Anne Heche was a promising young actress.
She had great reviews behind her and great expectations ahead.
She was Ellen Degeneres’ first girlfriend in the public eye.
Shortly after she starred in a rom-com with Harrison Ford.
‘Could an out lesbian carry a movie?’ the trades asked.
She had great reviews behind her and great expectations ahead.
She was Ellen Degeneres’ first girlfriend in the public eye.
Shortly after she starred in a rom-com with Harrison Ford.
‘Could an out lesbian carry a movie?’ the trades asked.
It was a lot of expectation to put on one movie and on the shoulders of one person.
The movie was not great. It received tepid reviews and poor ticket sales.
Studio executives (inc. gay ones) pronounced that openly #LGBTQ people could not play leads.
We still see this now.
The movie was not great. It received tepid reviews and poor ticket sales.
Studio executives (inc. gay ones) pronounced that openly #LGBTQ people could not play leads.
We still see this now.
The relationship with Ellen ended, with much tabloid crowing.
Anne Heche’s fragility was exposed - few could go through what she did, and without the cushion of extreme wealth that Ellen enjoyed, and not bear the scars.
When she acted, you could still see her talent, her spark.
Anne Heche’s fragility was exposed - few could go through what she did, and without the cushion of extreme wealth that Ellen enjoyed, and not bear the scars.
When she acted, you could still see her talent, her spark.
We often ask too much of our role models.
We feel betrayed when they aren’t perfect.
The tabloids and social media will amplify flaws and pick at vulnerabilities.
We are complicit.
I feel very sad for Anne Heche.
I wish she could have shone.
theguardian.com/film/2022/aug/…
We feel betrayed when they aren’t perfect.
The tabloids and social media will amplify flaws and pick at vulnerabilities.
We are complicit.
I feel very sad for Anne Heche.
I wish she could have shone.
theguardian.com/film/2022/aug/…
I didn’t know Anne Heche. I have no right to eulogise.
But I remember what it was like when she and Ellen came out in 1994, at a time when we were starved of visible #LGBTQ.
As her family noted, she ‘moved the needle for acceptance of who you love.’
I wanted to honour that.
But I remember what it was like when she and Ellen came out in 1994, at a time when we were starved of visible #LGBTQ.
As her family noted, she ‘moved the needle for acceptance of who you love.’
I wanted to honour that.
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