Oh, I'm sure it reads as problematic under a contemporary lens, but as a period piece, I take no issue with it; besides, it's pretty much the central theme of the book, Laurie's need to come to terms with his homosexuality while having an aversion to most things "queer," so the party is in some ways a total microcosm of the book, and of how MR perceived Gay culture in that time.
But YES, it is fucking brilliant, every line of it, the way it swirls and reels and the volume goes up and down... you can feel Laurie's increasing inebriation, and the growing rowdiness of the scene as people get more drunk and less polite... and let's not even begin with the immediate and amazing tension between Ralph and Laurie!! OMG, this chapter really is just so spectacular, I will never tire of reading it.
But yeah, when our Spud, who, all night long has been feeling morally superior and vaguely put-off by the "queers," gets in a verbal Voguing match with Bim (who is one of my favorite minor characters!) and just delivers the PERFECT SMACK-DOWN...OMG, YAAAAS QUEEN!!!
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Date: 2016-01-09 04:07 am (UTC)But YES, it is fucking brilliant, every line of it, the way it swirls and reels and the volume goes up and down... you can feel Laurie's increasing inebriation, and the growing rowdiness of the scene as people get more drunk and less polite... and let's not even begin with the immediate and amazing tension between Ralph and Laurie!! OMG, this chapter really is just so spectacular, I will never tire of reading it.
But yeah, when our Spud, who, all night long has been feeling morally superior and vaguely put-off by the "queers," gets in a verbal Voguing match with Bim (who is one of my favorite minor characters!) and just delivers the PERFECT SMACK-DOWN...OMG, YAAAAS QUEEN!!!