January 11 Toronto CBC–TV broadcast […]

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1981-01-11

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January 11 Toronto CBC–TV broadcast the ninety-minute documentary Sharing the Secret: Selected Gay Stories, which had been written by CBC producer John Kastner and his mother, Rose Kastner. The film examined the lives of six gay men and the parents of two of these men, and explored the themes of coming out, self-acceptance, parental reaction to gay children, and sexual lifestyles. Many people in the gay community panned the film for its superficiality and old-fashioned "plea for sympathy" approach. (See also March 2, 1981.)

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Toronto

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Rose Kastner John Kastner

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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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Sharing the Secret: Selected Gay Stories

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John Yorke, "Kasternated" (letter), Body Politic, no. 73 (1981), p. 4.Tom Waugh and Joyce Rock, "Gays Set the Record Straight" (review), Cinema Canada, no. 73 (1981), pp. 32–33 Robert Trow, "CBC–TV Journalists Milk Gays, Produce Fifties-style Documentary," Body Politic, no. 70 (1981), p. 16 Judy Steed and Ann Johnston, "This Camera Shoots at the Emotional Jugular: The Kastner Films Hit Home, and Hard," Maclean's, 12 January 1981, pp. 39–40, 42 Debra Sharp, "'The Gay Community Is Such an Armored One,'" Broadcast Week Magazine (Globe and Mail), 10–16 January 1981, p. 14 Brian Rees, "Media Watch" (review), Metro Community News 8 (3 February 1981): 1, 6–7 Donald Pistolesi, "Pourquoi partager le secret?" Le Berdache, no. 18 (1981), p. 20 C.L. Olsen, "Sharing the Secret: Selected Gay Stories" (review), GEM Gay Community Outreach Journal, February 1981, pp. 1–2 Bill MacVicar, 0 (review), Maclean's, 12 January 1981, p. 42 Jack McIver, "Two Innocents Enter the 'Secret World': TV's Kastners Report on Homosexuals," Toronto Star, Sunday ed., 11 January 1981, p. D1 Claire Hoy, "90-minute Commercial" (column), Toronto Sun, 12 January 1981, p. 14 Cheryl Hawkes, "Taking a Peek Inside the Closet," Toronto Star Starweek, 10 January 1981, p. 2 Rick Groen, "Kastner Gets Free Dramatic Ride," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 10 January 1981, p. E5 John Greyson, "Telling Secrets: CBC's Sharing the Secret Was a Voyeuristic Fable on the Heartbreak of Homosexuality," FUSE, March–April 1981, pp. 64–66 "Gays 'Were Betrayed': CBC Show Didn't Please Anyone," Toronto Sun, 12 January 1981, p. 14 "Gays in the Media," Fredericton FLAGMAG, no. 2 (1981), pp. 12–13 Robert Fulford, "Kasternated" (letter), Body Politic, no. 73 (1981), p. 4 "Director Defends Show against Gays' Criticism," Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 14 January 1981, p. C3 Linda Curtis, "Gays Share the Secret," Calgary Sun, 8 January 1981 "CBC Documentary," Grapevine: The Newsletter of the Lesbian Mothers' Defence Fund, Winter 1979–80, p. (4)Mike Boone, "The Secret Life of Gay Culture Unveiled on TV," Montreal Gazette, 10 January 1981, p. 46 Bruce Blackadar, "So Who Cares About Peter's Peccability?" (column), Toronto Star, four star ed., 9 January 1981, p. D1 Chris Bearchell, "Trading on Secrets: John and Rose in Homoland," Body Politic, no. 71 (1981), pp. 21–24 Fleetwood B. (pseud.), "Unbuttoning Pandora's Basket 81–1–11" (review), Toronto Rag, no. 4 (1981), pp. 2–7 Nancy Allan, "Kasternated" (letter), Body Politic, no. 73 (1981), p. 4

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