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This stuff partly titles a 1996 documentary that includes a “necrology” death montage ending with Sebastian Venable being eaten alive in Suddenly Last Summer. James Somerton plagiarized a book of film history partly titled for this stuff that claimed to be the first of its kind despite postdating Parker Tyler’s Screening the Sexes by seven years. Queer representation in film, beginning with coded “sissies,” is the subject of a Vito Russo book titled for this stuff’s (*) Closet. The underrepresentation of women in Hollywood is often called this stuff’s “ceiling.” Vinegar syndrome causes this substance to shrink and degrade, unlike modern polyester materials. For 10 points, name this highly flammable material once used for photographic film. ■END■
ANSWER: celluloid [accept nitrate film stock; accept The Celluloid Closet]
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