Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, March 20, 1992 Page: 1 of 32
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FRIDAY, MARCH 2 0, 1992 VOLUME VIII, NUMBER 48
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Alan Ross (at microphone), the originator and driving force behind the construction of the Living Tribute in Lee
Park, presented the project to city leaders during dedication ceremonies Sunday evening. Council members (l-r)
Paul Fielding, Lori Palmer and Chris Luna accepted the project on behalf of the City of Dallas.
Ross relieved that controversial
project has finally become a reality
By Dennis Vercher
In a restrained and dignified 45-minute ceremony
held in Lee Park on Sunday evening, 2-1/2 years of
wrangling ended as the Living Tribute project honoring
the Dallas County "AIDS community" was dedicated
and presented to city officials.
The project, controversial from the beginning, was
conceived and planned by gay leader Alan Ross and
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shepherded through the minefields of a city
bureaucracy stunned that the words "AIDS," "gay" and
"lesbian" would be enshrined in a public park.
At Sunday's ceremony, Ross acknowledged that the
project was bound to elicit objections. "But I didn't
really expect it to take 2-1/2 years to give the city a
gift," he said.
And, 2-1/2 years later, notable changes were made
in the project, changes designed to make the small
plaza more palatable to the city's heterosexual citizens.
The hardest change to make, Ross privately confessed
to friends, was the insistence of city staffers that the
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Inside —
NEWS: Justices in 21.06 case
receive threats; THRF urges gay
and lesbian citizens to respond to
ruling; More.......................................
ESSAY: Lee Lynch examines a
world of heartbreak and raw
danger — gay and lesbian kids in
trouble................................................
THEATER: Reviews of two current
productions — Sweet Sue by
Gurney and Las Hormingas by
Diaz.........................................
CALENDAR: Events scheduled
over the next ten days; Broadcast
and entertainment listings;
Notices..................
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The Answer? Yes & Yes
Yes, Basic instinct continues tradition of portaying
gays as malevolent — and yes, it's a riveting thriller
Reviewed by Alonso Duraide
FILM/VIDEO CRITIC OF DALLAS VOICE
Does Basic Instinct contain yet
another in a long line of stereotypical
killer-dyke lesbian characters?
Yes.
Are Queer Nation and the Gay and
Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
justified in demanding that Hollywood
present more fair and balanced screen
images of gays, lesbians and bisexuals?
Yes.
Is Basic Instinct a bad movie?
Well . . . no, actually.
Given all the hoopla over the past
year concerning the potentially offensive
FILM
and dangerous content of the film, I
went in expecting an exploitive horror
show with no redeeming qualities.
But like The Silence of the Lambs
and JFK before it, Basic Instinct is a
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Basic Instinct, already a film activist
gays love to hate, stars Michael Douglas
and Catherine Tramell.
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