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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 445892" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">In & Out</span></strong> (1997)</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fm.media-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FM%2FMV5BODFjMDhjOTctNWY3ZS00ZjU4LTk0N2ItODUyYjM3NmNkYmY3XkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=140903ee4d0dc0c768fb3371eee48220f2610a0833afbf0cb3e2c456cf4e6633&ipo=images" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 633px" /></p><p></p><p>The tone is best explained by pointing out that it's directed by Frank Oz with music by Mark Shaiman. So we're not going for subtle. There's a sunny, quirky artifice that's simultaneously attractive and a little wearing. It's always safe and comfortable and aiming for feelgood like an eager to please puppy.</p><p></p><p>This feels like an animal that could only really be of its time, which is a double-edged sword. It's a gay-themed film, with its gay characters played by heterosexual men. This is the good news. I don't buy into the more recent movement for gay roles to be played by gay people. And so we have Tom Selleck trying to encourage Kevin Kline out of the closet. The performances are nice enough, but coming so soon after <em>The Birdcage</em> I can't help thinking this similarly-toned film is another example of Kline risking being viewed as Robin Williams-esque.</p><p></p><p> The broadness of the humour means that it leans into the stereotypical at times, with Kline's character being a Streisand fan who wakes up to Village People tunes on his alarm and cannot stay still when he hears <em>I Will Survive </em>playing (this is the Diana Ross dance version because Nineties).</p><p></p><p>It's also a typically sexless film, and there are mixed feelings about that. The film's one same-sex kiss - long as it is - is mechanically choreographed for minimum contact and appears to have been filmed from the next county (tasteful or cowardly. The viewer will decide). Still, better this than the gay characters been over-sexualised.</p><p></p><p>Overall, this is a nice little time-passer with an excellent cast, even if most don't get enough to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 445892, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]In & Out[/SIZE][/B] (1997) [IMG width="633px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fm.media-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FM%2FMV5BODFjMDhjOTctNWY3ZS00ZjU4LTk0N2ItODUyYjM3NmNkYmY3XkEyXkFqcGc%40._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=140903ee4d0dc0c768fb3371eee48220f2610a0833afbf0cb3e2c456cf4e6633&ipo=images[/IMG][/CENTER] The tone is best explained by pointing out that it's directed by Frank Oz with music by Mark Shaiman. So we're not going for subtle. There's a sunny, quirky artifice that's simultaneously attractive and a little wearing. It's always safe and comfortable and aiming for feelgood like an eager to please puppy. This feels like an animal that could only really be of its time, which is a double-edged sword. It's a gay-themed film, with its gay characters played by heterosexual men. This is the good news. I don't buy into the more recent movement for gay roles to be played by gay people. And so we have Tom Selleck trying to encourage Kevin Kline out of the closet. The performances are nice enough, but coming so soon after [I]The Birdcage[/I] I can't help thinking this similarly-toned film is another example of Kline risking being viewed as Robin Williams-esque. The broadness of the humour means that it leans into the stereotypical at times, with Kline's character being a Streisand fan who wakes up to Village People tunes on his alarm and cannot stay still when he hears [I]I Will Survive [/I]playing (this is the Diana Ross dance version because Nineties). It's also a typically sexless film, and there are mixed feelings about that. The film's one same-sex kiss - long as it is - is mechanically choreographed for minimum contact and appears to have been filmed from the next county (tasteful or cowardly. The viewer will decide). Still, better this than the gay characters been over-sexualised. Overall, this is a nice little time-passer with an excellent cast, even if most don't get enough to do. [/QUOTE]
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