ich glaube manche filme sollte man vielleicht nicht traditionell bewerten und dieser ist für mich einer davon. jason kommt am anfang als lustiger kerl rüber aber desto mehr er spricht desto mehr wird einem auch bewusst das hinter dieser lustigen fassade eine person mit viel traumata und ängsten steckt. auch aus gutem grund. seine stories und comedy bits die vom leben als queerer schwarzer mann in amerika erzählen waren wirklich spannend und lassen einen eine welt erleben die es so gar nicht mehr wirklich gibt. ein einzigartiger mensch mit dem ich gerne mal gesprochen hätte

ich glaube manche filme sollte man vielleicht nicht traditionell bewerten und dieser ist für mich einer davon. jason kommt am anfang als lustiger kerl rüber aber desto mehr er spricht desto mehr wird einem auch bewusst das hinter dieser lustigen fassade eine person mit viel traumata und ängsten steckt. auch aus gutem grund. seine stories und comedy bits die vom leben als queerer schwarzer mann in amerika erzählen waren wirklich spannend und lassen einen eine welt erleben die es so gar nicht mehr wirklich gibt. ein einzigartiger mensch mit dem ich gerne mal gesprochen hätte

Multiple times throughout this I felt like oh I need to smoke a blunt with him then I remember how exploitative this also felt

Multiple times throughout this I felt like oh I need to smoke a blunt with him then I remember how exploitative this also felt

30 Days of Gay Day 13

Different Jason but certainly no less fascinating a character. Crazy this was made in 1967. Really great film about a beautifully talented man. So many terrific stories and a time capsule of queer history.

30 Days of Gay Day 13

Different Jason but certainly no less fascinating a character. Crazy this was made in 1967. Really great film about a beautifully talented man. So many terrific stories and a time capsule of queer history.

Very mixed on how I feel about this film purely due to how exploitative it turned out to be. Even so, Jason Holiday is a person worth knowing, even if he is performing and trying his best to not only entertain but also guard himself while simultaneously high and drunk. As he laughs through his traumas to a room that hardly reciprocates his enthusiasm, shards of the horribly sad and complicated life Jason has been forced to live shines through his adopted persona jaggedly, making this film notable for me despite all its controversy.

Very mixed on how I feel about this film purely due to how exploitative it turned out to be. Even so, Jason Holiday is a person worth knowing, even if he is performing and trying his best to not only entertain but also guard himself while simultaneously high and drunk. As he laughs through his traumas to a room that hardly reciprocates his enthusiasm, shards of the horribly sad and complicated life Jason has been forced to live shines through his adopted persona jaggedly, making this film notable for me despite all its controversy.

Film is the empathy machine and the camera reveals truths, even when it lies. Portrait of Jason was initially conceived as a takedown of Jason Holliday, but the man himself turned out to be too charismatic, too charming, that as the film continued, Clarke and Lee had to position themselves as antagonistic in a separate way in order to portray Jason as someone the audience will love. By the end they are done with him, but he languishes on, with his own understanding of love and friendship and its hidden terms and conditions - even among the unconditional. Those last moments mirror the first few, where Jason talks about his name and how he got it, introducing himself twice, with two names. One name was assigned to him, the other he chose. Towards the end he is of two minds. One that the Clarke and Lee assign to him which he then embodies and then one which is his relatively truer self, the enigma and untethered yet longing for connection

Film is the empathy machine and the camera reveals truths, even when it lies. Portrait of Jason was initially conceived as a takedown of Jason Holliday, but the man himself turned out to be too charismatic, too charming, that as the film continued, Clarke and Lee had to position themselves as antagonistic in a separate way in order to portray Jason as someone the audience will love. By the end they are done with him, but he languishes on, with his own understanding of love and friendship and its hidden terms and conditions - even among the unconditional. Those last moments mirror the first few, where Jason talks about his name and how he got it, introducing himself twice, with two names. One name was assigned to him, the other he chose. Towards the end he is of two minds. One that the Clarke and Lee assign to him which he then embodies and then one which is his relatively truer self, the enigma and untethered yet longing for connection