About this episode

The episode features Thee Rose discussing his short film 'Artifice' and its exploration of identity and labels.

On a new TAGS LIVE aka Talk About Gay Sex the live edition Host Steve V and Co-host Teddy Alexis are joined to welcome their Special Guest Thee Rose to talk about his short film 'Artifice' that will screen at this year's iconic Frameline Film Festival on June 22 in Oakland, CA. A meditation on a mystic woman haunted by pronouns, personality, and projection. Through poetry, presence, and subtle exposition, the film forgoes conventional narrative structure in favor of circling around its thesis: What can you know about a person? They shift in the light.

People in this episode

Host: Steve V. Rodriguez

Guest: Thee Rose

Topics covered

• identity
• labels
• short film
• poetry
• narrative structure
• self-discovery

Keywords

• Artifice
• Thee Rose
• Frameline Film Festival
• identity
• labels
• short film
• poetry
• narrative

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Artifice

Places: Oakland, CA

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