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Real NYC sweaty, down and dirty films talking about suicide, excessive drug use, race, and sex in a way you just can’t show now. I was young when I saw both, and they have stuck with me not because of their catchy pop soundtracks, but because they are both deeply disturbing and gritty films!
Nov 18, 2024
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I have another indie theater that I prefer because it’s cozier, has better vibes, is much closer to me, and everybody who works there is genuinely passionate about film. It’s not really anything special visually but it’s a beautiful institution and it’s so fun to be there ❤️
But this one is an old art deco theatre designed by architect John Eberson (he designed Loew’s Paradise in the Bronx and the Paradise Theatre in Chicago)! It’s pretty run down/poorly managed and staffed but it’s a gorgeous building and definitely worth visiting. Not my photos but included for illustrative purposes!!
Nov 14, 2024
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My cats, Sad Jazz and Miss Vanjie. I have included a pic so you can know what I’m on about. I love their weird quirky personalities! They are strongly social, patient, and so different from each other. They give me so much joy - just look at them!
Nov 18, 2024
Now that all my costumes are at my home, I can reflect on the last 25 years of wearing them. This is my most prized costume, a piece Charlie Le Mindu made for a show he did in collaboration with Crazy Horse in Paris. Crazy Horse is a cabaret show of sexy dancers that all have the same body type – an idea of “perfection”, but Charlie turned them all into multi-boobed glorious hair creatures!
After the show run was completed, he told me that I inspired this work and gave me a one-of-a-kind costume from the show. It has four parts - a cone shaped, long blonde hair wig, long blonde hair wings, a silicone multi-boob bra, and a silicone boob thong. I love it for its playful critique on body image. I love using it performatively as an absurd reinvention of a strip tease in four parts.
You might know Charlie’s work from his recent collaboration with Doja Cat for Coachella. Her brilliant dancers were tearing it up in his long blond hair suits.
Note: Mentioning that Charlie was “inspired by me” is not to show how great I am, or that people want to make unique pieces for me, but to show how we are inspired by each other. Through sharing we open up a community and find commonality and purpose.
Nov 18, 2024
I love Las Culturistas! It feels like hanging out with friends as I practice my active listening skills. Friends who love and critique culture with many cute and uncomfortable opinions. Realness and queerness!
I particularly love the recent episode “Rode Hard and Put Away Wet” with Harper Steele and Will Ferrell where they chat about their Netflix documentary Will & Harper. The doc is beautiful! A road trip that revitalized the relationship between the two friends after Harper's transition at 61. This film brilliantly and generously includes us in both struggles and joy, and focuses on so many topics - age, friendship, openness, privilege, mistakes, learning. This episode is next level - comedians showing vulnerability, grace, queerness, and still being funny and entertaining af!
Nov 18, 2024