Original sentence: Colin Campbell is quite suited to the role of a confused youth trying hard, but not prepared, to be an adult.He wanted a working class "Romeo and Romeo" story and got it, in the tradition of Mary Renault, from a female writer named Gillian Freeman.His boyish presence is essential to the theme of sexual repression which precipitates all the minor tragedies and frustrations in his life, and the lives of those around him.Only one of the main male characters is gay in the film (with Reg leaving Dick upon finding out his sexuality at the film's end) but, while neither has a happy ending, in the novel there is no ambiguity whatsoever regarding the love between Dick and Reg.The Leather Boys was a British film from 1964 showing a biker gang which had in it a gay member.The film is based on a novel commissioned by the gay London literary agent and publisher Anthony Blond
Edited sentence: Colin Campbell is beautiful, a wonderful actor, and quite suited to the role of a confused youth trying hard, but not prepared, to be an adult.He wanted a working class "Romeo and Romeo" story and he got it, in the tradition of Mary Renault, from a woman writer named Gillian Freeman.His pretty, boyish presence is essential to the theme of sexual repression which precipitates all the minor tragedies and frustrations in his life, and the lives of those around him.Only one of the boys is gay in the film but, while neither has a happy ending, in the novel there is no ambiguity whatsoever regarding the love between Dick and Reg.That is, in part, what makes this genuine and touching little book so memorable and gratifying to a modern sensibility.The Leather Boys was a British film from 1964 showing a biker gang which had in it a couple of possible gay members.The film is based on a surprising little novel, commissioned by the gay London literary agent and publisher Anthony Blond