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 | Feature Story Who would have thought that Con Air, an action movie overflowing with sweat and testosterone and explosions in Las Vegas, was a gay film? One reviewer explains his theory about the Jerry Bruckheimer film's homosexual subtext. Is he serious? We're not betting on it. |
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