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Rec: In & Out

Title: In & Out Director: Frank Oz Format: Movie Published/Free: Published Length: 90 minutes Status: Complete Rating: PG-13 Warnings: Silliness? Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119360/ Summary: Howard Brackett is a high school teacher in a small town in Indiana with everything going for him; a nice job, an attractive fiancé named Emily and respect from everyone. Everything changes in one night when a former high school student of his, named Cameron Drake, now a famous actor living in Hollywood, makes an acceptance speech after receiving an Academy Award for his portrayal of a homosexual army soldier and 'outs' Howard Brackett as his inspiration for his role. The media circus immediately begins as Howard desperately tries keep his life from falling apart by protesting that he is not gay and that the whole thing with Cameron's speech is a simple misunderstanding. While most of the townspeople want to believe Howard, Peter Malloy, an openly gay TV reporter who arrives in town to cover the story, suspects that the teacher is in denial. Review: I found this movie after accidentally stumbling over a clip from it on youtube. At first I thought it was just gonna be a funny movie, but it is so much more then that! It's hilarious! And sweet! And everything posetive you can come up with! Even if Supposedly-Straight-Man-Outed-Through-Misunderstanding-Tries-To-Deny-Everything-But-Fails-In-Hilarious-Ways isn't your cup of tea, I reccomend you watch it anyway. It's truly a classic and bound to at least make you chuckle a little. (Original Post)

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Rec: The Tale of Jack

Title: The Tale of Jack Author: dancinggrimm Format: Novel Published/Free: Free Length: 16 parts Status: Complete Rating: Mature Warnings: Giantism, if you care, a wee bit of violence and prostitution themes Link: http://dancinggrimm.livejournal.com/?tag=tales%20from%20the%20woods%20-%20the%20tale%20of%20jack Summary: Not exactly a retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk, though there is a Jack, a beanstalk, a giant, and a goose who lays lucky eggs. Review: A while back on the slashpile forum, there was a thread about kinks we like. I said that for me the kink was not the kink, but the kink was the passion and mumblesomething about the kink (I could go look up what I said but it wasn't very eloquent so why bother). This story is a really nice illustration of that. Myself, I don't care one way or another about giants. But I've seen a couple of appealing stories with giantism in them, and this may be the most appealing of all. I don't think it's much of a spoiler to say that it turns the expectations of the traditional Jack stories on their heads. The physicality of the relationship so far is nicely detailed and the implications are different from what you might expect. I recommend this story very highly. (Original Post)

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Rec: No Education

Title: No Education Author: JabberWock Format: Novel Published/Free: Free Length: 124k Status: Complete Rating: Mature Warnings: None Link:  http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2811441/1/No_Education Summary: Finding out the man who asked him out in the bookstore is a history teacher at his high school leads to some unconventional teaching for Adrien. Review:  Okay, this is a story I was hesitant to like at first. The writing style is a bit indecisive, constantly switching between Adrien's inner monologue in the first and third person. That, coupled with some truly cheesy dialog at times (the first chapter is the worst. If you can make it through that you're home free) can (and probably will) make some readers shy away. But as I continued to read it started to grow on me. Yes, the setting is a little cliche, but the uniqueness of the characters made me look past it. After a while you start seeing the struggle between Adrien and this forbidden romance and I couldn't help but feel for him as he started to struggle with it (though it is a little hard to tell at first).  Despite it flaws there is a story worth reading here, and while it's not the most sophisticated novel I've ever read, it had many shining moments and those looking for something lighthearted will most likely enjoy it. But seriously. Very cheesy dialog ahead. It also has a sequel, which can be found in the author's profile.

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