Free Publicity? Broadway Cares Doesn’t Care

NSFW blog DudeTubeOnline posted photos from the event, where no one actually stripped completely naked (most the dancers ended up in underwear or used strategically placed props to cover their dicks), but when the theater queens at Broadway Cares saw their pics alongside XTube clips and hardcore gay porn updates, girrrrrl:

Yesterday I was contacted by a representative of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS who asked me to remove a post I made about the event Broadway Bares. I was told they “work very hard to police the content from BROADWAY BARES which appears online to protect the associations [sic] made this event.” I emailed a reply to the representative and asked if the issue was with the pictures I posted (the majority of which were from BroadwayWorld) or my site specifically. I was told, “It is the site.”

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Later in our exchange, the representative flopped and said the posted photos were the real issue, saying he was concerned about the impact on the career of the dancers. Is having identical pictures posted on a Broadway website and Dudetube a career killer? Are you readers not savvy enough to understand the context under which the photos were taken? By the way, I did not identify any of the performers in the photos (unlike the majority of “mainstream” websites). I’m upset that an organization would actively promote an event based on sexuality, and then become outraged when a sexual website reports on it. The representative told me that Broadway Bares “is sexy but clever.”

So, Broadway Bares isn’t sexy or clever. They’re hypocrites, and that’s fine, I guess.

The problem is that Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is supposed to be helping people with AIDS, and if they don’t want blogs like Dudetube (which receives more traffic than many so-called mainstream gay sites) covering their events, they’re limiting the amount of people who might be willing to support their cause.

Earlier this morning, I called Broadway Cares and spoke to a rep named Bobby. I told him that by asking to have photos from their recent events removed from sites, they’re turning down free publicity. His response: “Publicity isn’t worth anything after the fact.”

Here’s some video from Broadway Bares, and if Broadway Cares wants it removed from The Sword they’ll need to talk to YouTube.

 

 

 

0 thoughts on “Free Publicity? Broadway Cares Doesn’t Care”

  1. Hey, this is Matt from Dudetube. To hear that a representative said, “Publicity isn’t worth anything after the fact” comes across as completely disingenous. As if all the press coverage after this year’s event just magically happened. As if the record breaking success of this year’s event had nothing to do with the post-event press from the 2009 event. The more I hear from BC/EFA, the more I question how involved they are with the Broadway Bares event itself. I haven’t heard anything from any of the individuals involved in the actual creative production of the event.

  2. “Publicity isn’t worth anything after the fact.”

    So then why does the Broadway Cares website have “Event Archives” highlighting past fundraising events dating back to 2001, and why is there a press release (for lack of a better term) titled “Historic Strip-opoly Breaks the Bank” on their website? The event’s over with. “Publicity isn’t worth anything after the fact.”

  3. “Here’s some video from Broadway Bares, and if Broadway Cares wants it removed from The Sword they’ll need to talk to YouTube.”

    Bravo for that stand because this really is a disgusting display of hypocrisy at it worst!

    Let’s look deeper into this sultry sexually driven video which depicts some pretty deviant and raunchy sexual activity. ooooooh! lol

    Pause the video at the :50 second mark and you have simulated fisting – with some pretty hot ass.

    Then from the 2:19 mark through 2:23 – we have simulated gang bang pissing going on. (what a lucky guy he was :-) )

    Then at the 2:26 mark, we have a disgusting gay kiss in the remaining piss left on the stage floor. Oh dear lord!

    The fact is, these simulated sexual activities on stage were scripted into the show by the very organization who now wants to disassociate themselves and their own scripted sexual activity from a very high traffic website that carried their message and story of support. http://www.Dudetubeonline.com has always been a multi-faucet style blog with a HUGE traffic footprint of our community.

    Protect the actors? That’s just horseshit. From what?

    Themselves?

    Where’s GLADD when you REALLY need them? :-((

  4. I work with an HIV Research group and am very adamant about how my image is being used. Believe me, I’ve been asked to participate in these kinds of functions, and decline. When you remove your clothes, it changes everything including the message. Maybe broadway dancers shouldn’t be such attention whores and participate in a manner they won’t be ashamed of later.

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