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Contents:
- THE SURFACE
- SURFACE (THE)
- 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
THE SURFACE
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The films remd of that fact, and they should be appreciated jt as much as the ser list is by no means the five document of queer film—’s merely a jubilee of movi that are both gay (as LGBTQ+) and gay (as happy!
[Alison Foreman]One need only mentn that Victor/Victoria stars Julie Andrews as a stgglg soprano who, wh the help of a mischievo gay performer, cis to pass herself off as a female impersonator 1930s Paris—fallg for a dashg gangster the procs. Capturg the reprsed homoerotic feelgs E. (Getty Imag)Meet the cutt gay dads movie history director Mike Nichols’ The Birdge.
SURFACE (THE)
* the surface gay film *
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'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
[Manuel Betanurt]Another Gay MovieImage: Courty TLA ReleasgThe perfect enpsulatn of LGBTQ+ cema the early 2000s, Another Gay Movie serv as a time psule for a moment when queer ntent was unabashedly c, lewd, straight-to-vio shlock. Followg the genre’s well-worn trop, four gay iends make a pact to lose their virgy before they go off to llege.
While the setup provis plenty of fodr for foul-mouthed toilet-humor, sex jok, and sight gags, the movie also manag to touch on some still-prsg issu of gay life, such as self-nial, subvertg stereotyp, embracg one’s own bety, and fdg chosen fay. But this retellg of Bra’s ’80s mers’ strike and a surprisg llaboratn wh gay and lbian activists may actually be this particular list’s qutsential pick. Gay screenwrer Stephen Berford’s tale is one of triumph over adversy, of how activism creat chosen fay, tied together by s roots real-life history.