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Boston Globe's viral lesbian bar mask story draws Hollywood rights offers

UTA is fielding scripted and documentary pitches for the Globe's viral Last Ditch bar story as it fuels a subscription surge.

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What to know

  • A Boston Globe story about a Massachusetts lesbian bar dropping its KN-95 mask requirement sparked backlash and accusations of ableism.
  • The article reportedly drove thousands of new Globe subscriptions, said to be on pace to 'shatter' paper records.
  • UTA, the Globe's representing agency, is fielding requests for scripted and documentary rights to the story.
  • Commentary treats a Netflix-style documentary adaptation as close to inevitable given the story's rapid spread.

Last Ditch (bar) Bar at center of the story, Greenfield, MAThe Boston Globe Publisher of the viral articleUTA Agency representing the Boston Globe

Boston Globe's viral lesbian bar mask story draws Hollywood rights offers
AV Club

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  1. 3

    AV Club predicts a Netflix documentary is likely

    An AV Club piece recaps the story's rapid spread from print to screen interest and speculates a documentary adaptation is close to inevitable.

    “a Netflix documentary within the next 12 months feels like a near-inevitability…”
    — Drew Gillis, AV Club
  2. 1 day quiet
  3. 2

    UTA fields Hollywood offers for the bar story

    The Hollywood Reporter reports that UTA, which represents the Boston Globe, has been fielding requests for scripted and documentary rights to the story.

    1. 1 outlet Viral Lesbian Bar Article From Boston Globe Is Piquing Hollywood’s Interest

      first by The Hollywood Reporter, 2d ago

  4. 3 days quiet
  5. 1

    Boston Globe subscriptions surge after story goes viral

    Coverage reports the article has driven thousands of new subscriptions and is likely to set a paper record.

    1. 1 outlet first by yahoo.com, 6d ago · read ↗

  6. background

    Community accuses bar of ableism over mask change — Customers and community members criticize the bar as ableist and 'eugenicist' for dropping the mask requirement; one of three original owners leaves the business to go to clown school.

  7. background

    Boston Globe publishes Last Ditch bar mask story — The Globe publishes an article on the Last Ditch bar in Greenfield, Massachusetts, which made KN-95 masks optional on Saturday nights after previously requiring them.