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Jeffrey (1995)

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Jeffrey is a 1995 American romantic comedy film directed by Christopher Ashley and written by Paul Rudnick, based on the latter's 1992 play of the same name.In 1990s Manhattan during the height of the AIDS epidemic, Jeffrey (Steven Weber) has vowed celibacy because of his paranoia around the disease. However, he's put to the test when he meets Steve (Michael T. Weiss), an attractive man he laters learns is HIV-positive, forcing him to confront his fear of falling in love someone in the face of inevitable death. Patrick Stewart also stars as Jeffrey's mentor Sterling.As one of the very few gay-themed films of its era, and one of the fewer to positively portray a gay lifestyle, Jeffrey became a cult hit with LGBTQ audiences. It was also notable for Breaking the Fourth Wall, with Jeffrey often addressing the audience, and its parade of Celebrity Cameos including Nathan Lane, Christine Baranski, Victor Garber, Kathy Najimy, and Sigourney Weaver.
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Forceful Kiss
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Forceful Kiss: Steve comes on very strong when he and Jeffrey first meet, which he later apologizes for.
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Waiting for a Break
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Waiting for a Break: Jeffrey is an unemployed actor currently working as a catering waiter, much to his chagrin.
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Breaking the Fourth Wall
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: Jeffrey often addresses the audience, but Darius also does this himself at one point, which doesn't go noticed or commented upon by Jeffrey.
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Bury Your Gays
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Bury Your Gays: Downplayed. Darius dies of AIDS, but Steve doesn't.
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Tragic AIDS Story
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Tragic AIDS Story: Downplayed, which is one of the reasons why the film was so notable during the time of its release. While there is a character who dies of AIDS (Darius), the overall tone of the film is more upbeat than not, and ends on a positive note.
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Inopportune Voice Cracking: When Jeffrey meets Steve, his voice cracks, prompting him to try to deepen his voice to its normal state.
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Grand Romantic Gesture
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Grand Romantic Gesture: Jeffrey makes a big coup to win back Steve after they stop speaking for a while, which works.
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Beta Couple
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Beta Couple: Sterling and Darius are this to Jeffrey and Steve.
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Cold Turkeys Are Everywhere
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Cold Turkeys Are Everywhere: Jeffrey's abstinence is constantly challenged by the men he sees throughout the city, including his gym and a gay funeral.
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Big Damn Kiss: Jeffrey and Steve when they finally get together.
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Gym Bunny
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Gym Bunny: Steve fits the profile of one, and is specifically introduced at the gym.
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Gag Penis
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Gag Penis: A man at the addiction counseling session claims to have a fourteen inch-long penis.
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Queer People Are Funny
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Queer People Are Funny: Discussed. Jeffrey auditions to play a tough police officer, but when it doesn't work out, he's stuck with playing a camp gay who serves as comedic relief.
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Camp Gay
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Camp Gay: Darius is a very flamboyant Broadway actor starring in Cats, contrasting Jeffrey.
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Jeffrey gets a posthumous one from Darius, who is told by Sterling that the former looked down on Jeffrey for being such a miserable sadsack about his celibacy, whereas Darius was sick but living his life as though he weren't.
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Sex Is Good
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Sex Is Good: The film has an overall sex positive message, where even a clergyman and two church ladies call out Jeffrey's decision to go celibate. The film also takes a stance on not regarding people with HIV/AIDS as undesirable lepers, but people who can have perfectly healthy sex lives.
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Straight Gay
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Straight Gay: Neither Jeffrey nor Steve are especially flamboyant, and could easily be mistaken for straight if their courtship wasn't central to the plot. Discussed later at the gay pride event, where a news anchor refers to Jeffrey as a "normal" one among some of his more more flamboyant crew.
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First Guy Wins: Steve breaks up with his new boyfriend and ends up with Jeffrey.
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Sex Is Evil, and I Am Horny
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Sex Is Evil, and I Am Horny: Downplayed by Nathan Lane's priest, who attempts to cruise Jeffrey at a church. he actually encourages Jeffrey to have sex in spite of his situation.
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Compressed Abstinence
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Compressed Abstinence: Jeffrey's vow of abstinence is put to the test when he meets Steve, whom he is very attractive to but hesitant to get involved with.
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Love at First Sight
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Love at First Sight: Jeffrey and Steve share a lingering glance before they formally introduce themselves.
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Open-Minded Parent
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Open-Minded Parent: Jeffrey and his friends meet the mother of a pre-op transgender lesbian, who explains it is important to be supportive of your children no matter who they are.
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Take That!
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Take That!: At the gay pride event in Central Park, various groups of LGBTQ people are shouted out and met with applause... except the gay conservatives.
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Definitely Just a Cold
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Definitely Just a Cold: Darius shrugs off a bout of sickness that is actually AIDS, and eventually dies.
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Onscreen Chapter Titles
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Onscreen Chapter Titles: The film is divided into chapters that are demarcated with title screens.
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Character Title: Simply titled Jeffrey after its main character.
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Vow of Celibacy
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Vow of Celibacy: Jeffrey's drives the plot of the film.
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Shout-Out
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Shout-Out: To the musical Nice Work If You Can Get It after Jeffrey is jumped by heteronormative crusaders.
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Guy on Guy Is Hot
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Guy on Guy Is Hot: After Jeffrey and Steve kiss for the first time at the gym, the film cuts to an audience watching the film, which elicits squeals out of two young women.
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Lover and Beloved
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Lover and Beloved: Sterling is older than his boyfriend Darius by a few decades.
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Heteronormative Crusader
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Heteronormative Crusader: Sigourney Weaver's "post-modern evangelist" shames Jeffrey for his homosexuality and blames gay people for getting HIV/AIDS.
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Cast Full of Gay
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Cast Full of Gay: Another reason why the film was so notable for its time is the fact that it almost exclusively features gay characters in major roles.
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Dead Person Conversation
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Dead Person Conversation: Jeffrey has one with Darius after he dies, who encourages him to live his life in spite of the looming threat of AIDS.
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Pride Parade
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Pride Parade: An extended sequence takes place as the organization of a gay pride parade.
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Hunk
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Hunk / Manly Gay: Steve is presented as very masculine and desirable to Jeffrey, with a Carpet of Virility, bulging muscles, and a chiseled jawline.
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Insistent Terminology
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Insistent Terminology: Sterling isn't a decorator, he's an interior designer.
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O.O.C. Is Serious Business
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O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Sterling, usually very warm and jovial, turns cold and rejective to Jeffrey after Darius dies of AIDS.
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But Not Too Gay
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But Not Too Gay: Discussed. When Sterling and Darius suggest they're nonthreatening to straight people, Jeffrey debates them on why gay people should have to make themself palatable to heterosexuals.
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The Talk
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The Talk: When Jeffrey calls home to his parents, they inadvertently get into a discussion about gay sex, which he's not pleased about.
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Will They or Won't They?
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Will They or Won't They?: Jeffrey's courtship with Steve runs throughout the film. They do.
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All Gays are Promiscuous
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All Gays are Promiscuous: Defied by Jeffrey, who is purposefully trying to avoid casual sex at all costs as to avoid contracting HIV/AIDS, but played straight by Victor Garber's "sexual compulsive," who claims he's already given oral sex to three different people in one day at a sex addiction counseling session.
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