The day my latent homosexuality received a tweek!

I hasten to make clear that it was only the very merest of 'tweeks' and I was only 15 or 16 years old at the time and didn't recognise it as such until I was much older - by which time I was well past it having fallen in lust with the well-developed Josie B. who had the desk next to me in school!  So who, you ask, piqued my immature homosexual interest back then?  Marlon Brando, of course, who else?  His tremendous performance in "On the Waterfront" had just been released and his sulky, brooding good-looks were everywhere.  I saw the film and was awe-struck at his looks, his persona and, above all, his terrific acting ability which perhaps, just perhaps, set off my desire to try acting.

Nor was it a 'one off'!  He went on and on and on to a string of superb performances.  Who will ever forget his brooding 'Godfather'?  Alas, as Tom Leonard makes clear in a fascinating article in The Mail today, whilst Brando was a superlative actor, he was also a total shit of a human being!  His sexual appetite was gargantuan and given that he would 'swing on both sides of the street' he had plenty of choice.

'Still 'n' all', as they say 'over there', I don't care what he did 'off the set' because what he did on it was simply superb and unforgettable!

 

 

 

Comments

[Whitewall]

David, I'm guessing all that black leather caught your attention? Back then it had to be black leather because chiffon was already taken.

[Whyaxye]

"given that he would 'swing on both sides of the street' he had plenty of choice."

He looks as if he's just given that Triumph a good seeing-to as well.

[Scrobs]

Naaaaah, he never, ever learned his lines, and always had a prop board! That's why he hardly ever looked at the person he was 'talking' to!

The sexual appetite was also probably faked, by looking over his shoulder to see what he had to do next!

(Left leg up and over Marlon, that's it, now, move a little, no, not that way, towards the lady, no I said towards, not sideways, oh ferchrissakes just try and do it - oh sod it, I give up...)

[Andra]

I saw him once in a market in Bali, when he was fat and ugly. Not my cup of tea at all.