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The Cockettes

2002, Movie, R, 80 mins

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An affectionate history of the psychedelic drag troupe whose rise and fall embodied the utopian idealism, gender-bending anarchy, touching naivete and sad dissolution of San Francisco's blissed-out counterculture scene. The Cockettes were born by accident, the product of a unique confluence of circumstance and personalities. Hibiscus (formerly a clean-cut New York actor named George Harris) arrived in San Francisco in 1968, with beat writer Irving Rosenthal. Innovative movie ... read more leave a comment

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As the psychadelic San Francisco of the 1960s began evolving into the gay San Francisco of the 1970s, The Cockettes, a flamboyant ensemble of hippies (women, gay men, and babies) decked themselves out in gender-bending drag and tons of glitter for a series of legendary midnight shows at the Palace Theater in North Beach. With titles like "Tinsel Tarts in a Hot Coma" and "Pearls Over Shanghai", these all-singing, all-dancing extravaganzas featured elaborate costumes, rebellious sexuality, and exuberant chaos. In their 2 1/2 year existence, The Cockettes created 20 shows, and were featured in 4 films. They created a unique burst of cultural experimentation and artistic outrageousness that continues to influence the worlds of theater, music, fashion, gay politics and spirituality, and urban club life.
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Length: 02:06
Posted: 10/23/2009

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