Affable and cute, Griff, the ultimate at boy, spends a hot night wh at brother Pete, who liv off-mp. But he n't face the notn--and rponsibily--that he's gay, still ntug a flirtat affair wh Gretchen, a fetchg sorory girl who don't exce him much.
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DEFYG GRAVY: A REVIEW OF ROSS GAY’S BE HOLDG
A llege stunt (Daniel Chilson) mt risk publicizg his sexualy after his partner (Don Handfield) is hospalized by gay-bashers. * defying gravity gay film *
A llege stunt (Daniel Chilson) mt risk publicizg his sexualy after his partner (Don Handfield) is hospalized by gay-bashers. ) 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.
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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.
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