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- THE ORIGAL TOP GUN WAS MY SWEATY, SEXY GAY SALVATN
- ‘TOP GUN: MAVERICK’ IS ACTUALLY THE GAYT MOVIE OF THE YEAR
- JERRY BCKHEIMER WEIGHS ON TARANTO’S ‘TOP GUN’ GAY FILM MONOLOGUE: ‘A COMPLIMENT’
THE ORIGAL TOP GUN WAS MY SWEATY, SEXY GAY SALVATN
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They’re gay; they reprent the gay man, alright? Go the gay way, go the gay way.
‘TOP GUN: MAVERICK’ IS ACTUALLY THE GAYT MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Go the gay way. Be the gay way.
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JERRY BCKHEIMER WEIGHS ON TARANTO’S ‘TOP GUN’ GAY FILM MONOLOGUE: ‘A COMPLIMENT’
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