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Jump, Darling

By Norman Gidney | April 2022

Writer-director Phil Connell’s Jump, Darling, has a few things going for it — drag queens, for starters. It also features the final performance by…

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Writer-director Phil Connell's Jump, Darling, has a few things going for it — drag queens, for starters. It also features the final performance by...

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