Jam Sweeney's tale of a young gay man who don't like sex — and thks he mt be straight — is a new kd of braiac screwball edy.
Contents:
- MARCIA GAY HARN (‘SO HELP ME TODD’) DISCS THE ‘SCREWBALL EDY SENSIBILY’ OF NEW LEGAL SERI [EXCLIVE VIO INTERVIEW]
- HE JT WENT GAY ALL OF A SUDN: CARY GRANT AND THE SCREWBALL COMEDY
MARCIA GAY HARN (‘SO HELP ME TODD’) DISCS THE ‘SCREWBALL EDY SENSIBILY’ OF NEW LEGAL SERI [EXCLIVE VIO INTERVIEW]
* gay screwball comedy *
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Osr Homolka,. “Straight Up” tells the story of Todd (played by Sweeney), an sanely articulate Asian-Amerin gay software r, wh shirts buttoned up to his Adam’s apple, who’s so quick and fsy and arch that the thoughts pour out of him like nfsnal word salad.
HE JT WENT GAY ALL OF A SUDN: CARY GRANT AND THE SCREWBALL COMEDY
So what he cis, on a whim of iron, is that the reason he’s nng om his sexualy is that he is not, fact, gay.