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![]() Easy Outs. By Jesse Fox Mayshark MARCH 30, 1998: None of my gay friends has had an easy time "coming out." Some tell only close friends but not co-workers; some tell one parent but not the other. Some have been effectively banished from their families. Others end up mediating fights between mothers and fathers over how to deal with the news. So it's interesting to see how lightly many recent gay-themed movies take that tough step.
If In & Out is flawed, When Night is Falling (1997, R) is outright ludicrous. This glossy romance about a beautiful professor at a strict Canadian Christian school who falls in love with a beautiful circus performer makes it look like all the angst of coming to terms with sexual orientation can be resolved with one good romp in bed. The film is unsettling because it combines earnest preachiness about homophobia with lesbian lovemaking scenes that, while undeniably erotic, carry the incense-tinged whiff of soft-core porn. Writer/director Patricia Rozeman has a nice visual sense, but her dialogue is awkward and frequently laughable. Almost nothing about the movie rings true. Somewhat more credible is The Incredible True Adventure of Two Girls in Lovea (1996, R), a good-natured high school drama about a popular preppy girl falling in love with a young lesbian from the wrong side of the tracks. It's appealing in the same way John Hughes' teen flicks werethink of it as Pretty in Pink in Doc Martens. Even so, the generally upbeat mood underplays the story's drama. And once again, the sex is unnecessarily graphic and seems exploitative of its young stars.
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