^ "Do I Sound Gay? A Documentary About Finding Your True Voice".Do I Sound Gay? A Documentary About Finding Your True Voice".^ "Update 1: Thank You for an Incredible 24 Hours!.^ a b "This Guy Just Wants to Know If He Sounds Gay".^ a b "'Do I Sound Gay?' Documentary Engaged In Kickstarter" Archived September 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
^ a b "Liam Lacey’s TIFF diary: A guide to this year’s gay-themed films" Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.The Hollywood Reporter, September 8, 2014. ^ a b "'Do I Sound Gay?': Toronto Review" Archived September 15, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.^ "Brooklyn director asks ‘Do I Sound Gay?’ in new documentary" Archived November 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.Do I Sound Gay? won Best Documentary Feature at the 2015 KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival. The film was first runner-up for the People's Choice Award for Best Documentary at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Clayton Dillard of Slant Magazine called Do I Sound Gay? "a film that only superficially engages its topic, preferring communal confirmation over more rigorous, troubled grapplings". Danielle Davenport of the One Room With A View said that, "On the whole, Do I Sound Gay? is didactic and empowering, but not overly rigorous its encouraging premise is not entirely satisfied". Gary Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Thorpe’s topic might have been better served in a broader-based documentary about LGBT stereotypes than as the basis for an entire film". Sara Stewart of New York Post wrote, "Thorpe does elicit entertaining, thoughtful and sometimes deeply sad insights". Writing for Variety, Andrew Barker wrote that, "The film does lose its way at times, especially during its long look at the evolution of cinematic gay stereotypes - still a worthwhile subject of study, though one that’s been explored more thoroughly elsewhere - and the ending is a little pat". Leslie Felperin writing for The Guardian said that, "the point is inclusiveness, not conclusiveness, and that makes this open, honest and endearingly slapdash work especially interesting". Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 65 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "Generally favorable reviews". The website's critical consensus reads, " Do I Sound Gay? proves to be a light, affable, entertaining look at a largely unexplored issue". On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 81% based on 47 reviews, with an average rating of 6.54/10. At the end of its run, six weeks later on August 20, the film had expanded to 18 theaters and grossed $108,620 domestically. Release Box office ĭo I Sound Gay? opened theatrically in one venue on July 10, 2015, and earned $10,461 in its first weekend. The campaign would go on to raise $120,573 out of $115,000 goal with 1,968 backers. Production of Do I Sound Gay? was crowdfunded through a Kickstarter campaign launched by Thorpe on April 30, 2014. When Thorpe did not have a lot of confidence, he described his voice as "I felt bad about being effeminate and how my voice was the leading edge of my effeminacy". Eventually he realizes that he intentionally changed his voice at about age 17 when he came out and wanted others to know he was gay.ĭirector David Thorpe had always been self-conscious about his voice. He visits two speech therapists to evaluate his condition and help him gain control of his speaking voice. David Thorpe becomes concerned that his gay-sounding voice is limiting his opportunities in life.