Greg Kentris is the thor of Defyg Gay Gravy (4.44 avg ratg, 9 ratgs, 2 reviews, published 2013)
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DEFYG GAY GRAVY
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Defyg Gay Gravy is a novel about the personal challeng faced by a young gay teen who wants to e out of the closet – both lerally and figuratively. It is the story of a youth g to terms wh who he is, and learng to embrace the person he was born to be, spe of the behavur and attus of the people his life. The story is based on Greg Kentris’s own experienc and is a great gateway book. * defying gay gravity *
Defyg Gay Gravy is a novel about the personal challeng faced by a young gay teen who wants to e out of the closet – both lerally and figuratively. Defyg Gay Gravy is a perfect text to help start the nversatn about the universal human ndns of inty, voice, and evolutn, personal growth.
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) Even when the actn moved beyond the suffotg atmosphere of the at hoe and the tailgate party -- the evotn of said atmosphere beg the first sign, perhaps, that wrer-director John Keel knew what he was dog after all -- I had the uneasy feelg I was watchg yet another well-tentned pat-by-numbers Afterschool Special about g out, pecially when the evable clichéd gay-bashg (right down to the baseball bats) took that is precisely when `Defyg Gravy' begs to take an unexpected turn, gatherg momentum when you least expect . What lifts this above most other movi, and certaly many gay-themed flicks, is how squarely and unapologetilly addrs and picts love s many forms. (Why is any gay-themed movie wh sympathetic straight characters rid as fantasy?
This is an tertg ltle film that als wh the two greatt fears of any gay person -- g out and gettg the macho rual of a llege aterny, Griff has to change pronouns so that he n hi the fact that he is gay and his date is a "he" stead of a "she. Pete is trated bee Griff won't allow anyone to know that he and Pete are gay lovers.
The pa they are both gog through turns to crisis when Pete is gay-bashed and Griff knows somethg about the crime but is aaid to tell what he knows bee that would volve his g an pennt film that was quickly ma, the story shows real pth. Pete even gets Griff to meet him at a gay ffeehoe.
A gay stunt was attacked and a at is unr vtigatn. A closeted at boy will have to ci whether to support the victim or his bros. Some moral ambiguy would have been nice but Defyg Gravy is not about nuance. There's no jtifitn for not talkg to the police private. We're left wag… * defying gay gravity *
Then the gaybashg cint that chang guys this movie are handsome and believable.
Defyg Gravy movie reviews & Metacric sre: Griff (Chilson), a closeted gay aterny member, has a relatnship wh off-mp aterny brother ... * defying gay gravity *
The gaybashg is an ovesed plot vice, but works to make this to a poignant movie about the dilemmas faced by gays who want to f , don't want to risk beg open, yet need affectn along wh sex om another man.
A llege stunt (Daniel Chilson) mt risk publicizg his sexualy after his partner (Don Handfield) is hospalized by gay-bashers. * defying gay gravity *
After beg wns to a gay bashg that leav Pete serly jured, Griff is forced to al wh his own sexualy, as well as the nflict of outg himself orr to brg Pete's attackers to jtice. But when Pete is jured a gay bashg, Griff is forced to ci on which si of the fence he mt ultimately stand. Only GRAVITY, relign is avoid and gay sex has been add.
The only thematic novelty "Defyg Gravy," John Keel's mostly agreeable feature directorial but, is that s g-out story tak place at a universy at hoe. Nohels, ma wh a good al of charm, this aptly tled drama is a likely bet for theatril release and is bound to please gay men, particularly young on. * defying gay gravity *
They are given a mutual bt iend (Nikls Lange) who is unmistakably straight to let know that is all right to be gay iendly. Griff's g to terms wh his sexualy is aid by a lbian acquatance (Lna Carter) who is black, to better intify beg gay wh beg margalized. That may make seem nsequential, but sce most gay films wallow angry rantg or outrageo mp, GRAVITY's low-key thoughtfulns mak a ltle b different and a ltle b special.
One of the more tertg gay g out movi. Gay g out films are difficult to brg off for eher a gay or a straight dience. Some havecricized for beg cliche, but que the oppose is te: the film isremarkable bee of the absence of stereotyp we've e toexpect gay-themed art films: drag queens, dysfunctnalfai, everyone dyg of AIDS, dis mic, diva worship, pot-smokg, mil theater fanatics, "sissi, " leather daddi, the 's none of that here.
Defyg Gay Gravy is a novel about the personal challeng faced by a young gay teen who wants to e out of the closet – both lerally and figuratively. It is the story of a youth g to terms wh who he is, and learng to embrace the person he was born to be, spe of the behavur and attus of the people his life. The story is based on Greg Kentris’s own experienc and is a great gateway book. * defying gay gravity *
Griff and Peteare probably the most accurate reprentatn of most gay menthat have appeared on the screen to date. S., that enjoy rough hog wh their iends, partyg, gog to sportg events, all the typil "guy" thgs, except datg public, sce they're gay.
Patience is reward as gay at hoe drama unfolds.
This is a gay film that don't feel like a typil gay film that absolutely nothg seems ntrived, particularly the people and the havg been a at boy myself, I was surprised how I warmed to the iendship displayed between at brothers here. The bond between "Griff" and buddy Todd seems real and unforced, jt as do the ictn between the already out Pete and the closeted Griff who jt isn't to the gay scene.