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.
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GREAT CHARACTER: GAY PERRY (“KISS KISS BANG BANG”)
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Today: Gay Perry om the movie Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, wrten by Shane the celebrated screenwrer Shane Black, who vented the Lethal Weapon anchise, sold his typed up adrenale sh, they didn’t sell for cheap. As East Coast thief Hollywood, Harry Lockhart, and a val Val Kilmer as his reluctant California chaperone, private eye Gay PERRY: (to Harry) Go.