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REVIEW: Longhorns
Longhorns is a light-hearted period-piece comedy.
Set on a Texas university campus in 1982, writer/director David Lewis brings us the story of Kevin (Jacob Newton) – a young guy fighting against his gay sex fantasies, determined to be straight.
Increasingly confused by his homo-erotic friendships with buddies Justin (Kevin Held), Steve (Dylan Fox), and Danny (Stephen Matzke), it’s not until Kevin meets Cesar (Derek Efrain Villanueva) that he begins to accept that he’s gay.
1982 is an interesting point in time in which to set a gay coming-of-age comedy. It was 1982 when the world began to realise the havoc that the HIV virus was causing to the health of gay men. It seems strange that Lewis specifically sets the story in 1982 but makes no reference to AIDS or the growing hysteria that was being fuelled by the emergence of the HIV virus.
Putting historical context to one side, Longhorns seems to have its heart in the right place, the cast and characters are likeable, and there’s plenty of full-frontal male nudity.
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Gareth Johnson
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