Lipstick Thespians: What Was the Gen X Bisexual Rom-Com? – Fri June 27 8:00PM
Based on an off-off-Broadway play staged in 1997 by its co-writers (who also co-star), this bi-curious, shoestring-budget rom-com made a splash upon its release four years later. The Guardian’s Gaby Wood crowned it “the new Annie Hall,” Variety’s Lael Lowenstein called its protagonist a “Jewish Ally McBeal,” and Andrew Sarris hailed it as “a classic screwball comedy from pre-second world war Hollywood, but without the conformist strictures of the old Production Code.” Helmed by the director of Legally Blonde 2: Red White and Blonde and alternately embraced and rejected by posterity, this milestone of queer representation—while far from perfect—has left an undeniable mark on the genre. Join us as we reevaluate its legacy in the Don’t Say Gay era.
The screening will be introduced by Katie and Justice Behrmann. Katie Behrmann left the New York standup world to have a relaxing time in the mid-sized city of Denver. Justice Behrmann is an artist with a septum piercing. They are working on starting a queer separatist colony.
All sales are final and tickets are nonrefundable.
Based on an off-off-Broadway play staged in 1997 by its co-writers (who also co-star), this bi-curious, shoestring-budget rom-com made a splash upon its release four years later. The Guardian’s Gaby Wood crowned it “the new Annie Hall,” Variety’s Lael Lowenstein called its protagonist a “Jewish Ally McBeal,” and Andrew Sarris hailed it as “a classic screwball comedy from pre-second world war Hollywood, but without the conformist strictures of the old Production Code.” Helmed by the director of Legally Blonde 2: Red White and Blonde and alternately embraced and rejected by posterity, this milestone of queer representation—while far from perfect—has left an undeniable mark on the genre. Join us as we reevaluate its legacy in the Don’t Say Gay era.
The screening will be introduced by Katie and Justice Behrmann. Katie Behrmann left the New York standup world to have a relaxing time in the mid-sized city of Denver. Justice Behrmann is an artist with a septum piercing. They are working on starting a queer separatist colony.
All sales are final and tickets are nonrefundable.
Based on an off-off-Broadway play staged in 1997 by its co-writers (who also co-star), this bi-curious, shoestring-budget rom-com made a splash upon its release four years later. The Guardian’s Gaby Wood crowned it “the new Annie Hall,” Variety’s Lael Lowenstein called its protagonist a “Jewish Ally McBeal,” and Andrew Sarris hailed it as “a classic screwball comedy from pre-second world war Hollywood, but without the conformist strictures of the old Production Code.” Helmed by the director of Legally Blonde 2: Red White and Blonde and alternately embraced and rejected by posterity, this milestone of queer representation—while far from perfect—has left an undeniable mark on the genre. Join us as we reevaluate its legacy in the Don’t Say Gay era.
The screening will be introduced by Katie and Justice Behrmann. Katie Behrmann left the New York standup world to have a relaxing time in the mid-sized city of Denver. Justice Behrmann is an artist with a septum piercing. They are working on starting a queer separatist colony.
All sales are final and tickets are nonrefundable.