The Great Character theme for the month: Actn Comedy. Today: Gay Perry om the movie Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, wrten by Shane Black. Thank you, Jason, for this take on one of Shane Black’s most…
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HARRY LOCKHART & GAY PERRY (KISS KISS BANG BANG)
Harry gets teamed up wh the film’s technil adviser, real-life hard-boiled private eye PERRY van SHRIKE, aka “GAY PERRY” (Val Kilmer), to prep him for his screen tt. Perry is the real al, though–a genuely hard-boiled dick, cynil and bter and — oh yeah –gay.
and Val Kilmer as GAY PERRY.
GREAT CHARACTER: GAY PERRY (“KISS KISS BANG BANG”)
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