BALD JASON'S GAY GOTH BOY BLOG
A Work in Progress…Welcome Back!
Knives on the slate
and discussion of death.
My lives of late
are now months bereft.
The veiled lure of cash –
(recitation complex)
A failure to crash –
(cessation of sex)
And all of it: meaningless –
(meaning too much?)
Is there any redeeming us
there where we touch?
Written by Jason Wright
February 6, 2020
During the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown in New York, I started diving into my LGBTQ+ inclusive movie collection and was obsessed for a time, watching movies all day, sleeping and starting again. It helped me cope with what was happening, but led to some problematic behavior that I’m only just getting over. But on the bright side, I watched over 800 titles, the majority of which I’d never seen before. At first I just noted that I was watching them but eventually I started posting my thoughts on each entry, some of which were brief and others that were longer. This was all on Facebook and utterly random with no plan. I’m slowly transferring all of that here. I watched in 2020, 2021 & 2022. I took 2023 off then watched more in 2024. I’ve not kept up with the project in 2025 or 2026, but that’s because I needed to get outside more, which I have. lol Anyways…the reviews will be here someday.
Films and Series reviews are listed under the years in which the projects were released, with the titles followed by the date I watched them for the purpose of the review.
1947:
Fireworks (January 16, 2024)
1968:
Teorema / Theorem (January 19, 2024)
1976:
Sebastiane (January 18, 2024)
1977:
Word is Out Stories of Some of Our Lives (January 21, 2024)
1980:
Cruising (June 17, 2020)
1986:
Caravaggio (April 26, 2026)
1991:
The Adjuster (August 20, 2024)
Thelma & Louise (June 9, 2024)
1992:
Caught Looking (January 1, 2022)
Claire of the Moon Review 1 (April 21, 2020)
Claire of the Moon Review 2 (May 2, 2026)
1996:
Different for Girls (January 29, 2022)
Foxfire (January 28, 2022)
1997:
L.A. Confidential (January 19, 2024)
Steam: The Turkish Bath / Hamam (January 12, 2024)
1998:
Bedrooms and Hallways (January 14, 2022)
Dark Harbor (January 3, 2024)
Edge of Seventeen (April 20, 2020)
Wild Things (January 30, 2022)
1999:
Boys Don’t Cry (January 30, 2022)
Second Skin / Segunda piel (April 15, 2024)
Story of a Bad Boy (June 23, 1999)
2000:
The Monkey’s Mask (April 13, 2024)
2001:
Friends and Family (January 13, 2024)
Kissing Jessica Stein (January 7, 2024)
Life as a House (September 5, 2024)
Mulholland Drive (January 6, 2024)
2002:
The Badge (January 30, 2022)
The Slaughter Rule (April 11, 2024)
The Trip (October 22, 2026)
2003:
200 American (January 28, 2022)
Mona Lisa Smile (June 6, 2024)
Testosterone (January 28, 2022)
2004:
Kinsey (January 4, 2024)
2005:
Capote (January 4, 2024)
Eighteen (November 7, 2024)
Gay Sex in the 70s (January 30, 2022)
Hellraiser: Deader (August 13, 2024)
2006:
The Architect (February 9, 2022)
The Black Dahlia (January 8, 2024)
Shortbus (November 18, 2020)
2007:
Chris & Don: A Love Story (June 7, 2024)
2008:
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (January 19, 2024)
2009:
Just Say Love (February 12, 2024)
2010:
Children of God (February 6, 2021)
Elena Undone (April 9, 2024)
2011:
Pariah (February 1, 2022)
2012:
How to Survive a Plague (January 7, 2022)
Naked As We Came (November 8, 2024)
2013:
The Abominable Crime (February 1, 2022)
Blue is the Warmest Color (January 31, 2022)
Geography Club (October 19, 2026)
Test (January 28, 2022)
2015:
“The Den” aka “La tana” (January 4, 2024)
No Strings (April 11, 2024)
2016:
Daddy’s Boy (January 13, 2024)
Golden Boys (January 29, 2022)
Walk For Me (February 1, 2022)
What My Love is For (November 8, 2024)
2017:
Atomic Blonde (January 16, 2024)
If Only You Were Mine (January 7, 2024)
In Beating Cells (January 31, 2022)
Jermain and Elsie (January 1, 2022)
Michael Lost and Found (July 9, 2024)
Stanley (January 4, 2024)
Star Trek: Discovery – Season 1 (January 12, 2024)
2018:
Break Me / Knus meg (July 6, 2024)
Deadpool 2 (July 21, 2024)
Four Quartets (January 3, 2022)
2019:
Lolo (January 4, 2024)
Star Trek: Discovery – Season 2 (January 31, 2024)
2020:
The Craft: Legacy (July 21, 2024)
Eden (April 12, 2024)
The Prom (April 15, 2024)
2021:
Budapest, Closed City (April 12, 2024)
My Uncle’s Friend / O Amigo Do Meu Tio (April 12, 2024)
The Swimmer (April 12, 2024)
2022:
Beautiful Beings / Berdreymi (April 16, 2024)
Chaperone (April 12, 2024)
In from the Side (January 17, 2024)
Lonesome (January 16, 2024)
Of An Age (January 19, 2024)
Please Baby Please (April 14, 2024)
Punch (April 12, 2024)
They / Them (July 7, 2024)
2023:
Aikāne (January 3, 2024)
Birder (July 9, 2024)
Nuovo Olimpo (January 3, 2024)
Passages (January 14, 2024)
Saltburn (January 4, 2024)
The Trace of Your Lips / La huella de unos labios (2023)
2024:
Agatha All Along (Sep 18 – Oct 30, 2024)
Deadpool & Wolverine (July 25, 2024)
Interview with the Vampire: Part II (July 1, 2024)
In cold ninety-four
he stood as an emblem.
