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Movie Info
Genre(s): Documentary
Written by:
Julia Query
Vicky Funari
Directed by:
Julia Query
Vicky Funari
Release Date:
Theatrical: October 6, 2000
DVD: August 21, 2001
Running Time: 75 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: Not rated
This first person documentary follows Julia Query, lesbian/stand-up comedian/peepshow-stripper, and daughter of a feminist activist, on her raucous journey to help organize the only union of strippers in the United States. (First Run Features)
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What The Critics Said
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Philadelphia Inquirer Desmond Ryan
Addresses the plight of the women in the sex industry with a blend of humor and serious irony that's illuminating.
San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris
Instructive documentary. Eventually, we get to see the awkward confession and the tender, fumbling reconciliation, in which mom is proud to have a lesbian labor hero daughter but can't yield her distaste on the stripping issue.
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
The ambience is often squalid, but the movie has much to reveal about the exploitation of women in this sleazy corner of the show-business world.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
It's not slick, it has some lapses, it sometimes looks like a home movie, but it's never boring.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Bob Graham
Advocacy journalism and makes no bones about it, which in this particular case is a plus.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
A warm group portrait of the hearty, scrappy women of the Lusty Ladies and a mother-daughter sketch of Joyce and Julia that is honest and touching.
Read Full Review >New York Post Jonathan Foreman
It's a funny, fascinating and at times really quite moving story.
New York Daily News Jami Bernard
The most effective shots in the movie are from inside the "fishtank" where the dancers spend their workday gyrating naked in utter boredom.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
Story makes for surprisingly exciting viewing, particularly when it comes time for Query to tell her mother, a respected doctor.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Manohla Dargis
A muddle of good intentions and bad filmmaking that sneaks into your affections despite its artlessness and, more deleterious still, the narcissism of its co-director Julia Query.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Kimberley Jones
You'd do best to approach this doc with the strippers' credo in mind: Look but don't touch. Scrutinize this one too closely and you'll find a sagging, pockmarked mess.
Read Full Review >Mr. Showbiz Michael Atkinson
Perhaps this "movie," custom-made for dykes, strippers, and their loved ones, will jump-start Query's real career.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
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