This week we turn our attention to a slightly different chronology of texts relevant to The Laramie Project: those offered by the mass media and film. We will begin with the Matthew Shepard footage (1996) from Tim Kirkland’s Dear Jesse (1998) documentary that I embedded in a previous post. Then we’ll move to an October […]
Dear Jesse
Laramie’s absent protagonist
After Tuesday’s class, Jacob reminded me that I have not yet discussed specific North Carolina connections to Matthew Shepard. In an article, “The Thrill of Living Dangerously,” written for the March 1999 issue of Out magazine, the author briefly discusses Matthew’s time in North Carolina, time spent working at a video store and seeing a […]