News at Eleven by Jack Greene

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News at Eleven doesn’t want to be nothing much if not a classical office romance with a twist: it plays a lot on the flamboyant side of one of its main character, Jordan, who is shiny and sparkling lile only a poster boy for all gay boys should be.

Jordan is the anchorman of a LGBT tv station and he is obviously gay, and obviously a prima donna. If somewhere else this would be a fault, in his job, and for the station, Jordan is an asset: he can be as much a diva as he wants since more he is excessive and more the numbers skyrocket.

Alexander is the manager of the station and from his role of command, he doesn’t want to “harass” his main asset: I think he has the idea that, if he makes a move on Jordan, Jordan will not refuse him, but only since he is the one in power. For Alexander this is a problem, for Jordan this is an added bonus. Tired to wait for Alexander, Jordan decides that he will seduce his boss, and of course there is no much resistance on Alexander’s side.

Jordan is maybe a little too much: too much pretty, too much brat, too much gay, but this is something I did found often in Jack Greene’s short stories, as it’s the West Hollywood set. To whom is questioning if those characters really exist in real life, I think that, if they were not real, authors would not write about them. Maybe they are part of the gay community, they are not the majority, but I think that, if you walk down Santa Monica boulevard, you will probably find some of them wandering around in their tight jeans and shiny t-shirt.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks so much, Elisa! And you are right. There are many men much more flamboyant than Jordan wandering around WeHo. I always look forward to your reviews.

Jack

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

You are welcome Jack, and I'd love to be there and walking around myself ;-)