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@boyculturedotcom Today, August 23, was the 97th anniversary of the birth of Peter Wyngarde (1927-2018), a British actor best remembered as the campily adventurous Jason King on 2 British shows. More interestingly, he played a Polish soldier named Jan Wicziewsky on a November 24, 1959, ITV play of the week in the UK called "South." Set in the U.S. as the Civil War is about to break out, it features him as a clearly gay and tortured character. His scenes — in which his character pines for handsome soldier Eric MacClure (Graydon Gould, who died at 82 in 2020) — are remarkably obvious for the time period. Note: The teen to whom he semi-confessed was played by Karl Lanchbury, who is alive at 80. A critic at the time wrote, "I do NOT see anything attractive in the agonies and ecstasies of a pervert, especially in close-up in my living room. This is not prudishness. There are some indecencies in life that are best left covered up." One of the first queer representations on TV anywhere, there are no dramatic U.S. precedents for it. #peterwyngarde #gay #queer #lgbtq #boyculture ♬ original sound - Matthew Rettenmund/BoyCulture

ABOVE: Check out these snippets of South, a truly trail-blazing drama aired on British TV in 1959. (Kenton Coe wrote an opera on the same story called Sud that was reviewed by the NYT.)

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Fred Trump III is telling all. (Image via ABC/ video still)

Fred C. Trump III, Donald Trump's nephew, is publishing a memoir about his “atomic-crazy” uncle, but it goes far beyond the Democrats' current sucker-punch attack of labeling the guy “weird.”

His family life really was all a blur! (Image via Gallery Books)

In his book — and in new TV interviews — Trump III says he was using his access to the Oval Office for an admirable goal: to advocate for people with complex disabilities, like his own son.

In a chilling and hard-to-disbelieve narrative, Trump III recalls a meeting with advocates that ended with himself and his uncle alone in the Oval Office, where Trump said these people “should just die.”

Trump III later spoke to Donald Trump on the phone to ask for more money for his son's care fund, only to have his uncle tell him that the son didn't recognize him anyway and should be allowed to die so Fred could move to Florida. That was the advice.

As has been said, THIS should have been the end of Trump as a political figure. (GIF via GIPHY)

The book also documents a time when Trump used the N-word in an angry tirade over damage to his car, though Trump III now says his uncle isn't necessarily a racist, so much as he is a total, equal-opportunity user. (I find this to be white equivocation, but I appreciate his candor.)

@boyculturedotcom Fred C. Trump III endorses Kamala Harris after revealing “atomic-crazy” Uncle Donald Trump told him people with disabilities should “just die.” #donaldtrump #kamalaharris #voteblue #kamalaharris2024 #fredtrump #peoplewithdisabilities #boyculture ♬ original sound - Matthew Rettenmund/BoyCulture

Best of all, Fred Trump III endorsed Kamala Harris on The View today, and stated he would not hesitate to campaign for her. I sincerely hope she will not hesitate to take him up on this offer — it strikes me as something an old-school politico like President Biden would shy away from, but I think it is a wonderful gift.

When Trump III talks about how he is sometimes shocked at how DIFFERENT his uncle acts today, I am reminded that Trump used to be a run-of-the-mill New York robber baron who could definitely string a few words together. An inveterate liar and narcissist, yes, but also — not nearly as bonkers. I remember watching a speech of his on YouTube from I believe the '80s, and I was just stunned not to have remembered that he could speak back in the day. Here is the closest thing I could find, which does show him to be an arrogant, money-absorbed prick, but which still shows he has deteriorated a LOT:

@boyculturedotcom Trump stupidly and candidly brought up how youthful Kamala Harris is. #donaldtrump #trump #kamalaharris #aging #voteblue #kamalaharris2024 #boyculture ♬ original sound - Matthew Rettenmund/BoyCulture

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Leggy Blondie! (Images by Matthew Rettenmund, Anthony Coombs & Danny Echi)

I was not feeling great Saturday, but I rallied in time to Uber over to Bookmarc (400 Bleecker St., NYC) for the Debbie Harry/Chris Stein book event.

The iconic exes were there to sign Chris's memoir Under a Rock, and were also signing various other official books — Chris's excellent Point of View, Debbie's semi-recent memoir Face It — and while I've been in their presence quite a few times, dear, I just thought I should go once more into the bleach because public appearances do not last forever.

I arrived at 3:10 p.m. for the 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. signing, and the line was around the block, literally. Very few people arrived behind us for the first hour or more, and the line crawled, thanks to the surprise that Debbie and Chris were taking time to chat a bit and allowed photos. Other times, no photos were permitted, so I just showed up with my phone.