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Most people recall the Cino as a fairyland refuge. Here are some dissenting views.

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VILLAGE VOICE’S FIRST CINO REVIEW? Dec. 15, 1960. Oct2. 2010, DORIC WILSON e-mails “I remember Seymour Krim. He refused to believe that I was gay because I did not ‘camp!.’ I also remember Johnny chewing toothpicks! (Have not thought of it for years!) Bob Costa later played the Gay character in my play Pretty People.” See a photo of this “No Exit” HERE.

From Gary Comenas’ wonderful site Warhol Stars.

The “he” in the first sentence is, of course, Joe Cino.

MICHAEL SMITH on running the Cino after Joe’s death, from his Website.

DORIC WILSON, from his Website.

From the original Broadway “Hair” program.

Below, CHARLES LOUBIER one of the earliest “Cino People,” recalls Joe’s life and death for the off-Off Broadway paper Other Stages in 1979.

Concluded below in the block marked “CINO.”.

The above article is very generously shared by JOHN BORSKE.

DONALD L. BROOKS’ 1969 “Superfreak” presented what some considered very negative images of the Cino and caused great dissent, though Brooks says they were not negative images of the Cino, but rather of people who destroyed it. See show-photos HERE and reviews HERE.