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My goodness, that’s a lot of weeping. There’s no question why this is a favorite in the gay community — there are four, count ’em, four (unhappy, dramatic) women each struggling with secrets about their desires and true selves. None more fascinating than the sexy black teenager who passes for white. Some of the lines are howlers (“Well, I’m going up and up and up – and nobody’s going to pull me down! “) but if you look past that you’ll find that this is a really compelling film. And it looks fabulous!! (Lana Turner’s blue-tinted cat sunglasses at Sandra Dee’s graduation!) I’ve still yet to see the original from the 30s (the one about pancakes!) but I gotta say I enjoyed this.