Three Minute Review

Title:	Hedwig And The Angry Inch
Director:	John Cameron Mitchell
Plot:	An aspiring pop star , with a substantial number of personal issues, leads a rock band; in this biopic play-turned rock and roll musical

Trying to describe this movie is pretty hard and I'll burn some of this space to explore why it is complicated and to take a moment to write about writing and the sense of what continuing to do this website means for me.  If there is anything I dislike in this world is when writers gives away the story in the name of promoting movies. I don't give up spoilers and my only desire is really to intrigue people into going to see these films I speak on, not to tell you about them. Also 180 isn't really about reviews, I'll tell you a secret: 180 is just about what I like and dislike. So with all that told…It's a bitch trying to explain Hedwig And The Angry Inch, cause everything about it is a joy to experience. I could compare Hedwig to Velvet Goldmine, or The Rocky Horror Picture Show, two movies, which are kin, in the sense that they are both strange, about music and have powerful leads, but Hedwig while a musical and a fucked up musical at that  would be an interesting and fun movie even if it didn't have anything to do with the music. The characters are strong in this movie and the story itself is very powerful, but I don't want to tell you about it, I'd be giving it away. I will tell you, I did laugh a whole lot, I also at times felt mildly uncomfortable, not in that "I don't like that" kinda way, but in that way you feel when someone tells you a bunch of fucked up personal shit, that they are past, but you have just heard. Then it's over. Such a good strange little movie.