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James Robert Baker
James Robert Baker (October 18, 1946 – November 5, 1997) was an American author of sharply satirical, predominantly gay-themed transgressional fiction.
==Early life==
Baker was born in Long Beach, California and raised in what he considered a "stifling, Republican Southern Californian household".〔(【引用サイトリンク】date=2006-10-18 )〕 Rebelling against his parents, he became attracted to the fringe elements of society, including beatniks (anyone living as a bohemian, acting rebelliously, or appearing to advocate a revolution in manners), artists and gays.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 date=2005-04-30 )〕 In high school during the 1960s he explored his sexuality at underground gay teen nightclubs, while living in fear that his abusive father would find out. At one point, his father hired a private detective to follow him, when he suspected Baker was having an affair with a male neighbor.〔Rivenburg, Roy. ("He's Angry, Raunchy and Unapologetic". ) ''Los Angeles Times'', April 8, 1993; Page E-1.〕 This family dynamic would be used in many of his novels, most extensively in ''Boy Wonder''.
Baker began taking drugs, and became, in his own words, "an out of control, teenage speed freak".〔 He also began drinking heavily, attributing it to the fact that he was closeted. However, even after coming out, his substance abuse remained excessive and "still had a life of its own".〔 After sobering up, he attended UCLA film school, where he was one of the winners of the Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards, and directed two films: ''Mouse Klub Konfidential'' and ''Blonde Death''. ''Mouse Klub Konfidential'', a film about a Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer who becomes a gay bondage pornographer, was a controversial entry in the 1976 San Francisco's LGBT Film Festival, as some thought Baker was actually advocating Nazism.〔Oliver, Myrna. ("James Robert Baker: Satiric Novelist, Cult Filmmaker". ) ''Los Angeles Times''; November 15, 1997, page A-20.〕 It is also credited with having caused Michael Medved to abandon his dream of film making and instead become a film critic.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/155583714X/ )〕
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