Resistance in Remembrance: Playland Captures Memories of Queer Souls

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Written By Izzy Christman

Playland gives us one last night in Boston’s oldest and most infamous gay bar, featuring the ghosts who, even in life, haunted this place. Whimsical and bittersweet, Georden West’s film pays tribute to one of the oldest gay bars in the country: the Playland Cafe, previously located in the so-called Combat Zone in Boston, the city’s adult entertainment district. The cast of characters includes bar flies, performers, servers, and all manner of debauches and renegades.

Izzy Christman

Izzy Christman (they/them) has been a freelance writer and editor for more than a decade. They studied writing at Ohio University before returning to the West Coast. Izzy has worked as a ghostwriter, copyeditor, and content writer. They've even writing classes taught at Seattle's Hugo House. Their work has appeared in a number of magazines, anthologies, and podcasts, including The NoSleep Podcast, Unwinnable Magazine, and Tales to Terrify. Izzy is an active member of the Seattle Chapter of the Horror Writer's Association.

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