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Contents:
- THE GAY PUPPET STARS OF OR YOU COULD KISS ME
- SAME STREET INTRODUC FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS
- THIS GAY PUPPETEER HELPED PUT 'THE MUPPET SHOW' ON THE MAP AND CHANGED TV FOREVER
THE GAY PUPPET STARS OF OR YOU COULD KISS ME
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Handsprg are workg on wh thor, playwright and director Neil Bartlett, whose script follows a gay uple through a lifelong relatnship.
SAME STREET INTRODUC FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS
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THIS GAY PUPPETEER HELPED PUT 'THE MUPPET SHOW' ON THE MAP AND CHANGED TV FOREVER
"We wanted to al wh gay realy, but for that to be part of the texture rather than the subject. " What Or You Could Kiss Me looks at, says Kohler, is "the untold story gay liv – of people who have stayed together their whole liv".