Dorian Blues


Dorian Blues is a 2004 comedydrama film about a gay teenager coming to terms with his identity in upstate New York. The film was written and directed by Tennyson Bardwell and is loosely based on Bardwells college roommate.

After much soulsearching, Dorian comes out to his father while wearing a fuchsia shirt for which he is kicked out of the house after a very surreal argument over whether or not Dorian is gay. His father is very preoccupied with who else may know of Dorians defective nature although Nick confesses that he knows and an anticlimatic scene resolves with Dorian packing his bags. Dorian moves to New York City, a city he adores. Dorian expresses all kinds of angst over his life style, defending his true nature to his father over the Christmas holidays. Returning to New York, Dorian experiences a series of encounters with the darker side of homosexuality. Dorian finds a boyfriend, but he gets dumped after two months with no given reason. Dorian develops a deep depression and finally, in despair gives in to it, coincidental to Nicky visiting Dorian in the city.Nicky reluctantly joins Dorian with friends at Dorians favorite local gay bar. Just as Dorian pleads with a friend to flaunt his newly found popularity, Nicky reunites with obsequious football friendsstealing Dorians thunder. Dorian then learns his exboyfriend dumped him for another. The afterdiscussion of the evening revolves around Nick defending his sexuality to Dorian in the face of Nicks football friends being gay and Dorian defending his own sexuality to his brother. Later that night, Dorian awakes to Nicky crying and learn that Nick was cut from the football team and was stripped of his scholarship. In the middle of the discussion, they both learn their father has died of a heart attack. At the funeral, Dorians mother, finally freed of the overbearing influence of Dorians father, tells Dorian she regrets not stopping his father from being angry with him. ........

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