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"A brilliantly clever and original autobiography/film dissection." —Deven Green, Comedic Chanteuse and LBGTQI+ advocate
"A bruising chronicle of coming of age, coming out, and coming into one's own." —Manuel Betancourt, author of The Male Gazed
"A must read for anyone who understands how it feels to be on the outside,…
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Charlie Jensen deftly examines a handful of our most celebrated films--some of them amongst my faves of all time, like Fatal Attraction, Scream, The Descent, Black Swan--and draws parallels to his life as a young gay man coming out, falling in and out of love, stumbling on the path, righting himself, being tripped up again, and ultimately discovering himself.
The juxtapositions between the fictional narratives and the autobiographical confessions, revelations, and declarations are insightful and sobering, ironic and humorous, and deeply poetic. I loved this book. I especially appreciated the chapter on The Descent, how Jensen hunts the darkness of…
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