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  • čas přidán 3. 10. 2017
  • How did Lambda Pioneer Award winner Armistead Maupin get from straitlaced North Carolina to San Francisco, lovingly detailed in his iconic Tales of the City series? How did he find his “logical family,” those with whom he felt he belonged? Hear about it all as the delightful, beloved author Armistead Maupin joins Jonathan Groff to discusses his new memoir, Logical Family. Recorded October 3, 2017 at 92nd Street Y.
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Komentáře • 41

  • @jparker1251
    @jparker1251 Před 5 lety +50

    Jonathan needs his own talk show

  • @rolig49
    @rolig49 Před 5 lety +79

    Is it just me, or has Jonathan Groff gotten even more handsome now that he's in his 30s?

  • @chevychase
    @chevychase Před 6 lety +47

    I love the affection Jonathan has for Armistead

  • @nicholasjohnson6724
    @nicholasjohnson6724 Před 4 lety +7

    Mr Maupin is hilarious, extremely intelegent, very quick witted, I could listen to him for hours.

  • @voidmoon.
    @voidmoon. Před 2 lety +3

    Thank you so much for this! Jonathan’s warmth is sure enough to warm up all of us’ hearts.. 💓

  • @stepheng9607
    @stepheng9607 Před 3 lety +4

    These two would be the perfect dinner party guests. You could be finalizing things in the kitchen knowing that there would be laughter around the dining table - all-night long

  • @marklee9404
    @marklee9404 Před 3 lety +7

    Armistead is one of my favorite authors, and someone I would love to emulate in my own work; and Jonathan is someone I had an opportunity to photograph when he performed at the Cabaret in Indianapolis... seeing the two of them together is like a bit of gay heaven here on earth! I came across this interview by accident (three years after the fact), and I can’t stop watching! Extremely entertaining and inspiring... and Jonathan is a GREAT interviewer!

    • @regina_filange2.0
      @regina_filange2.0 Před 3 lety +3

      Same here, fell on the interview by accident and wondered how I missed it! It is SO entertaining,
      feeling like a fly on the wall just watching these two talented artists just hanging out.

    • @ramalamadingdong7576
      @ramalamadingdong7576 Před 3 lety

      What did u see Jonathan perform and when

  • @rdkuless
    @rdkuless Před 6 lety +2

    Armistead and Jonathan.. i'm such an admirer of each of your work...My passion years ago was aquatics and Japanese gardens. I didn't realize 30 years ago why I was so passionate about studying them until recently.
    There is a reason that each stone is hand selected and meticulously placed in a Japanese garden. As I walk thru the garden, there are places where the ground becomes very rough and uneven with small jagged rocks. Those were strategically placed to bring the focus to my feet. I hear a voice say, "wake up", Looking down, I notice a very small and beautiful specimen plant that would have gone unnoticed if I stomped on through (AND I also avoid tripping.LOL) Then as I come around the corner, there are large, smooth flagstones to bring my attention up so that I can take in the beautiful, expansive view. My recent realization was, When I have rough, hard times in my life, I need to practice gratitude because I know the Universe is directing me to something beautiful that would have been missed. And keep asking the most important question, "What am I supposed to see (learn) from this rough patch in my life..?" Most people ask, "Why did this bad thing happen..?" The realization is that was only my perspective. We often view the rough patch as a bad thing, But, if you are able to learn from it (meaning that the thing, holding the universe together, gives you an answer to your question) you must come to the conclusion that the rough patch is not bad, it is the best thing that can happen to you. You learned an important lesson. Isn't that what this life is all about..? Funny thing is, It took me all these years to understand my lessons about Japanese Gardening. It isn't in my control, I get the answer when it was relevant in my life.

    • @RoadTripzz14
      @RoadTripzz14 Před 2 lety

      Quite possibly the dullest, most long winded comment I’ve ever read. 😴 💤

  • @linajurgensen4698
    @linajurgensen4698 Před 2 lety +3

    God Jonathan looks so good with a little tiny beard, he always looks good anyway!

  • @lioness7582
    @lioness7582 Před 4 lety

    I missed the series in the 90s but discovered it here and I ordered the whole book series off of eBay,love them!

