Four-hankie

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Adjective
  1. 1
    tearjerking

    "[Straight audiences] can't imagine relating to them as people; the reality of gay characters is unreal to them. They will dismiss [the film] as excessive and melodramatic (misunderstanding that it's supposed to be) but then have no trouble relating to the high-toned four hanky antics of Kramer vs. Kramer."

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"[Straight audiences] can't imagine relating to them as people; the reality of gay characters is unreal to them. They will dismiss [the film] as excessive and melodramatic (misunderstanding that it's supposed to be) but then have no trouble relating to the high-toned four hanky antics of Kramer vs. Kramer."

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