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'Plainclothes's Fancy Footwork to Sidestep Cliches Only Finds Different Pitfalls
There’s a familiar and questionable trope at the heart of Plainclothes – someone exhibiting homophobic behavior or responsible for anti-LGBTQ+ violence is secretly repressing their own queerness. To writer-director Carmen Emmi’s credit, the film tries to sidestep the most egregious hallmarks of the trope, but in doing so, the