UMichael Varrati uyindoda ematasa kakhulu. Umbhali, umkhiqizi, umqondisi, umlingisi, i-podcaster, nomsingathi wephaneli yeComicCon uhlala enokuthile okwenzekayo futhi ubengeke abe nenye indlela.

"Angithandi ukuhlala ngithule," ungitshele kwinhlolokhono yakamuva. “Akusikho lokho engiyikho. Ngiba fidgety kakhulu uma ngingenzi lutho. Uma ngisebenza entweni ethile, ngizobhala ifilimu emfushane. Uma ngingabhali okufishane, ngizosebenza ekudlaleni komsindo. Kusegazini lami. Angikwazi ukwenza okuthile. ”

Noma angaba matasa kangakanani, noma kunjalo, uhlala ethola isikhathi sokukhuluma ngobudlelwano phakathi komphakathi we-LGBTQ nokwethuka. Eqinisweni, i-podcast yakhe inikezelwe kuleso sihloko kuphela.

Kufile ngendwangu, esesinonyaka owodwa nje kuphela, ihlangene ne-REVRY a queer streaming platform and distributor, futhi njalo ngesonto kunesiqephu esisha esinikelwe ukumangala ngokuthuka nabenzi bamafilimu, ababhali, abadidiyeli, abalingisi, njll. njengezivakashi zakhe.

UVarrati uyayithanda le ndaba futhi njengoba ngitholile kuyo yonke ingxoxo yethu, akuyona inkanuko eyize yomuntu onentshisekelo nje kusihloko. Cha, njengakwezinye izici zomsebenzi wakhe, lolo thando lusetshenziswa ngendlela yobushoshovu.

Noma ngabe ubamba i-podcast yakhe noma iQueer Horror Panel eComicCon, uzizwa sengathi ulapho efanele ukuthi abe khona futhi unyakazisa izinto ngezindlela ezinhle kakhulu azi ngazo.

"Ngizizwa sengathi umsebenzi wami wokuthuthumela kusukela ekuqaleni uxhunyaniswe nobuntu bami," esho. “Bengihlale ngazi ukuthi kukhona ukuxhumana nokuthi umphakathi we-queer ungazithola usezingqikithini zokunye esikuthola ethukile. Ngakho-ke kimi, ngichithe isikhathi esiningi somsebenzi wami ngigudla ikheji kule ndaba ngoba kulapho ngizibona ngikhona futhi ngingazithola sengikhona. ”

UVarrati ukhomba ukuxhumana naye ngokwakhe lapho ezikhulisela abalingiswa abanjengoLaurie Strode Halloween. Ngezindlela eziningi, uLaurie wayengumuntu wangaphandle ngisho nasebangeni labangane bakhe, kodwa lawo mandla awathola ngokuba ngaphandle amsiza ukuba aphile.

Ubuye aveze ukuthi ukumangala akuyona into entsha kulolu hlobo lomculo.

“Ubelokhu ethukile kusukela ekuqaleni,” echaza. “Buyela emuva kumanoveli amaGothic e-Victorian Era uthole UCarmilla emayelana ne-vampire engongqingili. Kwakukhona izinhlamvu ze-queer ku-classic Frankenstein ifilimu. Akukusha. Siyaqala nje ukukhuluma ngakho. ”

Kukho konke okungenzeka ukuthi umsebenzi uyakhathaza futhi uphazamise kwezinye izinsuku, uVarrati uthi ama-imeyili nemiyalezo ayithola ku-inthanethi evela kubantu abasha ezweni lonke yenza konke kubonakale kuwufanele.

"Ngizothola umyalezo ngokuzumayo othi ngiseyibhungu eWest Virginia futhi ngizwa sengathi akekho ongizwisisayo," esho. “Ngingungqingili futhi uma ngibuka ama-movie asabisayo angenza ngizizwe ngingcono futhi bengicabanga ukuthi yimina ngedwa, kodwa imibukiso yenu ngiyizwa nomuntu ofana noJeffrey Reddick owasungula Indawo Yokugcina futhi kuyangisiza. ”

"Ngu-2018," eqhubeka. “Amaqhawe esifazane, amaqhawe amnyama akumele avezwe ngonyaka ka-2018. Kumele kube yinto eyejwayelekile. Ngifuna intombazane yokugcina engungqingili enentombi yokugcina. Ngifuna ifilimu ye-vampire yezitabane enokufinyelela okufanayo lokho Twilight kwadingeka. Ngifuna umuntu odlulisayo asisindise kwi-apocalypse ye-zombie. Asifuni nje lawa mabhayisikobho kuphela, kodwa siwafanele lawa ma-movie. ”

