New ‘Drunk Histories’ lets you know what really went down that night at the Stonewall Inn – WATCH
By Josh Lee
THE COPY IN HERE IS FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE SO DON’T PUBLISH IT (Also I realised that I’m not sure the video is available in the UK) Comedy Central’s Drunk History series gives audiences the chance to learn about some of the world’s defining moments
Who would’ve thought that Comedy Central’s Drunk History would feature a more accurate dramatisation of the Stonewall Riots than a movie called Stonewall? But it happened.
Tuesday night’s episode of the hilarious series featured the story of the riots that sparked the LGBT civil rights revolution in New York City; director Roland Emmerich should take notes.
Emmerich came under fire even before Stonewall debuted in theaters since the trailers seemed to portray a white, masculine gay man (played by a straight actor, no less) as the one person to spark the riots.
Despite what the filmmaker has said regarding who exactly started the riots, the vast majority of experts link the real fighters to the homeless queer youth on the streets, with trans woman Marsha P. Johnson at the forefront.
While Emmerich attempted to defend his film a number of times, our suspicions were proven true when Stonewall hit theaters. If you haven’t seen it, there’s an actual scene where a white man grabs the brick from a homeless youth of color and throws it himself, quite literally taking a people’s culture and history out of their own hands.
Drunk History, however, put the spotlight on Johnson, as played by trans actor Alexandra Grey.
Watch a clip from the episode below: