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Joey Stefano Is More of/ Than A Man in His Breakthrough Performance

[ianfrancis-42463 · 8/10 · 1 March 2021]

Joey Stefano shines on in this first and possibly best of his performances in this 1990 release. His character struggles from the get-go of the movie with an ambivalence as a Roman Catholic, albeit one who prayed the rosary, and his deep homosexual feelings. Prayer is offered at different points in the movie i.e. "I realize it's a mortal sin, but I really want to go to that Gay Pride parade." He meets an AIDS activist in Mike Henson's character and falls for him upon first meeting, introduced by drag Queen Chi Chi LaRue. "Duffy, meet Vito". Chi Chi is a revelation in this movie both as a powerful singer and actor in her role as the sympathetic drag Queen who is easily relatable to her guy friends. The end of the movie is highly symbolic, wherein "Vito and Duffy" are on the inside of a globe structure on a float, experiencing the depths of intimacy, and, the last clip shining is a used condom and a rosary, side by side. Which one will win out? Free sexual expression or religion? Or does there need to be a conflict between the two? These are the questions of the struggling gay.