back in 2001 when hedwig was released i was only halfway through my teens. when the film opened downtown, roughly 30 minutes away from my high school i honestly felt like i was sneaking off into uncharted territories.
sure, i was a film buff then. i enjoyed my limited ‘living in suburbia’ deep dive into queer cinema but the allure of hedwig and the angry inch after it’s premier in sundance felt needed and scary, a movie that felt notorious…