Title: Jim Parson Talks about wedding ring / part 2

Conversation text:

Stephen: NOW YOU'RE BACK ON BROADWAY AFTER THREE YEARS .

I AM .

Stephen: YOU GOT A NEW SHOW, IT'S AT THE BOOTH THEATER, \"THE BOYS IN THE BAND . \"

NEW PRODUCTION OF AN OLD SHOW .

Stephen: I'M CONFUSED ABOUT THREE THINGS .

YOU'RE NOT BOYS, THEY'RE CLEARLY MEN, THERE IS NO BAND AND THERE ARE NO TURTLENECKS IN THIS PLAY .

NO ONE WEARS BLACK TURTLENECKS, THIS IS FALSE ADVERTISING .

I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO SEE SOME SORT OF GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST .

NO, THERE ARE NO TURTLENECKS IN THE PLAY .

FIRST OFF, THE BOYS IN THE BAND IS, I THINK, A REFERENCE TO A LINE IN A JUDY GARLAND FILM –

I THINK IT'S JUDY GARLAND WHERE THE GUY SAYS DON'T BE NERVOUS JUST GO IN THERE AND SING LIKE YOU DID FOR THE BOYS IN THE BAND .

I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THIS, SO THERE'S THAT .

THE TURTLENECKS IS BECAUSE THIS IS THE 50th ANNIVERSARY PRODUCTION OF THIS PLAY WHICH IS FIRST IN 1968 WHEN IT WAS VERY, VERY GROUNDBREAKING .

THIS WAS THE FIRST KIND OF INSIGHT INTO WHAT GAY LIFE MAY LOOK LIKE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE,

AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, IT ALL TAKES PLACE AT A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS PLAYED BY ZACH QUINTO AND (BLEEP) HITS THE FAN DURING THE EVENING,

BUT IN THE PROCESS YOU GET A LOT ABOUT THE WAY THESE MEN TALK AND RELATE TO EACH OTHER IN PRIVATE .

Stephen: IN PRIVATE BECAUSE THEIR SEXUALITY HAD TO BE HIDDEN .

YES .

Stephen: IT'S SET IN 1968, IT’S NOT UPDATED, IT STILL SET AT THE TIME .

YES, BUT WE DON'T HIT OVER THE HEAD WITH THAT . YOU DON'T NEED TO . BUT, YES, IN GENERALLY .

IT'S NOT UPDATED .

WHAT WAS MY POINT?

THE TURTLENECKS . REALLY, THE QUESTION HE'S ASKED – IT’S LIKE HOW CAN I KEEP STRIGHT .

THIS WAS A MIMIC, A COPY OF ONE OF THE ORIGINAL WHICH IS STILL VERY POPULAR PUBLICITY STILLS DONE FOR THE ORIGINL GUYS .

DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS?

I DON'T KNOW WHERE ELSE TO GO .

Stephen: HOLD ON, LET ME SEE .

PLEASE FLIP THROUGH .

Stephen: AND SO IS THERE A LEXUS IN THERE?

NO, NOR DO I DRIVE ONE IN REAL LIFE .