Comments on: INTERVIEW: What's wrong with angry? Gay play revived for Edinburgh http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-8405.html/ PinkNews.co.uk Gay News (UK and world) from Pink News - all the gay news for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community in the UK and beyond- thegaynews from Pink News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:35:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: gendy http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-8405.html/comment-page-1/#comment-32894 gendy Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:06:28 +0000 http://www.pinknews.co.uk/?p=8405#comment-32894 I didn't go much for this film largely because the lead was played by Ben Silverstone who was so obviously Jewish.Now I went to a major UK fee-paying Grammar School (known at one time as the Jewish Eton)where the very attractive,dark and alluring Jewish boys(like Ben) never but never played!Though it was set in Manchester with the largest Jewish community outside London - there were no Jewish characters in Queer as Folk which from my limited experience of Canal Street (admittedly in the 1960's) was therefore not a true reflection of the Mancunian gay scene. I didn't go much for this film largely because the lead was played by Ben Silverstone who was so obviously Jewish.Now I went to a major UK fee-paying Grammar School (known at one time as the Jewish Eton)where the very attractive,dark and alluring Jewish boys(like Ben) never but never played!Though it was set in Manchester with the largest Jewish community outside London – there were no Jewish characters in Queer as Folk which from my limited experience of Canal Street (admittedly in the 1960's) was therefore not a true reflection of the Mancunian gay scene.

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