Poole to speculate that the paper’s advertising department may not have looked at it too closely.
In a memoir, “Dirty Poole,” published in 2000, he related how, during the film’s release, its producer sneakily bought an ad for the film in The New York Times, leading Mr. Poole said at the time, “that gay people could look at and say, ‘I don’t mind being gay - it’s beautiful to see those people do what they’re doing.’” Soon celebrities like Rudolf Nureyev (Liza Minnelli), and Halston were also there to witness it. Its depiction of Adonic men having sex in the Pines was portrayed as blissful and guilt-free to viewers. When “Boys in the Sand” opened at the now gone 55th Street Playhouse in Manhattan, it became the talk of the town.
