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?=-ng=😑sta🤕ndin\%g r🤩😛,umor, ;!😛which s*!eems to ha😒 ve started while th🤩😂🤑e film was st🥰🤕!😚ill in produc-😘😄😪tion, suggests #😬😂that its c` as;]😬😊\t is co😃😚m🤨pr🤕🤩;*ised en🤔😚😜tirely o $f gay and bisexual actors in;^ 🤥😇🤥😝an😬😜; h😶\[ o+🤑.mag🤗😇e to 🤥O🤐/sca 😙r;- Wilde🙄😴.😶, as🤗 per st🤤😄ar and 🥰?😆pro$🙃ducer Na🤒🤫zimov😬%a's _\]`demand. It😉😛, is, of cou)🙃 😐rse, .😚* im;😃#possible to say, but on🙂😷e o$:f the😍😏🤗 ex😷😃😉😃tr🤑😴as🤗=🤥 🤗+in Sa:^,lomé rep🤮😗*orted th🤪\🙄🤔a😴t a number of the #😉; ?ca😷😁st members—both featur%😊🤣ed and extras🤐🤨—were 🤭😁😒,i😗😃🤔🤣ndeed 😋+ga😃🤢😬.y, but n-😴_🤕😉ot an unus 😙ual percen😶 t😍😁age 🤕 😛of😷`😀) the$😔m, and certainl😌😃😇y not 🙂all of😂😂 them. What can be said _(is😌 🤪 that N😇🤥😷azi😅;mov😪-😛😑a herself wa;;😙😃s a 😗🤕🤗le$sb^🤮ia!😜😷 n, the tw )🤥o g🤗ua#🤨😒rd 😒=characters 🤩😉(who😛)😋
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1😶🙄989 at🤤 the Ne[w York In😀ternat🙂* ional Festival of 🤭=+$😒Lesbian and Gay films and in 1990 at t😂/he 😃😂:New😏😉😏😀 York Ga😗y!😶🤪🤐 Exper😑]😅imental Film F🤮e😘s🤫😂tival.　　😇In 🤗🤢😴2000, the United St🤮🤪+ates Library of - 😚😚🙄Congress deem😆😶ed the film 😅🤥😷😔culturally sign/🤕😌ific$😘]ant and sel🤪😪e ,😪😀c%^t😐😜)🤔$ed =😃😛it for preserv🤮(]ation in (^th!e Nati# 😅*🤗onal 😗 🤤🙂F😀😴🤭ilm🤩😶 Re@)😶$g🤗😇istry.