“Straight Boys Gay Boys 2: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden”

Toby Ross’s Best

Amos Lassen

I always look forward to a new DVD release from Toby Ross mainly because I know I will be entertained. “Straight Boys Gay Boys 2″ kept me smiling all the way through as I watched straight boys manipulated by some very smart and cute gay boys.

The movie is a compilation of six shorts–”Breeder Banter”, “I Want to Watch”, “Size Competition”, “Young Muscle”. “Gay Trade” and “A Special Presentation–Soir de Paris”. The actors are all hot and hung as is Ross’s trademark. Each of the separate stories stands alone but together they are a real treat. The stable of actors are clever guys with what it takes to be in the movies.

The humor is absolutely wonderful and I shall never forget the looks on the two guys’ faces in “Breeder Banter”. One (Luther Blisset) so

proud that he managed to get the other to have sex in front of him while the other (Ty Milk)

has a look that says “What really happened here?”.

“I want to watch” is inspired by wannabe B Hitchcock imitative suspense yarns from the 60′s..like “it has something creepy” but you just can’t take your eyes of it. Suddenly when the mood shifts 180% it’s like unexpected fun and a surprise you did not expect, as the straight guy, Dan Miley, goes through a series of role playing characters for the Joe Rubin the gay guy. Since it is not hard core you only get 75%, the rest you have to figure for yourself.

“Soir de Paris” with its approach to “Sexual Obsession” shows off a man so obsessed with a guy that he sees occasionally that once he gets him

in his web,he blatantly stares at him as he just can’t stop imagining him as a delicious eatable object of desire…and here an interesting use of the foot fetish is being exploited. The straight guy slaps the gay guy with his foot making obvious slap noises while the other foot is in the gay guy’s mouth stuffing it to the max. There are way too many “firsts” here to go into, but in an ocean of porn cliches and “been theres” “done thats”, this comes in as a breeze of fresh air.

Each of the shorts has its own humor and it’s just the kind I like–tongue in cheek (among other places). It is really interesting also to see how narrow the line is between straight and gay and how easily that line can be crossed and then crossed back again. The films bring fantasies to life through the well acted, well-scripted fully developed shorts.

The extras include a slide show, trailers and director’s commentary and it is here that Ross tells us that most of the actors are straight and gives us an idea of what went on behind the scenes as well as some dish on the actors.

A special treat are the new lyrics to “I Never Promises You a Rose Garden”–”I beg your pardon, I never promised you a big hard on, hot mouth alone is not real sex though a good come on…” etc, etc.