It’s hard to get beyond ‘Valley of the Dolls’

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You don’t have to be gay to love Valley of the Dolls, perhaps the most brilliantly bad film ever made. Still, Fox Home Entertainment yesterday released the film and its sequel, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, on DVD, partly in honor of Gay Pride Month. “Obviously, it’s high camp, and the gay boys love it,” says Fox’s Steve Feldstein. "[The film] is a time-tested gay male identification with tragic women. A rooting for the underdog complex.

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