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Out on DVD
by Steve Warren . Contributing Writer
‘Let’s Get Frank’ profiles gay congressman
Barney Frank moves up in my personal
pantheon from minor hero to major hero with
“Let’s Get Frank,” Bart Everly’s profile of the
gay Massachusetts congressman. It brings out
the wit, intelligence and honesty that have
endeared him to the people of his state from
1981, when they first sent him to
Washington, through 1989 when he sur
vived the sex scandal that brought him
out, to the present day.
And beyond. In an 11-minute 2006
interview added to the DVD Frank says,
“I’m sure I won’t still be in Congress when
I’m 75 — that’s nine years from now.
Sometime after 70 me and my dignity are
gonna get the hell out of there.”
The update is useful because most of
“Let’s Get Frank” is ancient history, cen
tered on the 1998 impeachment hearings
for President Clinton. As a member of the
House Judiciary Committee Frank provided
comic relief and was much sought after by the
media (hence the film’s title) for his comments
There are flashbacks to Frank’s own scan
dal, when it was revealed that Steve Gobie, a
male prostitute, had
turned tricks in Frank’s
apartment. The
Representative feels sur
viving that made him
eminently qualified to
serve on the panel judg
ing Clinton, because he had nothing left to
fear. As if to prove him right, committee chair
Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL) and Georgia Rep. Bob
Barr are both outed as adulterers during the
proceedings.
Frank comes across as a left-
wing Archie Bunker, whose cur
mudgeonly exterior makes his
utterings ^ the more hilarious. Yet
there’s also an element of truth in
them, as when he says, “Most
Americans are not nearly as homo-
phobic as they were brought up to
think they were supposed to be.”
Adding to the historic nature of
the documentary are the promi- -
nence of Frank’s now-deceased
mother, Elsie, and his now-former
partner, Sergio Pombo, with whom he walks
off into the sunset at the end.
“Let’s Get Frank” can be marketed as a
comedy in most of the Western world, where
people are convulsed by America’s puritanical
attitude toward sex. I
Barney Frank
has served as
a congressman
since 1981.
Award winners announced
pom page 43
Holtzclaw, and Alison Freehling, Daily Press,
Newport News,YA
• Second Place presented to “See Dick Be Jane,”
Julia Reischel, Broward-Palm Beach New
Times
• Third Place presented posthumously to Joe
Dignan, for “Cross Purposes,” The San
Francisco Bay Guardian
NLGJA Excellence in Writing Award
Opinion/Editorial
• First Place presented to “The Married State”
series, Alfred P. Doblin, Herald News
• Second Place presented to Jon Carroll for his
column in the San Francisco Chronicle
• Third Place presented to “I’m Not Willing
to Settle for Crumbs,” Kim Severson,
Newsweek
NLGJA/Seigenthaler Excellence in Radio
• First Place presented to “Gay Pride Banned in
Tampa,” Andrew Stelzer, Free Speech Radio.
News
• Second Place presented to “Two Moms Ruled
Legal by State Supreme Court,” Eric Jansen
and Marilyn Pittman, Out in the Bay/KALW
91.7 FM, San Francisco
• Third Place presented to “Native Gay Pride,”
Patty Talahongva, Camille Lacapa and Tara
Gatewood, Native America Calling
NLGJA/Seigenthaler Excellence in
Network Television
• First Place presented to “Gay or Straight?”
Lesley Stahl, Shari Finkelstein, Sianne Garlick
and Matt Lev, CBS News’“60 Minutes”
• Second Place presented to “I’m Still Emily’
Amber Hall, In the Life Media, Inc.
NLGJA/Seigenthaler Excellence in Local
Television
• First Place presented to “Dads,” Jessica Abo,
WCAX-TV, Burlington, Vt.
NLGJ/VRTNDA Excellence in Online
Journalism Award
• First Place presented to “How AIDS Changed
America,” Newsweek.com
• Second Place presented to “Gender Outlaws,”
Emily Alpert, InTheFray.com
• Third Place presented to “Arrested Justice:
When LGBT People Land in Jail,” Patrick
Letellier, Gay.com and PlanetOut.com
NLGJA Excellence in Photojournalism
Award
• First Place presented to “An Anniversary’
Lacy Atkins, San Francisco Chronicle
• Second Place presented to “Illusions of a
Glittered Life,” Kim Badawi, SHIFT
• Third Place presented to “Center’s Senior
Prom,” Gil Kaan, Frontiers Magazine
NLGJA Excellence in HIV/AIDS Coverage
Award
• First Place presented to “AIDS at 25,” David
Jefferson, Geoff Cowley, Claudia Kalb,
Andrew Murr, and Ellis Cose, Newsweek
• Second Place presented to “Over 50 with
Hl\C’Jim Rodriguez, Rocco Zappa and Scott
Dill, QTN World News with Steve Kmetko
• Third Place presented to “CBS News on
LOGO: AIDS,” Brett Alexander, Jason Bellini
and Court Passant, CBS News on LOGO
NLGJA Excellence in Student
Journalism Award, sponsored by Jim
Duggins, Ph.D.
• First Place presented to “Left Out,” James
Kirchick, Yale Daily Ne^’s Magazine
• Second Place presented to “Hollywood:
Straight and Narrow?” Jason Blalock, UC
Berkeley Television (University of California,
Berkeley)
• Third Place presented to “Resist Urge, Gays
Told: Jesus as ‘Motivating Factor,”’ Bradley
Wooten, UWM Post (University of Wisconsin
at Milwaukee) >
46 OCTOBER 21.2006 • Q-NOTES