What a curious opening scene this has, where a chorus line of fraternity brothers in full drag singing in falsetto. The film goes out of its way to dispel there being any sissiness in the cross-dressing, as the boys enter one of their own in a beauty contest at an all girls' school. A questionable reporter takes an interest in the "lady," adding wacky subtext since he's attracted by the maleness in "her" appearance and freaks out the young man in drag in the process. There's more than a little gay panic the gender-bender experiences when he's basically sexually assaulted by a local boy. The romantic Oscar-nominated tune "Out of the Silence" is nice, but like all of the songs here it's instantly forgotten. Overall, this is an inoffensive, almost deserving nominee for Best Musical Score.
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