The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
by John Catania, Charles D. Ignacio
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Actor: Arnie Kolodner, Edward Taussig, Eric Myers (IV), Jeff Melnick, Julie HalstonDirector: Charles D. Ignacio, John Catania
Brand: NEW VIDEO GROUP
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-09-26
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Docurama
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- Tender and upbeat, THE LADY IN QUESTION IS CHARLES BUSCH is the affectionate and entertaining tribute to actor, writer, drag performer, and glamorous leading lady Charles Busch. From a tragic, lonely childhood lived throughic Hollywood films, to writing and starring in the riotous and raw Off-Broadway hit "Vampire Lesbians of Sodom" at a gloriously rundown theater in theEast Villate, to giant succ
DVD Reviews of The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
DVD Review: Self-Indulgent Tripe
Summary: 1 Stars
I feel sorry for the folks who financed this "documentary." It is merely the "story" of some person you've likely never heard of before and how he does plays in drag. I bought it thinking it was a movie version of the play, also entitled "The Lady in Question" (my local community theater is doing the play in the Spring and I was curious whether it was worth trying out for); instead, it's just this sad interview with those involved in this and other drag plays. Seriously, who cares. By all means, save your money.DVD Review: No closed captioning
Summary: 1 Stars
I give this DVD a ZERO. Docurama didn't care enough to caption this DVD for hearing-impaired people.
With the DVD being totally useless to us and all, I shouldn't care about saying anything nice about this DVD.
Shame on you Docurama for NEVER captioning your DVDs all these years. :(
DVD Review: Charles Busch genious
Summary: 5 Stars
Charles Busch has a flair that's pure genious. Like all good parody it's rapier sharp with just enough camp to take the edge off. He spoke at the Image Out film festival in Rochester, NY last year where his film had already won the hearts of the audience. You can't loose with him.DVD Review: Well worth watching.
Summary: 4 Stars
I had never heard of Charles Busch until I saw this DVD on Amazon. I have a keen interest in theatre and it looked intriguing so I ordered it and watched it (twice).
This documentary gives you an excellent introduction to Charles Busch - who he is, and what he's done.
I have to say that the old video footage shot in the 1980s and 1990s is PRICELESS. There is a lot of these old video tapes edited into this documentary. The tapes show Charles doing his one man show, and show many of the actual stage productions of the plays he wrote and starred in. This footage is REAL theatre history. It shows an actor/writer go from being a very young man doing a one man show in way way way off Broadway venues, to being the creator of a theatre company in the East Village in New York in the early 80s doing campy movie parodies in drag, to being the playwright of a hugely succesful Broadway comedy and a major stage musical. Intercut with all this archival video footage are interveriews with Charles Busch and the members of his theatre company who were with him from the very begining. It's fascinating and increadible.
DVD Review: Fantastic!
Summary: 5 Stars
Charles Busch is an incredibly talented artist and this film is brilliant!
I can't wait to see his guest appearance in Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell this week in New York at the Minetta Lane Theatre! It is suppose to be great!
Description of The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch
Tender and upbeat, THE LADY IN QUESTION IS CHARLES BUSCH is the affectionate and entertaining tribute to actor, writer, drag performer, and glamorous leading lady Charles Busch. From a tragic, lonely childhood lived through classic Hollywood films, to writing and starring in the riotous and raw Off-Broadway hit "Vampire Lesbians of Sodom" at a gloriously rundown theater in theEast Villate, to giant success on Broadway and Hollywood with such hits as Die Mommy Die!, the film wonderfully casts Busch's fascinating life as a turbulent and triumphant "drag to riches story" (Village Voice). Expertly cut with awe-inspiring performances of Busch channeling the great female actors of classic Hollywood, the film also intertwines interviews with admirers and renowned colleagues who are charmingly eccentric characters themselves, and an original short film made by Busch about his near-death experience. Directed by award-winning directors John Catania and Charles Ignacio, the film roars as an informative, graceful, and energetic reflection on themes of success and failure, gender, sexuality, and the magic of theater. A must-see for theater fans and the uninitiated alike, THE LADY IN QUESTION IS CHARLES BUSCH makes for a worthy tribute to a true gay icon. DVD Features: Featurettes: 1980s East Village Scene" & "Taboo Broadway Opening"; Photo Galleries: Fabulous Fashions & Set Design, East Village Stage & Streets; Theatre-in-Limbo Clips; Short Film Her Royal Escape to Love (2005); In the Life Backstory; Filmmaker Biographies; Charles Busch Biography & Filmography; Interactive Menus; Scene SelectionPlaywright and drag grand dame Charles Busch had a classic showbiz life: After early tragedy (his mother died when he was seven) and a bit of floundering, a play begun as a lark--Vampire Lesbians of Sodom--becomes a camp sensation, moving from a hole-in-the-wall club in New York's East Village to an off-Broadway run, launching a vital gay theater with a close-knit family of performers who produce wild comedies with names like Theodora, She-Bitch of Byzantium and Pardon My Inquisition, or, Kiss the Blood Off My Castanets. This adoring documentary mixes video of Busch's stage successes with interviews with Busch and his cohorts, tracing the rise and decline of Busch's troupe (including the deaths of core actors from AIDS), and reveling in Busch's mainstream success with the non-camp play The Allergist's Wife and movie versions of his stage hits Psycho Beach Party and Die, Mommie, Die!. Busch delivers performances that simultaneously mock and celebrate the raging egos and stylized emotions of old Hollywood glamour queens like Joan Crawford and Barbara Stanwyck. Though theater translates poorly to video, The Lady in Question is Charles Busch communicates a whiff of the madcap inspiration of Busch's stage work and provides a detailed, affectionate portrait of this ingenious writer/performer. --Bret Fetzer
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