GYPSY 83

I laughed. I cried. What a fun film! I very much identified with many things addressed here (not the least of which...the rest stop scenes!)
It really is quite amazing, and I totally fell head over heels for both Gypsy and Clive (who is a MAJOR HOTTIE, btw, in spite of -- or because of -- his 22 years. Anyone know him or have his digits? I'm *available* )

Sad to have seen it in THE dumpiest theatre in all of New York, 2nd Ave in the east vill. Went to the late show (11:45) on Friday only to have the projector break about 45 minutes into the film. They refused to switch to another screen, even though at least one other was available. Forced to come back again Saturday. No complaints watching it over though. The gay rags have panned it, but I found it to be very well written, directed and acted. A couple of plot holes owed to questionable editing, but as we found out during the Q&A with the director afterward, these problems are solved in the DVD's deleted scenes section.

Fun to see Poison Eve cameo, Mother exteriors...and was that Don Hill's inside?

Kitty did a bang-up job with costuming as always. So SO good!

And Karen Black's turn as the faded chanteuse was worth the price of admission alone. Must make note to go rent all of her films again, starting with Come Back to the Five and Dime...

And Chi Chi's coterie of stud-slave twinks was a riot!

This is my favorite movie in at least a year or two.

Woderful flick, I thought the acting was really top-notch, Gypsy herself was gorgeous, funny and smart... excellent actress. We were gagging over the truck-stop outfits, I am sure Kitty had lots of fun dressing that wreckage! As well as Karen Black, that peach combo with the lilac lipstick, shudder!

Clive was adorable too, Michael, on Mommy's news she says he is in the Stephen King series "Kingdom Hospital"... go salivate.

Everyone was saying the lady who played Chichi was "awful" - surely not as pretty or enticing as Chi, but I liked her, I think using a much MUCH OLDER woman like that was a way of creating a sense of ancient-tradition-in-nightclub-life.

This movie does not deserve to disappear straight-to-video, it is a "coming of age" tale I am sure thousands of kids are suffering through right now. You know they will be rehearsing that great "You Are Dismissed!" moment! Hey I missed Eve's cameo, slap me silly...

And I wore a bright orange jacket for that very reason, S'tan. I actually was very suprised at how (gulp) touching the film was. And Boot's costumes were great (bizarre to see my ratty old Cure T-Shirt with a bleach stain super-sized on film!). And kudos to the director and production team for their perserverance in finally getting the film released.

I have to say I got a little choked up when the two from Sandusky Ohio opened the door to MOTHER and saw a room full of freaks like themselves and said, "We're home".
It made me feel that all those hundreds of hours plunging toilets and painting fluer-de-lis on the floor was worth it.
It also made me miss Mrs. Art L'Hommedieu.
(Our own little goth cashier boy to whom the film was dedicated)
I wonder if Art liked it?
We have just got to open a chat room to "The Other Side".

Oh, and Karen Black's moment alone is worth the $10.

Any news on this film coming to us stranded Motherfolk in the UK? I would love to see the empress as a film character - trying to imagine how one would render such a multidimensional soul.

Special congratulations are in order for Ms. Boots for her new career as a film costumier. That couple in the pic above could have stepped off the dancefloor at click/drag any night.

This doesn't seem to be showing anymore at CC Village East, already! Anyone know of other showings in NYC?

I hope someone alerts us when the DVD is released.

This is an awesome movie! I love it!

We finally got around to seeing this last weekend, and I love it. It was amazing just "how Ohio" some of the scenes were. Absolutely perfect in accuracy and it reminded me of high school here in the late 80's-early 90's. I remember being a punky/gothy kid and I transferred to a high school where the others thought I was a foreign exchange student,because I dressed "weird" and had the nerve to speak Spanish to the exchange students.
The film was great-the acting (John Doe as the dad was a great treat), the costumes, everything. Sad I may have missed this film if not for these boards, so thank you.

I finally saw it on "Movies On Demand". I loved this film but I wasn't thrilled with the depiction of Chi Chi. If Chi Chi is acting hokey and dramatic on stage, she always gives you that knowing look. You know that she knows she's hamming it up for dramatic effect. The actress played her as if she was just this 24/7 Norma Desmond. This may have been the directors fault so I don't want to put all of the blame on the actress. That scene with all the slave boys was too silly for a film that was otherwise pretty realistic. I think everyone has this reaction when they actually know a person who is portrayed in a film. Real life experience can never be replicated. I give it a thumbs up (the frat boy's butt).