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The characters reflect Guy Hocquenghem’s assertn that ‘palism turns homosexuals to failed “normal people”’—and if their posture is anythg to go by, none of them plan on makg any effort towards succsful normaly. While gay htler Mike (River Phoenix) seems ntent wh street life, his iend Stt (Keanu Reev) is ls immune to the siren song of affluence.
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