Fact #150123
When:
Short story:
Playwright Joe Orton submits the first draft of his script for Up Against It, intended for the next film by The Beatles, to Walter Shenson, the executive in charge of the production. It will be rejected.
Full article:
Paul McCartney : The reason why we didn't do Up Against It wasn't because it was too far out or anything. We didn't do it because it was gay. We weren't gay and really that was all there was to it. It was quite simple, really. (Beatles' manager) Brian (Epstein) was gay ... and so he and the gay crowd could appreciate it. Now, it wasn't that we were anti-gay - just that we, The Beatles, weren't gay.
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