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CIRCLE JERK REVIEW: GAY DIGAL SPOOF NOW ON STAGE
In 2020, playwrights Michael Brl and Patrick Foley digally premiered “Circle Jerk,” a brilliant, piercg crique of Inter-era whe gayns. Now, fally opens IRL. * is a circle jerk gay *
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