Kungabonakala ngonyaka we-2018 ukuthi izinkulumo zihlala zingashintshi, noma kunjalo, ikakhulukazi kweminye imibuthano elondolozayo. Ukufakwa kwezinhlamvu ze-LGBTQ noma ezinye izingcosana kuvame ukubizwa njengokucindezela i-ajenda, noma ngabe umlingiswa uyindlovukazi, abamnyama, abase-Asia, njll.

Ngokufanelekile, kuveza isishoshovu saseVarrati nabanye emphakathini lapho kwenziwa lezi zitatimende ngokwesibonelo, mayelana ne "The Walking Dead." Ngenkathi izithandani ezingongqingili zethulwa amasizini ambalwa emuva futhi ngesinye isikhathi * zahefuzela * zangana, ezinye zezilaleli ezazilondoloze umqondo zahlanya, abaningi bethi ngeke besalubuka lolu hlelo.

“Nakhu isivumelwano,” kuhleka uVarrati, “futhi kulapho ngithola khona okukhulu. Uma ubuka i-movie noma uhlelo lwe-TV futhi unenkinga yokuthi kukhona abantu abathandekayo kuyo, noma abantu abamnyama noma abalingiswa besifazane abanamandla, hamba-ke. Asikudingi. ”

Uveza lelo qiniso lokuthi izithameli ezimbalwa zikhule zibuka izinhlelo zethelevishini namafilimu abengahlelwanga zona, futhi ngaphezu kwalokho, izikhathi eziningi bezingenabamele abalingiswa ababebukeka noma abazizwa ngendlela ababenza ngayo.

"Kodwa sizithole sesikubo noma kunjalo," esho. "Ngilapha ukuzotshela abantu abacabanga ukuthi" ama-ajenda "aya kude kakhulu ukuthi angathatha igxathu ngaphandle kwabo. Zama ukuxhumana nomuntu ongafani ncamashi nawe futhi usengathola okuthile okuthandayo. ”

(kwesobunxele kwesokudla) uMichael Varrati, uPeaches Christ, uCassandra Peterson, noSharon Needles eRuPaul's DragCon

Okwamanje, iVarrati igxile ekwakheni okuqukethwe okubandakanya lezo zinhlamvu afuna ukuzibona, futhi kugubha labo abanye abantu embonini abenza okufanayo.

"Ngabuzwa muva nje ukuthi ngicabangani ukuthi omunye umuntu angaqala i-queer horror podcast," esho, "ngaphendula ngathi ngiyethemba bayakwenza! angiyona the owesilisa owesabekayo; Ngiyingxenye yomphakathi owesabekayo owesabekayo. Akekho ongathwala konke lokhu eyedwa. Kumele sixhasane futhi sibe kuyo ndawonye. ”

UVarrati udlala indima yakhe yakamuva yamahlaya amahlaya kuleli hlobo. Kuyabizwa Uyaphuza futhi igxile kwizithandani ezingongqingili ezingene ekwelashweni kwezithandani. Uhlobo lwezinkanyezi lwamafilimu uTiffany Shepis njengomelaphi othola ukuthi kuningi kakhulu okwenzekayo ngalezi zithandani kunokuhlangana iso.

Usanda kumemezela iphrojekthi entsha nomenzi wokuhudula kanye ne-horror aficionado Peaches Christ. Leyo filimu, enesihloko esithi Izingadi Zokubulala, ibhalwe ngokubambisana nguVarrati futhi isethelwe ukukhishwa ngonyaka ozayo.

Njengoba ingxoxo yethu yayisizophela, uVarrati wanginikeza ucezu lweseluleko engicabanga ukuthi lusebenza ezinkundleni eziningi kakhulu ezimpilweni zethu engangicabanga ukuthi kufanele kwabelwane ngalo lapha.

“Ungalokothi uvumele noma ubani akutshele ukuthi unokholo ngokweqile noma kufanele uthathe ikhefu empini yokulwela ukulingana; akufanele. Impilo yakho le. Kwenzeka kaningi ukuthi lowo okutshelayo asheshe akuphushele eceleni ngokushesha uma usuvale ngakho. ”