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09/26/05
Superstar in a Housedress (2004)
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Reviews Counted: 18 Fresh: 18 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 6.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Synopsis: Superstar in a Housedress examines the life and legend of Warhol transvestite superstar Jackie Curtis who was a poet, playwright, performer, and one of the great personalities of his time. The film features on-camera interviews with actor Harvey Fierstein who played Jackie’s mother in... [More]
Genre: Education/General Interest
Starring: Penny Arcade, Joe Dallesandro, Harvey Fierstein, Joe Franklin, Taylor Mead
Director: Craig Highberger
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1 - 19 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
It's an engrossing peek at an era that now seems as meteoric, crazy and distant as the Roaring Twenties.
01/20/05
A vibrant, skin-deep flirt, both refined and tawdry, fabulous and skin deep -- probably a comparison Curtis himself would appreciate.
08/23/04
As this entertaining documentary makes clear, the witty, wisecracking, son-of-a-Marine drag queen was an artist in his own right.
08/21/04
The film is full of flamboyant personalities, and they all contribute to the impression that Highberger above all wants to pay tribute to Curtis' brave determination to discover and express his ever-changing identity at all costs.
08/19/04
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Highberger's movie is as much a reclamation of cultural territory as it is a bio-pic.
05/28/04
An enthusiastic backstage biography of one of Warhol's drag-queen divas, Jackie Curtis.
05/28/04
The most resonant parts of the movie are, oddly, the interviews with his fellow glam bohemians.
05/12/04
There are several admiring -- and often hilarious -- interviews with an astounding array of Curtis' surviving pals.
05/11/04
What makes Highberger's docu so rewarding is the wealth of material available.
05/10/04
Top Critic
Required viewing for all Warholia aficionados and any one with even a passing interest in the counter-culture of a New York City that exists only as a dimming memory in the minds of those lucky enough to have lived there.
05/06/04
[Curtis'] life fascinates, as colorful as one of the old movies he loved.
05/06/04
A vivid and affectionate portrait of Jackie Curtis, the drag personality who cut a speed-driven swath through New York's downtown bohemia in the late 1960's and 1970's.
05/05/04
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