Auntie Mame — Justin Sayre

This Movie Changed Me

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4.6 • 589 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

“Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!” So declares the title character in the 1958 comedy Auntie Mame. She introduces her Bohemian world to her nephew, Patrick, who comes under her care after he is orphaned. The movie’s celebration of individuality and independence inspired comedian Justin Sayre to embrace his own — whether as a gay person or a queer artist. “You don’t have to do anything you’re told,” he says. “You just have to be kind. And you just have to never stop looking. That’s it.”

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0:00.0	Hello, fellow movie friends.
0:01.9	I'm Lily Percy and I'll be your guide this week as I talk with Justin Sare about the movie that changed his life, Auntie Mame.
0:09.0	I spoke with Justin at a live event as part of WNYC's Workit Festival in partnership with NewFest, New York's LGBT Film and Media Arts Organization.
0:18.8	Don't worry if you've never seen Auntie Mame.
0:20.7	We're going to give you all of the details you'll need to follow along.
0:33.6	I had seen the movie Auntie Mame before with my father who loved Turner Classic movies and AMC and all of the old Hollywood classics, but I have to admit that I didn't really get it growing up as a kid.
0:45.8	I think I dismissed it as a movie about a rich lady with lots of costume changes.
0:49.7	And watching this movie now, I realize what an amazing figure maim is.
0:56.0	But darling, I'm your auntie maim.
1:02.0	Oh, quiet, quiet everybody.
1:05.0	I have an important announcement to make.
1:08.0	This is my little boy. Oh, no, no, no, he's not really my little boy.
1:16.9	He's my late brother's son from Chicago, my only living relative. That's all we have. Just
1:22.1	each other, my little love. She's so ahead of her time, and she's celebrating difference
1:27.4	everywhere, in her friendships,
1:29.3	her relationships, even just the way she lives her life.
1:33.3	Everything about her is a celebration.
1:35.3	Vera, this is my little boy.
1:38.3	Patrick, I want you to be the star, one of the great ladies in the theater and Auntie Maeme's
1:43.3	dearest friend friend Vera Charles.
1:45.0	Hello.
1:46.0	How'd you do?
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