Gay Oscar-winner Dustin Lance Black, who grew up Mormon, wants to build bridges with Latter-day Saints. He explains why in HBO's 'Mama's Boy.'
Dustin Lance Black and his mother are the subjects of the documentary "Mama's Boy," which debuts Tuesday on HBO.In the new documentary “Mama’s Boy,” Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black recounts growing up a Latter-day Saint, and he’s got plenty of criticism of the church. But he’s also got plenty of praise.
“Mama’s Boy” debuts Tuesday at 7 p.m. on HBO, and repeats several times on HBO channels. It will also stream on HBO Max. It’s based on Black’s 2019 memoir, “Mama’s Boy: A Story from Our Americas,” and it’s not just his story, it’s the story of his mother, Roseanne “Anne” Bisch. Born into a family who lived well below the poverty line, Anne contracted polio as a child and was paralyzed from the chest down. A beautiful woman who stood just 5 feet tall, Anne was determined to take care of herself.
“There was a very good chance we would have been put in foster care had the church not started slipping cash into our mailbox,” Black said. “And it was done in quiet so that my mom could maintain her dignity.” But, according to Lance Black, the family was told not to report any of this to the police. In “Mama’s Boy,” he says that church leaders told Anne, “The responsibility of the wife is to create an atmosphere that suits your priesthood holder. And if he’s having to resort to this sort of violence, there’s something in the home that’s not right for your priesthood holder. They put the responsibility on my mom.
While some critics of the miniseries, which streamed earlier this year, focused on fictionalized aspects of the narrative, what Black focused on wasby The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since its beginnings in the 1830s. She also pushed Black to keep the promise he made while accepting the Oscar to fight for gay marriage.
Much in the same way the gay community has reclaimed “queer” and turned it into a word said with pride instead of an insult, Black has done the same with the “mama’s boy” — long a term of derision.
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