Official poster of A Comedy in Six Unnatural Acts
⭐ 6/10
Movie • 1975

A Comedy in Six Unnatural Acts

Comedy
27 min

Synopsis

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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Streaming
Criterion Channel
Release date 1975-01-01
Original language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0