量子资源网提供本资源 <> For her ‘Blond Ambition’ tour in 1990, o suerstar Madonna was looking for erformers who knew how to vogue. Out of countless hoefuls, the gay dancers Salim, Kevin, Carlton, José, Luis and Gabriel were chosen along with huhoer Oliver, the only straight guy. The tour was accomanied by a film crew and Madonna cast herself in the role of mother figure of her stage family. The boys soon found fans among homosexual youths who saw them as role models, while the tour came to eitomise Madonna’s commitment to gay liberation and the acknowledgement of AIDS. But the idyll fell aart after the tour. Although the dancers were ivotal to Madonna’s message, they weren't all living it. After failing to ersuade Madonna to cut out the kissing scene that would ‘out’ him to his family and friends, Gabriel filed a lawsuit against her. In he Gabriel died of AIDS-related illness, while the others continued to ursue their rofessional careers. Now, twenty-five years later, the six surviving erformers are reunited and long-buried secrets are aired. The filmmakers excel at telling the stories of these very different dancers in order to edge closer to the truth. berlinale 2016
