‘Lavender Men’ Review: Daring to Reimagine ‘America’s Daddy’

‘Lavender Men’ Review: Daring to Reimagine ‘America’s Daddy’

What if Abraham Lincoln’s presidential pursuit was sparked amid some playful, shirtless roughhousing with his legal clerk Elmer Ellsworth? Now imagine another twist — a tree in full drag regalia is a witness. That’s some of the reinterpreted history in the unconvincingly staged new film “Lavender Men.” The film begins with Taffeta (Roger Q. Mason), the mistreated stage manager of a community theater production about Lincoln, who is fed up with t…

Lincoln’s Log – Film Review: Lavender Men ★★★

I know, I know, my review title is crass and probably a little inappropriate, but I’m frustrated at the moment and will take sexual innuendo any way I can. It’s hard out there for us singletons. I’ve often said that I’ve never felt more alone than when in a roomful of other gay men. I’m... Continue Reading →