Dec 19, 2010

The Cockettes! Delirious!









Yesterday I watched this crazy documentary with my friend Trixie,'The Cockettes'!
The founder of The Cockettes, Hibiscus, is wiiild, a total hippie Jesus with loads of glitter in his beard, constantly on acid, wanting to just dress up and create scenarios taken from his beautiful scrapbook, creating his own reality, beautiful.

This is 'The New Yorker''s review :
A flamboyant piece of hippie history gets its due in Bill Weber and David Weissman's loving look at the San Francisco drugs-and-drag theatre troupe. The filmmakers capture the spirit of life in a late-sixties commune as well as the Cockettes' hallucinogenic romps-performances foisted on audiences who were in the mood for wigged-out frivolity. With its archival footage and hilariously frank interviews, the movie makes for a ragtag portrait of a cultural moment when free expression reigned supreme. -Bruce Diones

http://www.cockettes.com/

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