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The Battle Over West Side Story

60 years later, West Side Story is back, this time directed by Stephen Speilberg with new lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, a new book by Tony Kushner and Executive Produced by and starring Rita Moreno in a new role as the motherly Valentina.

The remake is being celebrated for its more positive portrayal of minorities, but some folks are still stung by the racist legacy of the original work and would rather see new films created for and by Puerto Rican people.

Today we take a look at Stephen Speilberg’s remake of West Side Story, what changes they made, why the box office numbers are low and why you will love it!

Posted in: Podcast 3 years ago 0

Back to Our Roots

Feast of Fun first began in 2005, when there were only about 50 podcasts in the world and most of them were people doing Sex and the City epsiode recaps.

16 years and 3001 shows later, there are millions of podcasts participating in the great conversation of life, love and viral memes.

Today our good friend Kerthy Fix is interviewing the best guests in the world: us! Kerthy is best known as the on-camera producer Kerthy from the MTV series Teen Mom and for creating documentary films that examine the creative lives of LGBTQ musicians.

Posted in: Podcast 3 years ago 0

FOF #3000 – And the Feast Goes On

It’s the 3000th episode of Feast of Fun, the Gay Talk Show that (accoring to Apple) “helped pave the way to bring podcasting from an underground movement to a mainstream phenomenon.”

Today we celebrate like a bridesmaid at a destination wedding who’s had way too much to drink. We are spilling all the delicious tea, iced of course and looking at how everyone’s lives have changed as a result of podcasting, the Internet and Feast of Fun.

Posted in: Podcast 3 years ago 2

FOF #2999 – Muscle Worship Adventures

When people hear about muscle worship, where jacked up guys get oiled up, kissed and caressed by their admirers, the reaction usually is either titillation or distaste.

But for those turned on by a muscles, it is an exhilarating celebration of the body.

Today we’re talking to Muscle Worship Bill, whose anonymous Instagram account states “I pay to worship muscle.”

Posted in: Lets Grow Big Together, Podcast 3 years ago 0

FOF #2998 – Dyke It Yourself: Make the Yuletide Gay

When it comes to making the Yuletide gay, lesbians with arts and crafts are where it’s at.

But if you faint at the thought of pulling out the drill press when need to make a hole, there’s the delightfully butch lesbian Hillary Klint with her new web-series “Dyke it Yourself” to show you how.

Today Maggie Faris, the creator of “Dyke it Yourself” joins us to look at the wild and wonderful world of how-to tv shows.

Posted in: Comedians, Podcast, YouTube Celebrities 3 years ago 0

FOF #2997 – Hot News: Remembering Stephen Sondheim

More intense than a fight between white and Puerto Rican street gangs who just happen to have 5 years of ballet, jazz and modern under their dance belts, it’s Feast of Fun!

Today- we remember the legendary Broadway titan Stephen Sondheim, best known for musicals like: West Side Story, Company, Sweeney Todd and Madonna’s Dick Tracy movie. Sondheim passed away this weekend, at the age of 91.

Posted in: Podcast 3 years ago 0

FOF #2996 – All the Hot News: Adele, Britney, Sesame Street Banned and the RENT is Too Damn High

It’s the podcast that always has a fire in its heart, but thankfully you can see a doctor about it, it’s Feast of Fun! Now celebrating 3000 shows and 16 years.

Today- it’s all sizzling, all hot news: Hot and fresh, just like you like it henny.

Posted in: Podcast 3 years ago 0

FOF #2995 – West Side Story Comes Full Circle for Rita Moreno

Today Larry La Fountain, drag queen Lola Von Miramar and professor of queer and Latinx studies at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor joins us to take a look at the amazing life of Rita Moreno as seen in the new documentary “Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It.”

Plus- Cooking with Drag Queen’s first episode with Lola Von Miramar “How to Make Tostones” first popped in the fryer 11 years ago!

Posted in: Drag Queens & Kings, Podcast, Writers 3 years ago 0

FOF #2994 – Britney is Free At Last

Now that Britney is free, what’s next for the Princess of Pop – will she seek damages against her parents? Will she have a big comeback or will she retire from the public eye that’s hounded here for most of her life?

Today writer Aron Solomon joins us to took at Britney Spears’ legal battle, the #freeBritney movement, and how her case has broader legal ramifications.

Posted in: Podcast 3 years ago 0

FOF #2993 – Keep it Gay! Becoming the Producer’s Gay Hitler

For as gay as the musicals on the Great White Way are, Broadway characters and their relationships are disturbingly straight. So when we get a character that openly queer, we celebrate it, even if it’s Hitler.

Today we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Tony Tony Tony award-winning “Mel Brooks’ The Producers” on Broadway with actor John B Boss, who has played the fierce drag queen gay Hitler in over 230 shows including the official touring production.

Posted in: Actors, Drag Queens & Kings, Podcast 3 years ago 2
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