Kennedy Center Tributes
11-12-2014, 04:02 AM
I am not much for any of the awards shows...I rarely watch them...but every year I LOVE the Kennedy Center Honors...sometimes I need a tissue. I am more likely to shed a tear when I am happy for someone than sad....
..and this year I may need a box of them. My favorite celebrity ever is being honored...Lily Tomlin. It is emotional for me not just because I love her but because she has been my only gay role model pretty much since I was in my early 20s and she treated being gay the same way I did...she made it a non issue. I loved her for that....I always felt like I was expected to do a dramatic sobbing "please understand and love me" coming out thing which is like asking me to fly.... so when Lily treated it similar to me...I didn't feel like I was alone...I put her on a pedestal and I felt like I had a role model. It was very comforting to me.....I have a hard time following anyone.....
She is also a brilliant comic and a great humanitarian and feminist who helped organize many AIDS benefits early on and also spearheaded Hands Across America to help bring to light the plight of the homeless in America.
So...I could gush forever but instead I want to show some of my favorite Kennedy Center performances over the years and hopefully on December 30 add Lily to the thread....
If you have any...post them...I would love to see them....
..and this year I may need a box of them. My favorite celebrity ever is being honored...Lily Tomlin. It is emotional for me not just because I love her but because she has been my only gay role model pretty much since I was in my early 20s and she treated being gay the same way I did...she made it a non issue. I loved her for that....I always felt like I was expected to do a dramatic sobbing "please understand and love me" coming out thing which is like asking me to fly.... so when Lily treated it similar to me...I didn't feel like I was alone...I put her on a pedestal and I felt like I had a role model. It was very comforting to me.....I have a hard time following anyone.....
She is also a brilliant comic and a great humanitarian and feminist who helped organize many AIDS benefits early on and also spearheaded Hands Across America to help bring to light the plight of the homeless in America.
So...I could gush forever but instead I want to show some of my favorite Kennedy Center performances over the years and hopefully on December 30 add Lily to the thread....
If you have any...post them...I would love to see them....
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