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Shoplifters of the World s Ode to ’80s Queer and Gender-Defiant Kids  Stephen Kijak chats with us about how the film is inspired by the Smiths and being a gay teen in the ’80s. Its star, Helena Howard, discusses her personal connection. May 12 2021 8:08 PM EDT You can’t quite smell the leather that’s “run smooth on the passenger seat” in the character Cleo’s vintage Volkswagen Beetle on the day in 1987 that her favorite band, the Smiths, broke up. But gay director (and die-hard Smiths fan) Stephen Kijak’s film Shoplifters of the World teems with hallmarks of the era. It’s like time traveling to a halcyon moment before tech took over. At the time, as in Kijak’s film, sexual and gender fluidity reigned, and arguments about whether one could be cool for loving Madonna and the Cure at the same time felt like life-altering discussions.

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