A Comedy in Six Unnatural Acts

A Comedy in Six Unnatural Acts

1975 en 27 minutes

Rating: 6

Plot

Jan Oxenberg’s charmingly raw, politically-charged and remarkably funny celebration of the American lesbian experience validates the nuanced voice of a community otherwise underrepresented in the Wild West of mid-’70s independent filmmaking. In an attempt to combat the pervasive misconception of the “humorless, angry feminist,” the vignettes in A Comedy in Six Unnatural Acts experiment with self-aware yet playful depictions of common stereotypes, such as the “Stompin’ Dyke” or the butch-femme couple. In the process, Oxenberg’s short film reclaims those insults and assumptions as newfound, loaded weapons—to deploy on her own terms, of course. (UCLA Film & Television Archive)

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Cast

Evan Paxton

Evan Paxton

Sue Talbot

Sue Talbot

Jan Oxenberg

Jan Oxenberg

Susan Gluck

Susan Gluck

Jacci Weller

Jacci Weller

Joy Franklin

Joy Franklin

Cheryl Swannack

Cheryl Swannack

Ellen Broidy

Ellen Broidy

Alice Bloch

Alice Bloch

Paul Reubens

Paul Reubens

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