Banjee
James Hannaham
Tuesday, June 22nd 1999
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The men concoct elaborate rules and rationales to keep their sex with men from drifting into gayness: they only let guys suck them off, they don't allow kissing, and embraces are kept to a minimum. Angel puts on a security guard uniform between home and ho'ing to keep Marlena in the dark. Of course, someone slips up and brings a matchbook home from the bar, and the gatos are out of the bag. The women's responses are predictably outrageous, especially since their boyfriends' philandering-for-pay causes a bigger spat than their already warring personalities can handle. The length of the womens' monologues and their melodramatic, rough-edged acting become ends in themselves, pulling you through the weepy and somewhat ridiculous situations that follow. Marlena begins to forgive Angel, who goes straight; Tony is lured off by a tall, dark, and handsome Latin guy; and life goes on for José. They're old clichés, but they come off fresh in Banjee's new bottle.
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