Good Times

The youths in this country "elected the first African-American president. They remind me of dry grass that is just about to catch fire."

By Lauren Horwitch
Television producer/writer Norman Lear’s shows such as “All in the Family,” “Good Times,” “Sanford and Son,” “The Jeffersons” and “One Day at a Time not only made generations of TV viewers laugh but also made us think about the social climate in the country. But outside show business, Lear is known as a dedicated advocate for free speech and equality. In 1981, he briefly left television to found People for the American Way, a nonprofit that promotes freedom of thought, public education and election and immigration reform.
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Legendary TV producer Norman Lear’s shows such as “All in the Family,” “Maude,” “Good Times,” “Sanford and Son” and “The Jeffersons” not only made generations of TV viewers laugh but also made us think about the social climate in the country. In 1981, he briefly left TV to found People for the American Way, a nonprofit that promotes freedom of thought, public education and election and immigration reform. His latest venture is BornAgainAmerican.org, which continues to register youths to vote, volunteer and/or talk back to their public officials.
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Two terrific, but very different, teen movies with gay appeal make their DVD debut, alongside tributes to sitcoms that changed TV and actors who changed gender wardrobes on the big screen.
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One of the sleeper queer hits of last year was the sweet and sexy musical Were the World Mine, about a prep-school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream that opens the floodgates of repressed sexuality when the gay boy (Tanner Cohen) playing Puck discovers his love potions work as well off-stage as they do on. From the chorus line of rugby players to the magical couplings in a Shakespearean forest, Were the World Mine is a delightful and dreamy movie for your next date night.

On the opposite side of the spectrum is the raunchy T&A cheerleading comedy Fired Up! One of the film's more pleasant surprises is that the movie is smart about
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