John Cameron Mitchell

A housewife is upset because her four-year-old son died.

Rich people coping with grief: why did I even watch this movie? Turns out I actually enjoyed it a little. Not much - I mean, at it's best it's depressing - but it's all right. Great writing.

Concept: D
Story: C
Characters: A
Dialog: A
Pacing: C
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: B
Acting: A
Music: B

Enjoyment: C plus

GPA: 2.7/4

Watching the movie as a teenager truly made a life-changing experience for me. We tend to feel very lonely, especially as a teenager. Not complete. And to be completed is to find someone that can complete us with love, or the other half.

But the truth is, we feel complete when we accept ourselves as we truly are. The thought can come to anyone, not only to teenagers. It's a universal story about love and acceptance.

After watching the movie for bazillion times, I watch the off-Broadway show more musical video, and the Broadway musical. It explores a deeper story about Hedwig that the movie didn't tell us. And reading the original script made me experiencing lots of realization again.

Thank you, John Cameron Mitchell for writing this musical. Maybe, it's only a story about a drag-rock-n-roll queen, but the meaning is much beyond that. show less

Wonderful record of the original production. The story is so beautiful and heartfelt that you laugh one moment and sob the next. Easily relatable to all people. Hedwig is the epitome of what it means to be a human being with all of the complications that soicety uses to rip at the human spiri. Hedwig rises above this, flaws and all, and takes her place with the heros of humanity.

An unsuccessful glam rocker tells and sings her life story.

The story of Unfair Show Business and Generally Having a Crappy Life isn't interesting (especially since Hedwig is too much of a diva to get any sympathy), but that's not too important. It's sufficient story to hang the music on, and the music is what matters. If a typical musical is a story with songs injected, this is the other way around - kind of like an elaborate concert film, with story injected to keep it rolling.

Concept: show more C
Story: C
Characters: B
Dialog: B
Pacing: B
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: A

Enjoyment: A

GPA: 2.9/4 show less