RoyCohn/JackSmith

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  • Fromoneoftheseminaltheatricaleventsofthe1990s,onRo… Fromoneoftheseminaltheatricaleventsofthe1990s,onRonVawter'sstunningperformancepieceROYCOHN/JACKSMITH,JillGodmilowhascraftedadramaticallydeft,comicandterrifyingfilmdiptychofqueer-on-queer.RoyCohn,thehomophobicright-winglawyerandsleazyback-roompolitico,thundersagainsttheSodomandGomorrahofhomosexualityatabanquetfortheAmericanSocietyfortheProtectionoftheFamily.Whileacrosstownandlightyearsaway,thenotoriousundergroundfilmmakerofFLAMINGCREATURESfame,JackSmith,inflamboyantharemdrag,constructshisownprivateresistancetheatrefromfragmentsofArabianNightskitsch,avant-gardefilmfeudsandpassionateB-moviecamp.Vawterperformsbothmenexquisitelyinthisfilmaboutthecloset,wheresilenceispowerful,butfromwhich,bothoftheseinfamoushomosexualsfromtherepressiveandpunishing1950s,leakoutprivilegedknowledgeofQueernessinbrilliantperformancesoftheirown.CohnusingpoliticsasaformofdragandSmithturningdragintoanextraordinaryformofpolitics,pathosandjouissance.CohnandSmithhadnothingincommonexcepttheirhomosexualityandtheirdeathfromAIDSinthelate1980s.Vawter,whoacceptsandproducesbothmeninhisownvoiceandbody,alsodiedofAIDS,sixmonthsafterthefilmwasshot.

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