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Dir: Laura Nix, USA, 2002, Beta SP, 98 mins
No rating required
This behind-the-scenes look at the phenomenon Hedwig
and the Angry Inch (last year's Out Takes opening night film)
follows the show from its 1994 origins at NYC's drag/rock club Squeezebox
to the movie's triumphant 2001 premieres at Sundance and Out Fest (Los
Angeles).
Actor-writer John Cameron Mitchell and composer-lyricist Stephen Trask
reveal the origins of Hedwig and the Angry Inch
and Hedwig herself. 
The cast rivals the play's characters for eccentricity
and diversity: Mitchell's father, a retired major general; the many
actors, both male and female, who played Hedwig on stage after Mitchell
left the show; and, of course, the devoted "Hed-Heads". Some of
them have seen the play hundreds of times and a few actually got married
on stage during the show's run. Whether You Like It Or Not provides
an insight into love, wigs and the creative process. (Out Fest 2002)
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