On Sunday afternoon, New Yorker writer Michael Schulman posted a tweet promising “a wild & crazy story coming out in tomorrow’s New Yorker.” The piece, he wrote, involved “the 1970s San Francisco leather scene, Robert Mapplethorpe, gay liberation, sex, drugs, murder, and—naturally—the Oscars.” Heads up! I've got a wild & crazy story coming out in tomorrow's New Yorker that I started work on in 2019. It involves: the 1970s San Francisco leather scene, Robert Mapplethorpe, gay liberation, sex, drugs, murder, and—naturally—the Oscars. — Michael Schulman (@MJSchulman) January 29, 2023 On Monday morning, Schulman’s in-depth chronicle of Oscars streaker Robert Opel — detailing his life, his 15 minutes of fame, and his brief subsequent odyssey through the worlds of 1970s art, sex, and politics — went live on the magazine’s website. It’s a fascinating, rollicking read, and an essential bit of queer history. Here are just a few of the juiciest bits. Opel, of cour...
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