Frustrated, Dorian leaves for New York for college while Nicky wins a sports scholarship to another college. Finally he confides in Nicky who surprisingly listens to him and accepts him - just so long as Dorian doesn't act out.
Dorian has an 'epiphany': he discovers the reason he doesn't fit in is that he is gay! With his discovery he finds some solace from another edgy gay friend Spooky (Austin Basis) but still feels he must remain in the closet. His family is the microscope on his world: a right wing radical father Tom (Charles Fletcher), a seemingly ditsy but subservient mother Maria (Mo Quigley), and a brother Nicky (another bright and hunky talent Lea Coco) who is everything Dorian isn't - a jock, a ladies' man, and a happy-go-lucky high schooler. Dorian Lagatos (a fresh and talented Michael McMillian) is sour on the world that doesn't understand him. Few 'coming out' films flesh out the territory as succinctly and realistically as this. In his first venture into film, DORIAN BLUES, he has created an intelligent script with razor sharp dialogue, witty and acerbic and touching depending on the moment, and has cast his film with a fine groups of actors who obviously hold him in great respect, as the final product is a polished film that is always entertaining as well as informative. Writer/director/producer Tennyson Bardwell is definitely a talent to watch.
