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Queen is a documentary detailing the events that happened behind the scenes of the 1967 Miss Gay America pageant in New York. Personally, I have only watched this film because it was a recommended when I had watched another famous LGBT documentary (Paris is Burning). Their actually pretty similar in content. Though I found Queen less connected with its subject. Nevertheless, Queen is a great example of the Cinema Verite tradition of the time. No sensationalism here. We see the contestant to their barest bare to their lushest maquillage as they talk of different things such as sex reassignment surgery, discrimination or the damn nasty bitterness of defeat. Only their personally lifting the mood of each scene. Making it an even more interesting time piece of a pre-AIDS/Stonewall LGBT scene wherein being out means scorn and discrimination. Interestingly, it also proves that the clothes had changed but the attitude and flair remains pretty much the same. [3.5/5]
score 7/10
akoaytao1234 26 October 2017
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