Exclusive: 'Judy,' the Judy Garland biopic, is about more than just the legendary entertainer's life; the film pays tribute what she meant to the LGBTQ community as well.
12:02 PM PDT, September 27, 2019, a short bit in the middle of the biopic, when it stops being about Judy Garland and becomes about the people for whom Judy Garland meant -- and means -- so much. The films sees a near-destitute Judy take to 1960s London for a five-week engagement performing at a swanky supper club. One evening, after the show, Judy finds a gay couple of a certain age waiting at the stage door, eager for an autograph and a moment of contact with their idol.
"I suppose it came out of conversations we'd talked about about what is the legacy to the LGBT fans and why is she so important -- particularly to a certain generation," director Rupert Goold tells ET."And how were we going to pay homage to that at some level?" Onscreen, the sequence begins lighthearted enough: Dan and Stan fussing over the Hollywood icon attempting to elbow her way into their kitchen to cook them eggs; Judy just happy for the company. Soon after, Stan falls asleep on the couch and Judy and Dan stay up playing cards.
"Well, we missed you in '64," he smiles sadly in reply. At that time, Stan was"otherwise engaged," Dan opens up. He was serving six months in jail for obscenity, though Dan notes the laws had changed since then."Turns out we didn't do anything wrong after all." It's a reference to the Sexual Offences Act 1967 that decriminalized homosexual acts in the U.K.
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