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June 29 - July 5, 2001

Everything in Between

Queer Asians in time and space

by kevinjamesgardner

Slipping a toothbrush-like device into his mouth, filmmaker Nguyen Tan Hoang demonstrates the latest in saliva-based HIV tests to the sold-out audience at the Victoria movie house. On the narrow stage between the screen and the viewers, hanging in that theatrical dusk before the curtain rises, this cultural producer cum community educator smiles for the camera as he waits for his saliva sample to coalesce. We all wait, holding our breath, though we’ll never know his results.

We give a similar reaction to his 4-minute flick Forever Bottom.: legs in the air, rear to the camera, Hoang leads us through a crazy barrage of personal times and places he creates to experience and convey submissive sexuality. Crammed in between car seats and shower curtains, building toward the inevitable climax we never actually see or hear, Hoang sucks us into his love space of suspended time and pleasure.

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