Joe Orton, 1933-1967.

“I’m an acquired taste.”- Joe Orton, 1933-1967. In the late 1980s, when I was a teenager, I first saw Stephen Frears’ wonderful biopic, “Prick Up Your Ears,” based on the life, and death, of Joe Orton, that marvelously macabre British playwright. Gary Oldman–an actor who, in my opinion, just gets better–perfectly captured Joe’s truculent, naughty charm,…
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