When I saw Tab Hunter promoting this book in 2005, I was delighted that Hollywood hadn't chewed him up and spit him out as I was afraid it had. Although I am not very far into the book, he certainly has hinted that it tried. He says Tab Hunter was an invention of the movie machine. And, I certainly was manipulated by the same machine to have a mad crush on him as a pre-teen.
As it turned out, I did see him on the big screen since then in John Waters' wonderful movies. I just hadn't recognized him. Although, from the picture on the back of the book, he was still a very good looking man at 74. (I figure he is probably about 81 now, and probably still great looking.)
He makes a good point early in the book about why so many great actors are gay. Growing up gay teaches a child both quickly and well how to pretend to be someone they are not. And what is acting? Of course, there are other circumstances that could teach a child that, but none of them sound like they would make for a particularly happy childhood....
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