For New York and Jacobson himself, Louisa Jacobson and I planned to chat on Zoom for a big day. We will meet on the second day of record Heatwave, the final cycle of Pride Month, and Jacobson’s first anniversary Public. HBO Season 3 Gilded Age,,,,, Jacobson plays Marian Brook, a newbie to Manhattan high school society in the late 1800s, premiered a few days ago. Zohran Mamdani defeated former Governor Andrew Cuomo the historic victory the night before.
“I put Zoran in number one,” Jacobson said. “So, yeah…I’m really excited. It’s a really cool breakout moment in New York politics.”
Mamdani’s victory also coincides with the US premiere Trophy boy– A drama written by Emmanuelle Mattana, directed by Danya Taymor – Volkswagen at the MCC Theatre. In it, Jacobson and other AFAB actor Don Drag took part in a senior debate team of all boys as they prepare to face the sister school in the final battle of their high school career. Task? Tips to argue that “feminism fails women”.
“The opportunity to do resistance and perform like this in Pride Month is so cool,” Jacobson said. “And studying gender as a performance and digging into the masculine part of yourself.” She also notes that this resistance is a reversal that popular culture usually represents. “We don’t see it as often as we see Queens? I don’t think it’s too digestible. I don’t think people always understand how to receive it…so I think we’ve hit it a little bit, but it’s really fun.”
Even when it involves nuances of privilege, toxic masculinity and sexual assault allegations, the show still manages to feel fanatical and stingy. It even had a horny dance break, and all the boys spin to Pretty Ricky’s 2005 hit single “Grind with Me”, thus making their debate already effective in masturbating. When quartet hump chairs, Doms tables and spanking, it is clear that their intellectualization is merely a coping mechanism that is becoming insufficient to intensify the specific limits of adolescent space of specific, extreme desires due to lack of experience.
