The hyperbole that elucidates the idiocy of the notion that same sex flirting is not socially acceptable (yet rampant?). Instead it is a perversion of young men in isolation, the 'ante upped' by the no.1 homo being a sadist. That whole premise is a hyperbole. I'll spell it out: if you aren't naturally a homosexual you…

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In order to accept this premise, I'd also have to accept the premise that a modern, isolated Liberal Arts college in upstate New York, full of Lesbians and Gay guys, would result in heteroerotic mingling.

Best Swedish Immigrant: Terror in a Texas Town. And that is non-negotiable.

Are Sam Mendes films ever anything other than frank, knowing explorations of the American experience?