An old belle de jour
in young woman’s harem.
Collision of truths
with deception to spare.
Division of youths
with exceptional flair.
His eyes captivated (as eyes often do).
But lies separated (as lies often do).
And the words and the drugs…
they drowned out our laughter…
Though he still exists in the shrugs of disaster.
He certainly hates
the women he loved.
He treats them like shit.
He hates them because…
because they are women
who don’t hate themselves
so he can’t relate…
so he can’t compel them
to stay as confused as he was on his drugs.
He paints himself victim
and that is not love.
Written by Jason Wright
November 11, 2019
When Benjamin blushes
my grind starts to ponder
and that we are rimless is strange.
When Benjamin blushes
my mind starts to wander
and all that was sinless is changed.
When Benjamin blushes
the youth provides shivers
the ardor of which is infecting.
When Benjamin blushes
the truth behind zippers
is harder than one was expecting.
His blush
is worth a hundred thrusts,
His smile
worth a million.
His words may wax poetic
(prophetic?)
but is that wax a Brazilian?
When Benjamin blushes
my mind is forbidding
and my thoughts are wrought (led astray).
When Benjamin blushes
but who am I kidding –
I always have viewed him this way.
Though mostly in jest
and not at my best
this scribble provided amusement.
I’m mostly just joking
and being provoking
One must excuse my bemusement.
For we do as we’re bidden
when we can’t be ridden
when there in the gentleman’s clutches…
We are given permission
and all is forgiven;
ensnared when Benjamin blushes.
Written by Jason Wright
October 31, 2019
The look in his eyes
of innocence wise;
hardly has this blaze been stopped.
The cleft in his chin
makes us all want to sin
yet Charlie has always been tops.
But deep in the past
there’s a question that’s asked
and a standard comprising a prism.
Openly yearning
from hope he is learning
the answer is: “Lies are a prison.”
When left in the sun
and bereft of his fun
his toys melted into each other.
Left there in the heat;
deft care (incomplete),
his boys belted there to teach others.
His potency proven
is cogently human;
from Charlie the cowards took shelter.
Embracing his power;
his plaything deflowered;
young Charlie devoured his elders.
Written by Jason Wright
October 31, 2019
The last of summer fades
as future lovers trade on trust
the tasked discover glades
with suitors splayed beneath the thrust
the chill arrives with fever
as the preacher feins amusement
the thrill provides procedure
as the teacher tames a student
change of time once captured
in this prism light of fall
estranged sublime enraptured
in the schism bright of thrall
brought him to surrender
like agrarian set on fire
autumn victim’s splendor;
a grammarian of desire.
Written by Jason Wright
October 26, 2019
On the Monday train
Sunday’s tear stained aftermath
is muted, faded watercolor sketch
of last night’s confusion and misery –
with photo slides behind closed eyes
of family’s autumn life celebration,
Daniel’s text exchanges,
Brandon Lee Gameboy photo,
unseen moron homophobe hell discussion…
And Aaron’s weeping exhaustion
which left me reeling in confusion,
doubt, anger & regret.
Written by Jason Wright
October 21, 2019
I wasn’t going to write this.
I wasn’t going to say.
Not gonna tell you at all
but then my thoughts decided to stray.
I wasn’t going to whisper.
I wasn’t going to scream.
Not gonna answer your call
but then our cocks decided to cream.
And then (as they say) it was over.
And then (as they say) we were spent.
And then (as they say) we were sober
but by then we could not repent…
because none of this ever happened;
it was all of it just for a lark…
no matter the truth
which was spent (as they say)
as we went (as they say)
in the dark.
Written by Jason Wright
October 15, 2019
Good work today
leaves me shaky
with uncovered thoughts
never spoken aloud before now.
This, in the wake of constantly
inspiring sex magic
and long brewing poetry
which has finally come to fruition.
A culminating event,
seemingly mundane,
but truthfully described as curative,
healthful and life affirming.
I explore, unravel, pursue and consider,
disassemble, examine and unscrew
before I ultimately deliver my masterpiece truth.
Integrated. Realized. Accomplished. Achieved. Finished.
Completed.
Like owning artwork,
finally contained
in the most perfect frame,
worthy of its inspiration
and suitable for display.
Attainment consummated
by way of intimate regimental honesty.
We must,
each and every one of us,
arrive at our own individual conclusions.
Written by Jason Wright
October 14, 2019
of flings everlasting
the cost is abhorrent
of things shaped in passing
things lost in the torrent
depicting December’s
deceased drowned in blood
these six we remember
do not cease the flood
the cold of the water
the brown of the rust
the bold brush with slaughter
which drowned with a thrust
the dicks in stark alleys
baseless surrendering
the tricks in dark valleys
the faceless assembling
the “FAGGOT” in red
painted plain as can be
the pain and the dread
taint the slain with Godspeed
breadth unencumbered
we won’t condescend
death of such number
we don’t comprehend
we sever the wicks
lest the flames lose their touch
yet don’t blame the six
when the rest is too much
Written by Jason Wright
October 14, 2019
For Joseph Reese Anderson
and the countless, often unrecognized victims of the AIDS pandemic.