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POT BREAK IS GAY
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'POT BREAK' IS GAY
To be fair, even if I hadn't had the heads up, I would've ught onto the simmerg homoeroticism of "Pot Break" pretty quickly. It stars a young Keanu Reev (who would star "My Own Private Idaho" two months later, but had already played gay by this pot) and Patrick Swayze (still a few years off om "To Wong Foo, " but already cshed-on by men and women aplenty), both radiatg full movie-star wattage.
The movie's excellence is extrible om s homoeroticism. " -Utah, This movie remembered the actn sports and fot to clu the gay subtext and likable characters.
It's a lghably bad remake that don't unrstand the charm of the origal — replacg the homoerotic bro-challengg-bro charge of the first wh a qut for nirvana via Rob Hood heroism bed wh global ath-fyg stunts. To cement the fact the guys are all roid up, uber tanned and vered oh so ol k work, the director kdly provis wh a topls, man on man, sweaty, hairy, illegal street fight scene jt to prove there is no possibily the guys are soft, and there is fely no homosexualy gog is there?