Another Gawker swipe

Despite Claude's mandate that I stick to photography, Gawker posted this notable quote from Ed Koch. You may remember the formenr NYC mayor from such roles as participating in the spread of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s through a conspiracy of information supression designed to purify the city of drug use and homosinuality or his role backing up the New York City Health Department's decision to shut down the city's gay bathhouses in 1985 instead of supporting needle exchange programs and safer sex initiatives. Here's what he has to say about the new film "Another Gay Movie," which I know nothing about. And I quote (from Gawker):

"Former Mayor Ed Koch, in his current role as movie critic, seems displeased with recent release Another Gay Movie:

Nathan Lee's review of this film in The New York Times was interesting. He wrote: "What follows is a rude, rollicking and exceedingly raunchy attempt to turn 'American Pie' into 'American Quiche.'"
"American Pie" was an extraordinarily funny, albeit raunchy, movie. It was written with intelligence and great humor and was attractive to mainstream audiences. "Another Gay Movie," however, is not good from any point of view. It is simply trash and so gross that it loses any intended humor.

Cheer up, Ed! Clearview Chelsea's showing a revival of My Own Private Idaho. Just be sure to take Bess Myerson along with you so nobody gets the wrong idea."

This last sentence refer to the fact that although his unwillingness to act of information about AIDS disproportionately impacted the queer community, there was speculation that Koch was himself gay. I don't know what all this is getting at, but I thought it was worth mentioning here the way that Koch and Nathan Lee (the NYTimes review Koch is responding to) respond uncomfortably to the queerness of the sexuality in the movie (see 'quiche' and 'trash'.)