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    1. Watching TOP GUN for the first time and discovering how fiercely homoerotic it is: no women appear at all until the 19 min mark; these men are constantly talking about erections and jerking each other off; Tom Cruise attempts to woo a woman with a choreographed song with his bro.
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    Tom Cruise's TOP GUN character is called Pete? "This is our top crack pilot, Pete."
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      There are very different line readings that could be given on all these lines about "breaking the rules", "doing things your own way", etc.
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        I think I knew that Take My Breath Away was written for the TOP GUN soundtrack but I don't think I knew that Danger Zone was too. What an astonishing cultural impact for a movie soundtrack.
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          The full rendition of Take My Breath Away even lends this hetero sex scene a camp energy that I very much appreciate.