I've made it pretty clear here on the site that it's been a rough week or so for me and y'all have been very kind in wishing me well, I appreciate it. And I only bring it up now again because part of what was weighing on me was writing a movie review of all things -- sometimes writing is a blessing and frees you of things and sometimes it's hard as fuck and makes you root around in shit you don't feel like rooting around in. And it was more of the latter when I wrote up my thoughts on the gay drama Plainclothes starring Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey this week. The movie is good, mind you! It just stirred things up and this wasn't the best week for that. Anyway click on over to Pajiba to read the review. Some of the stuff that comes up in there I've mentioned in other pieces before so if you're long-time readers it'll sound familiar. Anyway Plainclothes -- terrific and well acted stuff! The end. (For today.)
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I’m sorry you’ve been having that kind of week. Thank you for the review, which is enough to get me to see the film, even if it’ll be yet another reminder that the knot in my chest from that era (I think we’re roughly the same age) is very much still there.
Cannot wait to see this. Great review-I'm older than you, I'm was stealing Playgirls from the drugstore at 14. Seems like a right of passage for a lot of us. I remember being convinced I had AIDS from 17-25, everything set me off. Awful time.
An excellent and moving review, Jason. Thank you. I experienced similar dark times coming of age in the late 80s. We need to fight like hell to make sure the world does not revert to that.
Thanks for that review. Being able to turn your pain into something worthwhile, it's a gift.
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