Was bob fosse gay

I was also going to say glib. I think everyone admires his style. Fosse never directed a music video, which is a bummer. But Burton's been married to the same woman sinceand is the father of two children. Well, yeah, that. So anyone who is interested in the medium is going to go crazy for Fosse.

Considering his soft-spoken personality, his drama geek background, his childhood desire to become a priest, and his involvement in AIDS and gay rights causes, you might be forgiven for thinking the Roots/Star Trek/Reading Rainbow star was gay.

Take a look back at the real life romance between choreographer Bob Fosse and dancer Gwen Verdon that inspired the FX show Fosse/Verdon. Fosse died in His shows included the original productions of Pippinfor which he won a Tony Award, and Chicago He is now the subject of a smart, impeccably researched biography, Fosse, written with all due style and brio by Sam Wasson.

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That, in fact, had happened to Fosse while he was juggling Chicago and Lenny. That sounds pretentious, but I mean it. That was a conscious concern for Fosse himself—that he was just flash and no meat. Fosse is still like the last word in how to do this. You could make a case that Fosse invented modern film grammar—the flashiness, the quick cutting, the atomization of scenes, the fucking around with time.

All That Jazz is about showbiz bullshit. You know who must love Fosse? But I think All That Jazz has got everything in it: content, style, emotion. What can you say against Fosse as a stylist? The final image: Gideon being zipped into a body bag.

Fosse's third wife was the actor–dancer Gwen Verdon, with whom he collaborated on a number of theater and film projects. Fosse forged an uncompromising modern style, characterized by finger-snapping, tilted bowler hats, fishnet stockings, splayed gloved fingers, turned-in knees and toes, shoulder rolls, and jazz hands.

But in his films you already have the sense of total freedom, of breaking all the rules. Or assaultive. Another thing that struck me re-watching All That Jazz is how contemporary it feels, in its rhythms and its cutting, compared to other movies from the 70s.

But back in the day there was something about those films that felt too flashy—almost, maybe. Michael Jackson wanted Fosse to direct that. But there is a history of American directors making movies about themselves and being attacked for being narcissistic or self-indulgent: Woody Allen, when he did Stardust Memories; Blake Edwards, when he did SOB.

I also think these movies also get better with time because we forgive the initial indulgence. Bob Fosse.