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Parting Shot, World AIDS Day 2017: Remembering

Parting shot for today, World AIDS Day. December 1. I linked to my “list” earlier (originally a Facebook post). Lists have power, showing the enormity of a thing like a plague. But on those lists are individual lives, of course. So I wanted to talk about one of them and the Basic Instinct scarf, the Hermes scarf that murderous femme fatale Catherine Trammell (Sharon Stone) uses to tie up her BF for a little kinky sex in that movie.

I have one, not an actual Hermes, but a knockoff, a gag souvenir (although it is a real scarf) which was given to video reporter Marc Berman for the press event on the VHS launch of that movie, probably sometime in 1992.

He gave it to me at a lunch we had; I think it was Farfalla on La Brea. Perhaps he’d just come from the event. He obviously thought I required a white BDSM scarf.

The job I had at the time was corporate PR for a movie studio, and we were encouraged to go out to lunch with reporters from the trades. Marc worked for Daily Variety and he was my favorite reporter to eat with. Why? Because he was my age, he was gay, he was brilliant and cute and flirty and fun. We had much more fun telling stories about this person or that person than anything substantive about video business.

He was also a playwright; also an activist. He was one of the founders of the Entertainment AIDS Alliance, and was on the Board of APLA and worked with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). Most of all, he was that kind of a person who just lit up a room when he walked in.

So all these years since, I’ve kept the white scarf in my drawer, occasionally taking it out. Perhaps I’ll wear it someday. Perhaps I’ll tie somebody up with it one day. Perhaps I’ll just always keep it to remind myself of the gentle soul who made so many lives a little bit brighter.
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From the LA Times in 1993:

Marc Berman, 39, playwright, Variety columnist and AIDS activist. A native of Ohio who was educated at Boston University, Berman began his career as an actor in regional theater and went on to write such critically acclaimed plays as “The Wolf Patrol,” “River Downs” and “The Day Andy Warhol Got Shot.” He moved to Los Angeles in 1986 as West Coast bureau chief for TWICE magazine, an acronym for This Week in Consumer Electronics. In 1990, he joined Video Business and then became a staff writer for Daily Variety, doing reviews and covering home video and film and AIDS in the entertainment industry. For the past year, he also wrote a column for the weekly Variety. In 1989, Berman co-founded the fund-raising Video Industry AIDS Action Committee. He also served on the board of AIDS Project Los Angeles and was active in the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. On Nov. 6 in Sherman Oaks of AIDS.

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Marc Berman

 

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A List of Names: World AIDS Day 2010

Today, I remember these men in my life who died of AIDS-related illnesses:

Masa Kawamura

Wayne Clemmons

Alex Paredes

Axel Guzman

Ken Shapiro

Jerry Clark

Scott Giantvalley

James Samohano

Robert Franklin

Leland Moss

Nick Cannon

Dan Burke

Paul Holt

Randall Ullmer

Scott Eidson

David Deschenes

Robert Fernandez

David Parrish

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Dennis Stevenson

John Talbott

Marc Berman

Steve Husa

George Valencia

Buddy Wilson

Tad Feldman

Paul Sergios

Bill Savard

Joe Scott

John Burr

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Robert Baldock

John Haselton

Tim Brewi

Hank Jones

Richard Garrey

and there’s more, of course. The void these men of my generation have left is, frankly, indescribable. I know it’s the same for so many people throughout the world.

Today is a day to remember those that have gone, to celebrate those living so vibrantly with HIV today, and to remember that our work is far from over. Next December 1, will we have an effective vaccine? Here’s to believing in Hope.

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Back from Travels, but didn't want to forget

World AIDS Day on December 1, when I was driving through the plains of Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle on my way back to LA from Wisconsin. It was cold everywhere! I guess it’s December, so that is appropriate, but …. Anyway, I don’t ever want to forget these people who brightened up my life so much and the truth is I still miss them all terribly. You need to cease with the habits of smoking & incorporation of alcoholic drinks during such http://davidfraymusic.com/buy-2349 generic cialis medicinal treatments. Suggested keywords for Spam Filters are known to be words used in subject lines or body of Spam tadalafil 20mg generic emails. The rubber type matters the most, where cheap women viagra Latex condoms are not to be used with the grapefruit as it increases the blood levels of sildenafil into the body and increases the response time. Super P Force Tablets: How does it works ?:Kamagra has a cheapest brand cialis systematic procedure to work out how you want to encourage discussion and interaction. You all have your own lists, and this is part of mine: I remember Masa, Wayne, Alex, Axel, Jerry, Leland, Scott, David, Marc, Bill, Merc, Angel and so many more, including my special pals Tad and Richard. I am so grateful for each day we spent together, and grateful for each day I’m privileged to remember you.

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