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"I think there's an element where people get very comfortable in their ghetto. Which is fair enough."
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"We hope we are moving toward a world where sexual orientation is not an issue, because we hate the idea of a gay ghetto. I think that it's a real shame that people become restricted by their sexuality or define their whole lives by their sexuality."
"He comes to London and gets a job in a nightclub, a gay club, where he's known as Straight Dave by the bar staff - and no one believes he's as straight as he claims to be. He meets the daughter of the club manager, and he has an affair with her."
"We decided we didn't want to do a musical for TV because the idea of writing a musical that would be seen on television once seems insane."
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