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SP 5.11 - Glen Or Glenda (1953) RED FERN REAPER FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL IN HONOR OF EDWARD D. WOOD JR.
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: RED FERN REAPER FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL IN HONOR OF EDWARD D. WOOD JR.
Season 5 Episode 35 - Glen or Glenda (1953) is an astonishingly sincere attempt to portray the struggles of gender identity that is repeatedly ambushed by some of the most baffling filmmaking decisions ever put on celluloid. Ed Wood treats Glen’s fear, shame, secrecy, and desire to live honestly with genuine compassion, only for Bela Lugosi to materialize from the cinematic abyss and start mumbling about absolutely fucking nothing while the movie desperately tries to remember what it was supposed to be…
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