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Altman de-queered it, so I decided to re-queer it... When I showed the film for the first time in Los
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LaBruce's debut, according to him, "correspond with the burgeoning gay and lesbian film festival circuit and just sort of became a cult film." Despite its enthusiastic reception, LaBruce "never expected it to go outside of underground bars in
Toronto or alternative art spaces." The movie has been
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