She-Man (Clark, 1967): Prince Charles Cinema, 6.30pm
Tonight's pick is a TGirlsonFilm & Funeral Parade presentation…
Prince Charles Cinema introduction:
Devilish drag queen, Dominita
(Dorian Wayne) force feminises ex-solider, Albert Rose (Leslie
Marlowe), and blackmails him for deserting during action in the
Korean War. This pre-stonewall exploitation classic takes the
previous decades Jorgensen mania and ranks it up a notch, an early
credit by Bob Clark of Black Christmas cult fame and a bizarre but
charming attempt at tolerance towards trans identities. Both lead
actors were popular drag queens of their day, with a cameo from 60s
trans performer, Hans Crystal. The film is part exploitation,
part psychodrama and part kinky fantasy. The films original tagline
read “Is he?..or Isn’t she? Only the doctors know for sure”
Well, its 2023 now darling so resident trans film hosts Sarah &
Jaye have sent the doctors packing and taken over, for the next in
there trans-exploitation series.
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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