Goodbye, Franklin High

Wow, the gay subtext is strong is this film. All of the young actors have the whiny youthful energy of Mark Hamill in the first 10 minutes of the first Star Wars film, with not the same level of acting talent. Lane Caudell 26 in this film, could easily pass for 35, though he is playing a 17 year old. The music and dancing are vague surburban mid-70s. The marine recruiter is right out of bad 70s gay porn. Just everything is bad, bad, but very earnest. It is fascinating as a time capsule and study of Mr. Caudell and his consistent collaborator Stu Krieger career making very low budget teen oriented exploitation and seri-exploitation.