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American Quiche

Andy's parents catch him playing with his toys.

What we need now is a silly, gay teen sex romp

by Anthony Glassman

Edge of Seventeen made quite a splash when it was released. After all, who could imagine a gay coming-of-age film set in Ohio, filmed in Ohio, getting national attention?

Todd Stephens' screenplay made the film what it was, and it did pretty decent busi-

ness.

That didn't necessarily help him with his directorial debut, Gypsy 83. He again wrote the screenplay, and the film at least starts off in Sandusky. There are references to Ohio State University and the Amish community.

That film, unfortunately, didn't get as wide a release as Edge of Seventeen, despite being an engaging, intense film.

After making two serious, thoughtful, emotional, cusp-of-adulthood films, what

could Stephens do for an encore?

That's right, kids: a teen sex romp. Another Gay Movie could have, probably should have, been called American Quiche, since it owes much of its plot and narrative to American Pie.

The basic idea behind both films is four

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friends, just graduating from high school, decide that they can't go to college as virgins.

However, in Another Gay Movie, all four are queer boys (although, given the twink factor, "boiz" might be a more appropriate spelling). And it's not necessarily their virginity they're trying to shed, but their anal virginity. They've all gotten some nookie, but as their oversexed lesbian friend Muffler points out, none of them have traveled the Hershey Highway.

The ostensible main character is relatively normal, baseline teenager Andy Wilson (Michael Carbonaro), whose father (Kids in the Hall's Scott Thompson) tries to be supportive and helpful, much like Eugene Levy's character was in American Pie. Andy's mother (internationally renowned female impersonator Lypsinka) has a little more trouble dealing with her son's sexual peccadilloes, although that is mainly because they are messy, and she is channeling Joan Crawford as Mommy Dearest. At least she avoids the threatened "No wire hangers ever!" line...

Andy's in love with his foreign-exchange

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UH, HI THERE, DIZ. UM, YOU DON'T KNOW ME BUT MY NAME 15 BRENDAN AND, WELL, I'M KINDA SORTA THIS FRIEND OF NATHAN'S AND-

NATHAN?

TELL YOU, NATHAN HASN'T WORKED HERE IN LIKE, GOD, OVER TWO YEARS NOW.

THAT, I WAS JUST... JUST UH....

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teacher Mr. Puckov (Irish comedian Graham Norton), who turns out to be quite the kinky little bunny.

The teen's clique include jock-boi Jarod (Jonathan Chase of UPN's One on One), nerdy Griff (Mitch Morris) and psycho-uberalterna-twink Nico (Jonah Blechman).

Jarod and Griff spend much of the movie repressing their longing for each other, while Nico has decided he needs a daddy, chasing Richard Hatch (of Survivor, not Battlestar Galactica) and Muffler's grandfather (George Marcy, a Broadway legend who was in the original production of West Side Story and looks frighteningly good for a 76year-old).

Along the way to, um, "anal fulfillment," the boys encounter many an odd character played by many an interesting cameo, including Andersen Gabrych (who played Rod in Edge of Seventeen and Banning in Gypsy 83, giving him a Stephens trifecta), porn star Matthew Rush, comedian Ant, Stephanie McVay (another three-time Stephens alum) and Noah's Arc star Darryl Stephens (no relation), who has, perhaps, Continued on page 10

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By Robert Kirby

SHEESH, WHAT IS IT WITH THAT GUY THAT EVERYONE KEEPS COMING AROUND LOOKING FOR HIM?

THAT'S KINDA WHAT I'M CALLING FOR...

HE OWE YOU MONEY?

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"I'M WANTING TO KNOW IF THERE ARE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR HIM AND I'M HOPING YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO TELL ME ANYTHING YOU CAN ABOUT THEM.

Yo, IT'S NOT REALLY MY STYLE TO BE TALKING ABOUT NATHAN OA ANYBODY TO SOME STRANGER ON THE PHONE! HE WAS A PAL OF MINE.

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WELL, DIZ, IF HE WAS A PAL OF YOURS, YOU MIGHT REALLY WANNA TALK TO ME. BE CAUSE IT'S POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE LOOKING FOR HIM COULD BE OUT TO HARM HIM.

(D WELL, HOW DO I KNOW YOU AREN'T TRYING TO HURT HIM,

HUH?

You DON'T... ALL YOU CAN DO 15 TAKE MY WORD IONLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE'S IN ANY.. ANY, UH... WELL, DANGER. ALSO, THAT I'M ABOUT AS WHITE BREAD AND UNTHREATENING AS THEY COME. ASK

ANYONE

MAYBE I'L ASK NATHANG

ANYONE

BUT NATHAN.

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