SqueezeBox! (2008)
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Once upon a time (like the mid-'90s), a party promoter named Michael Schmidt had a novel idea: drag queens dumping the lipsynching routine to sing rock and roll live onstage. No one knew what to expect when they first opened the doors to Don Hill's on the fateful night that SqueezeBox! was born in downtown Manhattan. With Mistress Formika presiding as hostess and den mother, the drag queens rocked New York nightlife in a way no one had ever seen before. But what began as a place for queer
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What auds will find, however, is the same kind of pugnacious self-celebration that affects many nonfiction films about relatively obscure subjects -- relentless, stentorian bombast about how important it is. Which only serves to make one think, maybe not.
Top CriticGive up, old timers-the kids are all right.
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Not at SqueezeBox!, the NYC gay night that for seven years had drag queens and other artists singing live (no lip-synching!), rendering edgy and often scandalous versions of rock, punk and New Wave. Backed by an impressive house band, the over-the-top performers perfected their ability to push buttons and appall people. Weirdly enough, the often-scandalous night also brought together straights and gays in a totally unexpected way.
Often the best art is about combining things that people have previously thought of as disparate, and this flick does that in spades. Some of the filming itself is unfocused and technically unprofessional, but SqueezeBox! still captures a unique moment in history. Not all of this is pretty, nor is it meant to be. And although interviewees have a tendency to over-praise their subject, it?s hard to argue with something that was the testing ground for the brilliant Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
Finally, first-hand testimonials from Blondie?s lead singer Debbie Harry, film auteur John Waters and Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Cunningham (The Hours) add power to the legend of SqueezeBox! Long live its public sex, disgusting performance art, extreme drag and rough-edged rock and roll!