Dean relished in this...
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Opinion by
Radkr
posted
1 year ago
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Now, my daughter thinks I REALLY need help! I have picture frames. Most of them hold photos of my family: kids and grandkids. I had a few that had photos of my ex-husband in them, but after he got remarried last fall, I took them down. Didn't take his pictures out of them, just took them down.
Over the last couple of days though, I have replaced the photos of my ex with photos of James Dean (about damn time,too -- we've been divorced for four years!!)
I now have a mini-gallery of James Dean photos in my bedroom. Here they are! I would have them all over the house, but out of respect for my daughter, I do not force my love of James Dean onto her, even though it IS my house and I have every right to hang pictures anywhere I please.
The only "non-picture" is a framed quote from "The Little Prince", his favorite book. It says: "In one of the stars I shall be living, In one of them I shall be laughing, And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing when you look at the sky at night." I had originally bought that after my sister died two years ago because my mom had decided that my sister should be stars, and she (my mom) liked the book, but...
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Opinion by
Radkr
posted
1 year ago
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You were something
I was not
You were cool, you were hot
You had talent, you had style
And you had a killer smile!
Mercurial, impolite, a giant, a rebel
A work in progress, an unpolished pebble
A dreamer, a charmer, a restless soul
How much we loved you, you'll never know
You were gone before you had the chance
To prove your worth, to dance the dance
Yes, you were something, everything
Still, time has not erased the sting
The years crawled by
We lived, we cried (some committed suicide)
And I was something you were not
I was 25
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