The one thing that worked for me, albeit not in any way the filmmaker intended...the relationship between Fabietto and the bearish Armando played by Biagio Manna (who's got a full beard in most of his pictures on Instagram 🥵).

Though they are both vehemently heterosexual characters, there's a vibe there that reminded me of several similar situations in my youth of crushes on older guys where absolutely nothing happened but one-sided attraction. I would've had such a big crush on…

#RepresentationMatters*

*Does not apply to gays.**

**But we totally want to protect trans kids. Did you see that sticker in the background? Look at all the good we do. It feels so good to make a difference. #ally

So brave.

Slightly better than the first for me with a few interesting plot developments and various art styles that make for some visually dazzling sequences (the opening had me hopeful). But the central message of the movie that "It's all possible"…

Me: Why are titties up in my face in a love story between two men?

(Later on...)

*pans to foliage*

Me: 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

...

Okay, now that I've got that off my chest, I have much bigger issues with this film than that. I have one issue that's been mentioned in a few publications, but each time it's with a questionable timeline by people who either seem to have not lived through 1983 or don't have access to a search engine.…