  • @teeniebeenie8774
    @teeniebeenie8774 Před 5 lety +1

    loooooooooooooooooooove mr groff…….(ive seen mr Maupin's north beach apt: very nice fiestaware….

  • @rdkuless
    @rdkuless Před 6 lety +3

    releasing an album along with the memoir is a great idea. There is a lovely book by Anthony Storr called "Music and the mind" . It talks about how emotions in a movie can be evoked by cord progression in the movie score. When I read this book, it said, A major to E flat, to E can make you feel a specific emotion. Just swap out one cord and the feeling goes from tears to laughter. I couldn't understand this book until I sat at the piano an played the cords and cord progression it was describing. Please have a companion album with your new book. Music makes or breaks a movie and it can do the same for a great book.

    • @littlekiwi9724
      @littlekiwi9724 Před 6 lety

      That's an interesting idea but the problem is that music is so subjective people might not like Armistead's taste in music (CZcams is proof: even the greatest songs get thumbs down). Can't wait to see both the book and the documentary!

  • @haddixkeshia8854
    @haddixkeshia8854 Před rokem

    Why I found this just now...where was I...

  • @Norfolk250
    @Norfolk250 Před 5 lety +5

    It’s odd, but English auto generated is not giving me the cuss words!
    Is my mother running the computer over there?!

  • @JDDoyle-yr4jm
    @JDDoyle-yr4jm Před 6 lety +2

    Love this, but in the Q&A after the first few audience questions they weren't repeated, so we don't know what was asked, could you go through and close caption those in the appropriate places?

    • @mikayocc
      @mikayocc Před 6 lety +7

      50:50 - Do you feel like technology has made it more difficult to create a sense of community and connect with people face to face?
      57:05 - The age of the audience last night was substantially younger, which surprised me, because there are not a lot of writers that can relate to multi-generations. Do you realize that, and are you seeing that more with your memoir than with Tales of the City?
      1:02:15 - How much were you involved with the filming of Tales of the City and how did you feel when they came to you with the idea to film it? Were you nervous that it might not be what you imagined?
      1:09:52 - When it came time to write "Michael's Letter to Mama", was it difficult for you?

  • @rdkuless
    @rdkuless Před 6 lety +4

    Armistead writes by the rhythm method.

  • @chevychase
    @chevychase Před 6 lety +7

    Is Jonathan saying men-wire for memoir?

    • @mikayocc
      @mikayocc Před 6 lety +1

      Haha he's pronouncing it mem-wire.

    • @rolig49
      @rolig49 Před 5 lety +3

      @@mikayocc I wish he could say MEM-wahr, but we all have our flaws.

    • @jrwxtx
      @jrwxtx Před 5 lety +3

      It's that Pennsylvania accent...

    • @janicerepass6996
      @janicerepass6996 Před 4 lety +2

      @@rolig49 It makes me cringe a little every time I hear it. I know people who pronounce jaguar that way...jag-wire. Makes me a little crazy. But I love him to bits.

  • @Leftatalbuquerque
    @Leftatalbuquerque Před 5 lety

    re 1:09
    The Rhythm is gonna get you.
    - Gloria Estefan

  • @ChandrabhanSingh-mz4hc

    👍👍

  • @ThuPham-pn3rj
    @ThuPham-pn3rj Před 5 lety

    I like it

  • @nekusakura6748
    @nekusakura6748 Před 4 lety

    I expected Maupin to have a more Gravely voice....

  • @jDaViPerez-cx6xv
    @jDaViPerez-cx6xv Před rokem

    This was like watching a 2000s Shirley Maclaine movie 💤 💤

  • @alirizatekin1831
    @alirizatekin1831 Před 5 lety +5

    The funniest moment at 1:08:40
    I think he's cheating on his Bf now😂

    • @liloa03
      @liloa03 Před 4 lety

      You realise this is from 2017? He met his bf in spring 2018 and so he didn’t know him at this point but even if he did it’s rude for you to even assume the nature of their relationship :)

    • @emilyroseswift6642
      @emilyroseswift6642 Před 3 lety +1

      @@liloa03 it’s a joke...people get so offended over everything

  • @jamessheridan4306
    @jamessheridan4306 Před 2 lety

    Mem wire? What the hell is a mem-wire?