Deep Inside Hollywood: Paul Lynde biopic “Man in the Box”, Scotty Bowers, Trans in “Trumpland”, “81 Words” for the world

Billy Eichner developing Paul Lynde biopic Man in the Box
Queer and square at the same time is a good way to describe the legendary Paul Lynde, the comic actor who worked in film and TV for decades, but is most well-known for occupying the center square box of the long-running game show Hollywood Squares. And for the upcoming biopic Man in the Box, the title takes on a second meaning, because Lynde was, if not fully closeted, also not fully out in any contemporary understanding of the word. He existed as he was on camera, a not-masculine man in a pre-Stonewall culture (the word was "flamboyant" back then) whose job was to make America laugh. But he was also never allowed to speak about who he was. It was a peculiar and terrible bind placed...