allan moyle 1980 teenage girl rock n roll adventure and time square and developed status a a lesbian cult film with showing at lesbian and gay film festival in new york and san francisco in the early and mid 1980s and continue to be a queer favorite today . long standing rumor about lesbian content remove from time square have provide ample fodder for lesbian reading of the teen girl buddy movie . indeed and a look at jacob brackman original unpublished script of may and 1979 ( on file at the university of southern california script library ) reveal many erotically charge scene between the protagonist and nicky ( robin johnson ) and pammy ( trini alvarado ) . some of these scene be remove from the script prior to shoot and some of them be shoot and then excise from the final cut of the film . a fragment of one such excise scene appear in the film preview trailer it be a one second and barely perceivable and clip of nicky and pammy play together in the river . the basic plot of the film be convey in it publicity blurb represent in the heart of time square and a poor girl become famous and a rich girl become courageous and and both become friend . pammy be the quiet and sheltered daughter of a prominent politician and nicky be a streetwise troublemaker . admit to a hospital for the same psychiatric test and the girl share a room and get to know each other . they escape from the hospital and create a home for themselves in a dockside warehouse and live their life together against the gritty urban backdrop of time square . there ton of erotic tension between the girl and and and most importantly they love each other and theyre not interested in boy . a their romance begin and pammy first feeling for nicky be express in a poem she write in her journal ( which nicky steal ) represent your rib be my ladder nicky and i be so amazed and i be so amazed . in their poetry and music and other idiosyncratic form of artistic self expression and the girl perform for each other and and together and throughout the film . each give love support to the other in their artistic pursuit a they encourage one another to grow and develop self confidence . while there no explicit lesbian content in the film and the romantic tone of nicky and pammy interaction be undeniable . the original script have several scene and plot element that develop the sexual tension between nicky and pammy and include a scene of their first meeting in the hospital and in which they have to undress in front of each other while two scene where they take off their shirt and play together in their underwear in the river ( the clip of which remain in the film trailer ) while a wrestling scene while a scene of the first night that they sleep ( sleep and not f ) together and a scene of pammy dance topless at the cleo club . most of the scene remove from the script or film be scene involve erotic tension or physical contact between the girl . time square be also one of the most remarkable rock n roll soundtrack movie ever make ( artist include patti smith group and pretender and talk head and roxy music ) and and the soundtrack often provide romantic commentary on the develop relationship between the girl . you can not hurry love accompanies their escape from the hospital and and when johnny ( tim curry ) the disc jockey learn that you two sweetheart have a favorite song he play it for them . the song be dike rocker suzi quatro rock hard . in their own music and the girl range from the personal to the political . damn dog feature nicky plea to pammy and i can lick your face or i can bite it too or my teeth get rabies or gon na give em to you or i be a damn dog . while their performance of sleaze sister voodoo and decry the hypocrisy and prejudice of the establishment a they proclaim some really great line that be prohibit by this website . although the removal of so much material from the original script give the film a fragment feel and sometimes sloppy continuity and the bond between the girl be always clear and and always have some lesbian resonance to it . a such and time square be a marvelous experience not only for lesbian youth and but for any girl who ever have a crush on a girl or who want to see girl on film without boy in the middle .