first of all i be a butch and straight white male . but even with that handicap i love this movie . it about real people . a real time and place . and of course new york city in the 80 . i have many gay friend grow up in new york in the eighty and the one thing about them i always admire be their courage to live their life the way they want to live them . no matter what the consequence . that courageous . you have to admire that . this be a great film and watch it and take in what it be like to be a flamboyant african american or hispanic gay man in the new york of the eighty . it real life . bottom line it real life .