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    Drop Everything And Watch "In & Out" Right Now. It's Life Affirming.

    It's streaming on Netflix/Amazon and it's #trailGAYzing. Yes, I'm trying to make #trailGAYzing happen.

    17 years ago Scott Rudin, Frank Oz, and Paul Rudnick unleashed a sharp and witty satire on America and the World that tackled Hollywood, masculinity, homophobia in small town USA, and coming out of the closet, all while promoting positive body image!

    To start, the film introduces us to Howard Brackett, your average guy; a high school English professor and athletic coach. Everybody knows the guy, everybody loves him, and the whole town is buzzing about his upcoming (and long awaited) nuptials.

    But the Pleasantville-esque town of Greenleaf, Indiana is also really stoked about another big event: The Academy Awards.

    That's because one of their own, Cameron Drake, is nominated! Only he doesn't look like this anymore and he's Tom Cruise famous.

    But like, Tom Cruise circa 1997 famous... before this debacle.

    After showing a lengthy sequence from Cameron Drake's Oscar-bait movie (scenes that could rival any of Tropic Thunder's faux films), Glenn Close, doing her best Glenn Close, reads the nominees for best actor and she has you LOLing.

    OMG... 8 minutes in you're already hooked because you're a Millennial and this whole bizarre Academy Award intro is so meta and Millennial's LOVE META!

    But then Cameron Drake gives his acceptance speech and you're like... JAW ON THE FLOOR.

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    "Wait is that Johnny Drama? No? The dude from Crash? Is Johnny Drama not the guy from Crash?!"

    JK Matt Dillon, JK.

    And Howard's fiance, Emily (the radiant Joan Cusack) is all, "Uh, Howard, we're getting married in a week. The whole town's gonna be there. You're not gay, right?"

    Because it's 1997, reporters descend on the town to cover the story of the gay high school teacher, and they shout out gems like, "Howard, do you know Ellen?!"

    Howard tries to get back to his normal life, but everyone in town keeps calling him out.

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    This kid kills his monologue.

    Meanwhile, Debbie Reynolds as Howard's wedding-obsessed mother, keeps popping up to absolutely slay her one-liners: like when she tells an 8-year old girl her mother's an alcoholic because the girl's mother doesn't believe Howard's marriage will last.

    There's this heartbreaking bachelor party scene that reminds you what it was like to be confused in the closet, just trying to fit in with your straight friends...

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    Even though all of his friends will clearly accept him for who he is.

    But you stop being sad when you think you see the outline of Kevin Kline's penis through his khakis, Jon Hamm*** status. Pause. Rewind. Pause. Rewind.

    ***Just for your reference.

    Then, Roving reporter Peter Malloy, AKA Dr. Richard Burke, AKA MAGNUM, P.I., AKA Tom "The 'Stache" Selleck, shares his own sweet coming out story and does something UNTHINKABLE for a big budget, mainstream movie in 1997...

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    The 10-second kiss heard around the world!

    Seriously. The kiss was a big deal. LOLZ. The 90s...

    Whatevs. Shut up Howard, you loved it.

    After trying and failing to bed his soon-to-be wife, Howard makes a last ditch effort at claiming his masculinity with the assistance of some self-help materials, but quickly realizes the dated idea of what it means to be a man, just doesn't suit him.

    Finally, the GLORIOUS climax of the movie arrives, when Howard can't resist shaking his hips to Gloria Gaynors' "I Will Survive," and realizes, yup... he's pretty gay.

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    "DANCE," the Demon whispers...

    YASSSSS! 'Atta boy Howard!

    FEEL THE BEAT!

    UNLEASH THE BEAST!

    GET DOWN WITH YO BAD SELF!

    And those moves??? GET IT HOWARD!

    You're just like... BOW DOWN B*TCHES!

    Alas, realizing you're gay, and admitting you're gay, are two very different things... so when this moment inevitably arrives and Howard utters "I'm gay" instead of "I do," it's....

    ...this.

    And this.

    And this, and...

    ...this.

    Naturally, Joan doesn't react great.

    But, I mean... she did lose 75 lbs. to fit in that dress.

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    You look damn good, gurl!

    "IS EVERYBODY GAY?! IS THIS THE TWILIGHT ZONE??"

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    Simmer down, Joan. You're about to get with Cameron freaking Drake, who's super sick of his stick-thin super model girlfriend and thought Emily looked beautiful before she lost the 75lbs. AWWWWWWWWW.

    Let's take a second to celebrate a Pre-Diabetes Commercial Wilford Brimley, who basically plays the world's greatest dad. He's just a simple farmer... he doesn't understand Howard's new life as a gay man, but he loves his son, and he wants to get it.

    Finally, Cameron Drake arrives just in time for graduation to fix the mess he started. The entire town learns that Howard's been fired because his gayness is obvi contagious and like, nobody wants their kids to end up gay too.

    The End! In & Out IS EVERYTHING. IT IS THE QUINTESSENTIAL 90s COMEDY. IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND HYSTERICAL AND IMPORTANT. It's time for a new generation to discover it.

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