A Queer Fantasy World of The New Member: The Phenomenon of the First Boys’ Love Musical in Taiwan

The “Boys’ Love” genre (BL), which revolves around love affairs between beautiful young men, developed from Japanese shōjo manga and has grown to cover novels, animated films, and video games. When the first BL musical in Taiwan, The New Member, was to premiere in November 2014, BL fans expressed su...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Asian theatre journal 2018-09, Vol.35 (2), p.418-442
1. Verfasser:	Lin, Wen-ling
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Analysis Animated films Asian culture Audiences Boys Children & youth Computer & video games Criticism and interpretation Fantastic literature Fantasy fiction Gender Genre Girls Graphic novels Homosexuality, Male Influence LGBTQ literature Male homosexuality Males Manga Manga literature Motion picture directors & producers Motion pictures Musical theater Musical theatre Novels Portrayals Theater Women Young adults
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Zusammenfassung:	The “Boys’ Love” genre (BL), which revolves around love affairs between beautiful young men, developed from Japanese shōjo manga and has grown to cover novels, animated films, and video games. When the first BL musical in Taiwan, The New Member, was to premiere in November 2014, BL fans expressed suspicion, since their delight in the genre stems in part from its presentation as a fantasy world imagined on paper or in pixels. This paper investigates how The New Member successfully converted the initially skeptical BL fans into raucous theatre-goers.
ISSN:	0742-5457 1527-2109 1527-2109
DOI:	10.1353/atj.2018.0039