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Women in Comedy, Loud and Fabulous

But I'm a Cheerleader

Jamie BABBIT

USA1999 81min Color

Synopsis

Megan is a cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. However she doesn’t like kissing him, and pictures of girls adorn her locker. Megan’s parents conclude she is a lesbian and send her to a sexual conversion therapy camp.

Program Note

The classic of queer movie. Megan is conned in a Conversion therapy facility by her parents, instead she afrms her sexual identity as a lesbian. It is a rst fulllength lm of queer feminist director, Jamie Babbit who has directed L Word and Gilmore Girls and it also shows young Natasha Lyonne, who is known for Orange is the New Black, plays a queer role with fresh charm. (Jay SOHN)

Diretor

Jamie BABBIT

Addicted to Fresno (2015) Breaking the Girls (2013) Mr. Sunshine (2011) United States of Tara (2009) Drop Dead Diva (2009) Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007) The Quiet (2005) Nip/Tuck (2003) Gilmore Girls (2000)