{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fe07b0858-18b1-4cfb-b661-ee98f5c0f8bc","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 167: Truth or Fiction \u2013 The Battles of Sexual Attraction \u2013 Dwight Gabbert","description":"It\u2019s been said that life imitates art, but sometimes art imitates life. And that\u2019s exactly where we are going today on The Coming Out Lounge, to a place where art takes us into the provocative life of The Victorians.\r\nOur guest, Dwight Gabbert, created this film as a bid to celebrate homosexuality and LGBT rights across the world, not just in Amsterdam. He\u2019s taken a step into the stereotypical and non-stereotypical as he explores controversial topics such as gay fetish clubs, gay marriage and the \u201cnormal\u201d journeys of struggling to come to terms with one\u2019s own sexual preference.\r\nShow Highlights\r\n\r\n* What if we gave each other permission to be ambiguous in who we are?\r\n* Find your core people, and they are going to help you \u00a0through the challenges\r\n* He wanted\u00a0to tell a story that is everybody\u2019s\u2026.\r\n* Hear what\u2019s the beauty in being unapologetic!\r\n* Sometimes fierceness is what\u2019s needed. Be bold, because we only get one life\u2026\r\n\r\nAbout\u00a0Dwight\u00a0\r\nDwight started his career in the early 90s working at Roger Corman Studios in Venice Beach where he learned to hone the craft of filmmaking. His directorial debut was in 2010 with the short film, I Love Nancy, an exploration into one man\u2019s obsessive relationship with the plastic objects that consumed him. The film was accredited for being a hard-hitting existential look into the synthetic side of life that does us harm.\r\n\r\nHe and his wife, Laetitia, enjoy discerning the dark contradictions in humanity. This inspired them to create the characters of The Victorians which portray people living on the fringe of a society.\r\nAbout The Victorians\r\n\r\nThe Victorians follows the fatal attractions of a pair of brothers. One is fighting his homosexuality and love for a sadist, the other succumbing to his love for a prostitute. Their moral battles act as the fuel for their thievery, leaving Amsterdam\u2019s tourists dry in their path of self destruction.\r\nWe arrive with Joey, their naive American victim whose vulnerability leaves him prey to the sadist\u2019s sexual games and introduces him to the Amsterdam underground.\r\nIt\u2019s revenge, lust, addiction, and everything in between. It\u2019s the royal rogues of Amsterdam.\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\nThe Victorians Website\r\nThe Victorians Trailer\r\nFacebook\r\nTwitter\r\nInstagram\r\nThe Victorians IMDb\r\nYouTube Channel\r\nDwight\u2019s IMDb\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n<a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Frickclemons.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/4b9b6c41-474a-4fd0-a374-cbb2a7aa23a4/1400x1400_uncloseted_artwork-01-573.jpg"}