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Stop! That! Train!

By Golu
Coming out of the same studio that gave us RuPaul's Drag Race, and stacked with a whole crew of former contestants, Stop! That! Train! plays like RuPaul basically taking a bow for the entire franchise she's built. It's not really a gay film in the traditional sense, but with so many drag stars from Ru's shows popping up alongside a few cameos from well known out gay actors, I figured it earns a spot on this blog anyway. The whole thing is completely over the top, packed with GenZ slang, loud flashy visuals, and humor that's constantly winking at you knowing how ridiculous it is. Going in you'd assume it's meant to be a laugh riot, and a lot of critics online seem to be eating it up, but I just couldn't get into it at all. I've never really been someone who vibes with campy silly stuff like this, so honestly my reaction doesn't surprise me one bit. The setup follows Tess and DeeDee, two low level stewardesses who sneak onto the fancy Glamazonian E...
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Hyde In Hollywood

By Golu
This is a stage play from 1990 that was televised as a movie back in the day. I can see folks probably enjoying this on stage in theatre, but stuff like this, when seen on TV, just gives a very different vibe. From a plot perspective it is set in 1930s Hollywood, where being gay was big time frowned upon, but as we know there were many people in closet. Her his one such fiction story.

Hyde is a successful actor director in Hollywood and has a successful wife as well. He is secretly gay and has a boyfriend David but no one knows about it. One day when his wife has an accident, a journalist goes after him to expose him. The journalist is actually a gossip columnist working for Hollywood Confidential. HE crashes a men only party where he finds out that Hyde has a secret lover. He then turns to blackmail Hyde to give up his love and explore other men in Hollywood who are closet gay. If he didn't do so, Hyde will be exposed in the newspaper. Afraid, Hyde gives into his demands but his blackmail never ends. Few years later, Hyde tries to take his revenge by making on a film with his real life exposing a blackmailing journalist. But as expected, he gets lot of push back from studios and producers. When his boyfriend David finds out that Hyde has been secretly exposing gay men, he is heartbroken. Things take a turn, when the journalist's secretary brings proof of the journalist affair with Hyde's wife and how he could have been involved in her death.

As mentioned before, the acting was very theatrical which is how it should be, but watching it on TV makes it an odd experience. Its difficult to describe in words. Its feels loud, too prepared endnote natural. And personally for me, it was also hard to connect with the characters in such an environment and feel anything for them. It wasn't; t really very clear why. The gossip columnist goes after Hyde. Was it because of his love for his wife or something else. His character was clearly that of a manipulative person, but what was really Hyde's stance wasn't very clear. His persona and behavior changes with every situation, so as an audience you are never sure of his standing on the subject. Overall I didn't enjoy it too much. (3/10)

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