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SENIOR EDITORS: Charles P. Alexander, Howard Chua-Eoan, James Collins, Marta Fitzgerald Dorion (Operations), Nancy Gibbs, Bruce Handy, Stephen Koepp, Johanna McGeary, Priscilla Painton, Barrett Seaman (Special Projects), Claudia Wallis...
Currently there are no less than three movies playing in the Square that address this time-honored and classic cinematic subject: that old standby, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," and two new entries in the cross-dressing cavalcade, "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" and "Ed Wood...
...movies are a perfect place to show that dynamic. When the drag queens prance and dance in "Priscilla" or in "Rocky Horror," we are repulsed and amused at the same time. We can feel whatever we want in the protected silence and darkness of the theater; we don't have to worry about our neighbors or friends gauging our reactions. But at the same time, we are intensely aware of the way we are feeling--and it may not be a way that makes us proud of ourselves or that fits in with our stated beliefs. The movies' effects...
Alternatively, this social difference can be seen as something to be accepted and exulted in, as a mark of individuality. This latter approach is taken in "Priscilla" and even (I argue with a certain amount of hesitation) in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show...
SENIOR EDITORS: Charles P. Alexander, Howard Chua-Eoan, James Collins, Marta Fitzgerald Dorion (Operations), Nancy Gibbs, Bruce Handy, Stephen Koepp, Johanna McGeary, Priscilla Painton, Barrett Seaman (Special Projects), Claudia Wallis...