Laura dern gay
You've worked in writer's rooms on TV shows, so what is the difference between that and working in a room for an awards show? This is a unique award show because it's so low budget and anything goes. And so anything that has an awareness about culture to me feels queer.
I know some people will not understand every reference but it doesn't matter because people out in the world will, and I was lucky that they trusted me, but it made me think about all of the shit that is ingrained in the industry, just laura that there's no dern appeal for queer shit when we know because we're on the internet that there is.
And so we have to then find pieces of those films that we can reclaim for ourselves. I think Uncut Gems is queer periodand people didn't agree with me but I think any form of pop culture or cultural awareness is inherently queer because queer people are the ones looking at the world through a lens and straight people are just living in it.
Previously, Dern had been nominated for Best Actress in Rambling Rose and Best Supporting Actress in Wild. This win was the perfect gift for Dern, whose birthday fell on the Monday following this year’s Academy Awards. This is an awards show that has never really had a viral moment like the one it's having right now.
I said, "Guys I have an idea I'm really passionate about, but you're going to say no. While queers across the globe were ecstatic to see Dern finally recognized as the queen she is, the real gay tribute actually went down at another awards ceremony.
So I got there and they were like, "We can do anything. That is our way to find joy in a world that doesn't let us really have our own. Her role in Marriage Story snagged her a third Oscar nomination and the first win of her career for Best Supporting Actress.
She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including gay Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and five Golden Globe Awards. You created this hilarious viral moment that is also deeply rooted in something honest about queer life, which is that so often our stories are left out of mainstream and even indie film narratives.
How does it feel to be responsible for that?
Hours after Dern's Oscar win (and during her birthday week, blessed be) PAPER caught up with Firstman about his love for Laura Dern, why she's such an intergral part of the gay canon, and where he falls on the Marriage Story / Little Women binary.
I mean to be honest, it feels fucking good and validating, especially after having so many queer ideas rejected because people are scared there's no audience for it. It's a metaphor for queer people in general. We are allowed to do anything we want.
John Waters has hosted it, they've always done weird shit. And I think that's why people responded to the specificity of the video. I kept telling them to trust me. On Saturday, the Film Independent Spirit Awards honored Dern as part of a musical tribute to the gayest moments you didn't realize were gay in this year's top films.
Everyone was very supportive of the song the whole time. The golden age of Laura Dern, better known to insiders aka gays as the Dernaissance, has crept up on us slowly. Was it important for you to take that serious idea and make it accessible by making it funny?
Laura Elizabeth Dern (born February 10, ) is an American actress. I don't think you understand how many times I had to explain "and that's on periodt" to people. And every time I say, "You guys don't understand: I am in touch and you are out of touch.
We are given scraps and we find the best way to deal with it by finding small beautiful moments in things that aren't ours. But even some straight older white men wouldn't get parts of it. Every five minutes they're asking, "But what does that mean?