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Post #1582385

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Vultural
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A few reviews . . (film or TV)
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Date created
17-Mar-2024, 11:38 AM

Prick Up Your Ears - 1987 - 7/10

Uncomfortable bio-pic of playwright Joe Orton (whose “Loot” is must-see theatre).
Orton is in a homosexual relationship (still punishable in 60’s England) with fellow writer Kenneth.
As is sadly often the case, one partner is more creative, more successful.
While the lesser grows ever more resentful, jealous, possessive, abusive.
Acting is tiptop across the board, although it grows increasingly difficult to comprehend why Orton stays with Kenneth.