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“A Different Story” (1978) starring Perry King and Meg Foster.

The modern gay rights movement was still young and so Hollywood thoughtfully gifted us with a film about a gay guy and a lesbian - who fall in love with one another.

Yes, sexuality is fluid, etc. but there were so few gay characters then and this is what we got.

I like how Foster comes in on King having an affair - with a woman. Because once you go straight, you’re a regular p****y hound!

by Anonymousreply 25July 20, 2025 5:43 AM

Terrible movie, but Perry at his hottest.

by Anonymousreply 1July 16, 2025 3:03 PM

King was beautiful. Didn’t he also play gay in “The Ritz”?

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by Anonymousreply 2July 16, 2025 3:04 PM

What was the reaction to this at the time? Straight people probably loved it.

by Anonymousreply 3July 16, 2025 3:18 PM

Wasn’t Meg fired from Cagney and Lacey because they were afraid viewers would think Cagney was a lesbian? So they got Sharon who was more feminine.

by Anonymousreply 4July 16, 2025 3:53 PM

No one saw it. It was no Making Love.

by Anonymousreply 5July 16, 2025 3:57 PM

Wasn’t “”Making Love” a huge flop too?

by Anonymousreply 6July 16, 2025 4:06 PM

When Sharon Gless becomes the "fem choice" you've know you've hit butch rock bottom...

by Anonymousreply 7July 16, 2025 4:10 PM

My mother loved that movie. Probably wishing I could go the way of the pussy like Perry.

by Anonymousreply 8July 16, 2025 4:13 PM

I think it was the first 'gay' movie I ever saw. I was maybe 13. It came on TV very very late at night. I was fascinated by Perry King but remember being very disappointed that the guy and the girl ended up together. He's not gay he just has not met the right girl yet. I have never seen it again

by Anonymousreply 9July 16, 2025 4:28 PM

R2 King was in the TV miniseries “The Man Who Lived at The Ritz,” which is the story of American painter Philip Weber, who lives at the Hôtel Ritz Paris during the German Occupation, and his friendships with notables such as Hermann Göring and Coco Chanel.

The gay bathhouse farce, “The Ritz,” had Stephen Collins on Broadway, Treat Williams in the film version and Casey Donovan in the Broadway revival.

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by Anonymousreply 10July 16, 2025 7:39 PM

Ah? Always a backlash to a movement.

This movie would have come out not long before “Soap” started backtracking on Jody and made him bi, then totally straight.

The episode where Jody says he’s dating a woman and his father celebrates and the audience cheers is pretty gross.

by Anonymousreply 11July 16, 2025 7:58 PM

Perry King was so my type.

by Anonymousreply 12July 17, 2025 12:59 AM

Also starring Valerie Curtin who created the role of nervous Vera in the film of ALICE!

by Anonymousreply 13July 17, 2025 1:09 AM

I just remember thinking “what a waste of frosting” during Meg’s topless love scene involving Perry and the birthday cake. 🎬 🎂

by Anonymousreply 14July 17, 2025 1:22 AM

I hated this crap. It was on HBO enough that I could relate to George C. Scott’s reaction to watching his runaway daughter in a porno film loop from ‘Hardcore’. “Turn it off! TURN IT OFF!!”

by Anonymousreply 15July 17, 2025 1:26 AM

It was criticized at the time for its bullshit.

by Anonymousreply 16July 17, 2025 1:30 AM

Meg Foster’s eyes creep me out.

by Anonymousreply 17July 18, 2025 10:02 AM

Perry King….Yum! Loved him and Joe Penny on Riptide. King was in an episode of Will & Grace. He played a man who, if memory serves, may or may not have been Jack’s father.

by Anonymousreply 18July 18, 2025 4:38 PM

What about Perry scarfing birthday cake frosting from Meg’s teats? I found this somewhat startling.

by Anonymousreply 19July 20, 2025 12:00 AM

Poor Perry. He was in the cusp of being a major star but his 70s blond beach looks didn't work in the 1980s as darker, anti-heroes became the leads. He had a tv show for a while with Joe Penny that did okay, but after that he got relegated to being, as he says, "the husband in the Lifetime movie who gets shot in the second act.."

He is, by the way, a nice guy. Likes young women and motorcycles. Not gay at all. And, the grandson of Maxwell Perkins

by Anonymousreply 20July 20, 2025 12:40 AM

I've long assumed The Choirboys had put a stop to true stardom. Not that I've heard or read anything aside from some strongly negative reviews. I liked him in Riptide. Didn't he show up on Will&Grace?

by Anonymousreply 21July 20, 2025 12:47 AM

He should be in the Datalounge Hall of Fame for the campy "Mandingo".

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by Anonymousreply 22July 20, 2025 4:43 AM

[quote] Meg Foster’s eyes creep me out.

R17 There must be an Alaskan Husky somewhere in her family tree.

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by Anonymousreply 23July 20, 2025 5:21 AM

I hate when DL’s weblink requirements louse up one of my jokes!

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by Anonymousreply 24July 20, 2025 5:24 AM

DL icon Susie Sarandon was originally attached to this project, but she eventually had to accept other jobs when its start date kept changing.

by Anonymousreply 25July 20, 2025 5:43 AM
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