tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post5318760747179777287..comments2024-03-10T06:07:53.511-07:00Comments on Crazy in Suburbia: WC School District Makes Cameo Appearance in "Milk"Martha Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14092931417080881172noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-76279260089855752912008-12-27T23:09:00.000-08:002008-12-27T23:09:00.000-08:00I did not know that. Anyway, I just finished watch...I did not know that. Anyway, I just finished watching the Milk documentary from 1984. I don't believe WC is mentioned anywhere in it directly, although there was a shot of a gym which could have been where the debate took place. Maybe I just zoned out and missed it.<BR/><BR/>I think what could have happened is that since WC is in the bay area, Milk's supporters were bussed in to WC causing such Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-29574287414568321132008-12-26T13:13:00.000-08:002008-12-26T13:13:00.000-08:00Wouldn't it be great to see the original debate? I...Wouldn't it be great to see the original debate? I just looked at Shilts' biography on Wikipedia. Shilts published the book in 1982. He was an openly gay journalist, which made it hard for him to get a regular newspaper job right after graduating from college in 1975. It doesn't say when he moved to SF, but he was doing freelance work, and perhaps as a freelancer, he was covering SF gay politics Martha Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14092931417080881172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-6997519843832854442008-12-26T07:47:00.000-08:002008-12-26T07:47:00.000-08:00Very interesting. A page later he writes, "The cro...Very interesting. A page later he writes, "The crowd cheered Milk on." Is this the WC crowd, or a crowd at another debate? He states that the WC debate was broadcast live, buy how would the author remember all this without reviewing the videotape of it? Maybe the tape of the debate exists in the broadcaster's archives or something. I would love to see that debate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-40051133278425267782008-12-26T06:04:00.000-08:002008-12-26T06:04:00.000-08:00Okay, I just found this on Google Book Search: Ran...Okay, I just found this on Google Book Search: Randy Shilts', "The Mayor of Castro Street." The entire book online. The reference to WC is page 229: "The debate in a high school auditorium in suburban Walnut Creek--televised live to the Bay Area--looked like as heated an exchange as could be found in American politics..." <BR/>But according to the book, Milk's "Martha Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14092931417080881172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-67998768351006112492008-12-26T05:53:00.000-08:002008-12-26T05:53:00.000-08:00I saw The Times of Harvey Milk when it first came ...I saw The Times of Harvey Milk when it first came out. Great film. I'll be interested to hear what you find out.Martha Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14092931417080881172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-12131662111169883612008-12-25T23:42:00.000-08:002008-12-25T23:42:00.000-08:00I'm going to rent "The Times of Harvey Milk" docum...I'm going to rent "The Times of Harvey Milk" documentary and see if there's any info in there about it. The movie seems to imply that WC was totally pro-Milk, versus the pro-Briggs audience in OC which doesn't make any sense to me. Had the debate taken place in Berkeley I could see that making sense, but not in WC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-80371025012201821702008-12-25T21:01:00.000-08:002008-12-25T21:01:00.000-08:00Dear Anonymous,I'm curious to track that down and ...Dear Anonymous,<BR/>I'm curious to track that down and find out whether Milk did bring his debate with Briggs to Walnut Creek. The gymnasium shown in the film doesn't look like anything belonging to the Walnut Creek School District; it looks more like a high school gym, as in Las Lomas High, not a middle school gym. My understanding is that the film was pretty heavily researched and documented, Martha Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14092931417080881172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-16681948261927271402008-12-25T20:10:00.000-08:002008-12-25T20:10:00.000-08:00Fascinating. I just saw this today at the WC theat...Fascinating. I just saw this today at the WC theater and was wondering whether it was true or not. I would have figured that WC in the seventies was a very conservative, anti-gay town, so I'm surprised the audience was portrayed to be sympathetic to Milk. I'd be curious to find out whether a) it actually did take place there, and b) the audience was sympathetic to Milk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-34183569062455295302008-12-21T12:04:00.000-08:002008-12-21T12:04:00.000-08:00Wow! Thanks for your nice comment. And if there is...Wow! Thanks for your nice comment. And if there is anything I should be doing differently on this blog, feel free to let me know. It's a work in progress, and I'm finding my way.Martha Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14092931417080881172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-66406971410061368602008-12-21T11:49:00.000-08:002008-12-21T11:49:00.000-08:00Wonderful article soccer mom.Thank you for your lo...Wonderful article soccer mom.Thank you for your local blog.This and claycord are the two I go to first every morning. I enjoy your writing and agree with all of your views so it makes for a nice read for me. I saw Milk the other night, what an amazing film.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com