Famo director has been lled as Gay.. ?

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• FAMO DIRECTOR HAS BEEN LLED AS GAY.. ?
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

FAMO DIRECTOR HAS BEEN LLED AS GAY.. ?

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'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

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For this gift, as well as the troductn to the glor in known as Faye Dunaway, I will always thk of “Bonnie and Cly” as my first gay movie experience. In a way, the movie’s accsibily also allowed me to appreciate the movie on the surface to people while also beg able to vertly enjoy how gay was (that bathtub scene).