From Variety · Mya Copeland · · 1m 20s
Karina Longworth digs into old Hollywood's bisexuals
The "You Must Remember This" host has stopped watching modern Hollywood and turned her ear to the industry's buried bisexual history.
In brief
The "You Must Remember This" host has stopped watching modern Hollywood and turned her ear to the industry's buried bisexual history. Longworth's 18-season podcast works because she left the present behind, and season 19 uses Libby Holman and Montgomery Clift to argue bisexuality was never a myth. Originally reported…
She stopped watching
Karina Longworth, a former film critic, says she doesn't pay much attention to the modern film industry anymore. Her attention lives decades back.
“Karina Longworth isn't that interested in modern Hollywood anymore.”
Eighteen seasons deep
"You Must Remember This" has run for 18 seasons, long enough to become the reference work people reach for on Hollywood's secret history.
Gossip, feuds, murders
Her raw material is what the studios tried to bury: rumors, rivalries, scandals that ended careers, and the occasional killing.
“from gossip and feuds to controversies and murders”
The Bisexuals arrives Tuesday
The new season runs eight episodes and traces the history of bisexual people working inside the entertainment industry.
Two lives carry it
Broadway torch singer Libby Holman and movie star Montgomery Clift anchor the season, two careers shaped by what Hollywood refused to name.
A myth, still
Longworth's framing is blunt: even progressive people still say bisexuality is a myth. That denial is what the season is built to answer.
“Even Progressive People Say Bisexuality is a Myth”
The short version
Longworth's 18-season podcast works because she left the present behind, and season 19 uses Libby Holman and Montgomery Clift to argue bisexuality was never a myth.
