[trash-talk] the great jt leroy bomb finally drops

[Ian Abbott]

It's not just that, but the person who "plays" JT in personal  
meetings has been identified as well...

"Shy and reclusive, Mr. Leroy, now 25, appeared in public often  
disguised beneath a wig and sunglasses. But the young man in the wig  
and sunglasses, it turns out, is not a man at all. The public role of  
JT Leroy is played by Savannah Knoop, Geoffrey Knoop's half sister,  
who is in her mid-20's. ... It is unclear what effect the unmasking  
of Ms. Knoop will have on JT Leroy's readers, who are now faced with  
the question of whether they have been responding to the books  
published under that name, or to the story behind them... But perhaps  
those most affected by the revelation that Ms. Knoop has been playing  
the public role of JT Leroy are those who went out of their way to  
help someone they thought was a troubled young man. ... To present  
yourself as a person who is dying of AIDS in a culture which has lost  
so many writers and voices of great meaning, to take advantage of  
that sympathy and empathy, is the most unfortunate part of all of  
this. A lot of people believed they were supporting not only a good  
and innovative and adventurous voice, but that we were supporting a  
person."

from http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/09/books/08cnd-book.html

Ian

On 10 Jan 2006, at 15:12, Shell Bryson wrote:

> Doesn't Elfie know him? I mean, personally.
>
> S.
>
> On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:59:35 +0000 "Susan Senn"
> <kanuz at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> And a lot of people are pissed because JT had AIDS.  To
>> make up and identity that was dying of AIDS is pretty
>> daring.  There will probably be a pretty good backlash
>> from this.
>>
>> Susan
>>
>> "Everyone uses baggies; that's why we can relate to this
>> crime"
>>
>> "Every day like Jesus He's not up there, He can't see
>> us. Maybe.  Eyes uplifted slowly, for effect, the land
>> below me far away."
>>
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