Slow Takes

Slow Takes

movie features

Slow Takes: We Come to This Place for Magic

A movie theatre was the first reason I left my apartment after the 2016 election.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Dec 8, 2022

hulu

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tv feature

Slow Takes: “Pen15” and Embracing Alternate Girlhoods

Watching the first season during what I considered my second puberty was miserable. I could acknowledge its effectiveness, but I felt alienated.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Nov 3, 2022

horror

Horror Is So Gay

movie features

Slow Takes: The Year of Queer Indie Musicians Creating in Solitude and Losing Their Minds

Horror has always been the most democratized genre.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Oct 6, 2022

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lgbt book reviews

Slow Takes: “Stone Fruit” and Choosing Given Family

I learned about the concept of chosen family from a heterosexual uncle I don’t talk to anymore.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Sep 1, 2022

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movie features

Slow Takes: “Shangri-La” and What Makes a Great Short Film

Since the rise of video, “just go out and make something” has been a rallying cry to young filmmakers. I would add not to lose yourself along the way —…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Aug 4, 2022

reality tv

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first person

Slow Takes: “12 Dates of Christmas” and When Transphobia Makes You a Chaos Demon

If you want to live in a reality show, go ahead and sow chaos, but if you’d rather have a romcom, you have to let go.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jul 7, 2022

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theater

Slow Takes: A Tribute to Zoom Theatre

The story of how I joined theatre is like if the Disney Channel was dark and gay.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jun 2, 2022

Slow Takes

movie features

Slow Takes: “F9: The Fast Saga” and the Danger of Queer Assimilation

I will always believe that homoerotic criminals are far queerer than explicitly gay cops.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

May 5, 2022

Slow Takes

movie reviews

Slow Takes: “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy” and the Futility of Time Travel

Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s triptych of cinematic short stories is about love and fate and coincidence. It’s also about the past.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Apr 7, 2022

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music

Slow Takes: Lucy Dacus’ “Home Video” and the Representation of Specificity

Home Video isn’t universal. It’s not even universally queer. It’s solely and specifically Lucy Dacus.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Mar 3, 2022

In My Skin

Slow Takes

tv feature

Slow Takes: “In My Skin” and the Value of Second Chances

The second and final series of In My Skin is one of the best seasons of television I’ve ever seen.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 3, 2022

regular

short stories

first person

Slow Takes: Casey Plett’s “A Dream of a Woman” and Forgiveness as a Love Story

Often I find myself pushing so hard against the image of trans loneliness that I don’t allow myself to acknowledge the truths that lie within. This book acknowledged them for…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jan 6, 2022