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The "Happy Death Day" Bulge
Ok, who are these guys? I'm particularly interested in the one on the left, the one with the sock shoved down his parts. Google says that they are Jessica Rothe and Ruby Modine, but that's obviously...
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"Huge in France": Watch It for the Beefcake
Huge in France (2019) stars Gad (Gad Elmileh, a comedian who actually is huge in France). He comes to America and is shocked to find that no one recognizes him. He is constantly walking into a room,...
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"Special": A Non-Heartwarming Sitcom about a Gay Guy with Cerebral Palsy
At first I wasn't interested in Special, about a gay guy with cerebral palsy. "Special"? Must be a heartwarming, gushing, "live every day to its fullest" warmedy, with lots of hugs and understanding....
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"Now Apocalypse": Beefcake, Gay Romance, and Reptilians at the End of the World
Well, the first episode was free on Amazon Prime.Now Apocalypse (2019) begins with a slacker named Ulysses or Uly (former Disney teen Avon Jongia channeling Johnny Depp) wandering through a bleak urban...
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The Sons of the Incredible Hulk
When you're the child of the Incredible Hulk and a personal trainer, muscles are a constant part of your life, so you'd have to expect Lou Ferrigno's kids to be rather buffed.Born in 1984, Lou Ferrigno...
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"Cold Pursuit": A Kidnapped Son, for a Change
You probably shouldn't watch a movie with a wikipedia page that says there is a "closeted homosexual" character. First, the proper term is "gay." Second, what is this, 1975?But I'm stuck in Chicago,...
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Why I Stopped Reading "Doonesbury"
Gary Trudeau's Doonesbury first appeared in national syndication in 1970. I had heard of the strip, but knew nothing about it until the summer of 1982, right after my college graduation, when I found...
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"The Cool Kids": Old People Have Problems, Too
News flash: Patrick Duffy is 70 years old.O tempora, o mores.In many cultures older people are respected as fonts of wisdom. In our culture we think of them as screaming bigots or doddering fools,...
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What's Gay About "The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle"?
Who wouldn't want to read a novel called The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle?Especially when reviews call it Agatha Christie combined with (insert science fiction great here).I've been binge-reading...
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Christmas with Travis Milne
Canadian actor Travis Milne has one of the most strikingly beautiful faces in recent screen history. Plus his real name is George Travis Darold Milne XI. That's right, there have been 10 Travis...
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"No Good Nick": A World without Heterosexuals
Kamala Epstein played a gay kid on The Fosters, so naturally I was going to watch his new Netflix sitcom, No Good Nick (2019-) Even though it also stars former Sabrina the Teenage Witch Melissa Joan...
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Let's Go to Kokomo
I've been bouncing around Indiana all my life, but I've never been to Kokomo. Never had a reason to. Didn't even know much about it except for that Beach Boys song, which is actually about a mythical...
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David Lascher
The 1990s was the decade of the teen hunk; they appeared on Saturday morning, on Saved by the Bell and its clones (California Dreams, Breaker High), on the teen-heavy nuclear family sitcoms on ABC's...
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Frank Hamer and Maney Gault: The Brokeback Couple Who Brought Down Bonnie and...
I walked into the living room in time to see the last few minutes of The Highwaymen, about the Texas Rangers Frank Hamer and Maney Gault, who tracked down legendary spree killers Bonnie and Clyde in...
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"Bonding": Who Knew BDSM was So Boring?
The "Bonding" in Boomer's Beefcake and Bonding refers to "male bonding," intimate emotional connections between men that can be read as homoromantic.But the new Netflix short-series Bonding (2019) is...
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An Angst-Ridden, Gay Hanna-Barbara Cartoon
Picture from Deviantart.comIn 1958, former MGM animation directors William Hanna and Joseph Barbera (probably not a gay couple) teamed up to explore the uncharted world of television cartoons.Their...
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B.E.E.F.C.A.K.E. in the T.O.W.N. that loved A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.S.
This photo is entitled only JCHS. I get that the HS must be "High School," but JC? "Jesus Christ?" "Just Canoli?" "Jeans Coordinated"?I found the twitter account: JCHS@ CWCJCHS. The must have a...
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Why We Watched "Amen" in West Hollywood
When I was living in West Hollywood, Saturday night was cruising night; at 9:30 pm, just after The Golden Girls, you headed out to Mugi (for Asian men), Catch One (Black men), Basgo's (Hispanic men),...
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Searching for the Gay Characters on "On My Block"
Netflix keeps pressuring me to watch On My Block, about four high school friends in a Hispanic neighborhood in Los Angeles."You like quirky comedies with gay characters, right? Then watch On My...
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"The Perfect Date": A Gay Sidekick in a Teen Operator Movie
Ordinarily I wouldn't be caught dead watching a movie called The Perfect Date. Sounds like the garbage movies of the 1980s, where teen nerd or operator tries to win the "it" girl, who is hot but dating...
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