152: John Cameron Mitchell! (Encore)

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🗓️ 10 September 2021

⏱️ 84 minutes

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As this weekend marks the 20th anniversary of “Hedwig & The Angry Inch” hitting cinemas, here’s my 2019 chat with John Cameron Mitchell. The Craig & Friends Hedwig Movie Club (featuring Mike Potter, Stephen Trask, Frank DeMarco & Tranna Wintour) is coming soon 💋

John joined me in NYC to talk Dr. Gunt, John Cassavetes, Squeezebox, the art of self-creation, Robert Altman, the binarachy, “All That Jazz”, angles on appropriation, Michael Schmidt, heterosexual competence, David Bowie, finding hope in the bleakest of situations, “Hedwig & The Angry Inch”, Mx. Justin Vivian Bond, “Yuri On Ice”, Radical Faeries, queer representation in the media, Jake Shears, The Origin Of Love Tour, Harry Hay & The Mattachine Society, living with Alzheimer's, Lady Bunny, addiction, New York City, “Shortbus”, the true nature of the military, Ayahuasca, Karis Wilde, family matters, American healthcare, Dunkaroos, “Band Of The Hand”, Amber Martin, and John’s narrative musical podcast “Anthem: Homunculus”.

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0:00.0	Hey there, if you would like, add free and early versions of these episodes as well as bonus episodes, movie club episodes, and lots more, head on over to patreon.com slash Craig and Friends.
0:30.0	I'm gonna keep your house.
0:36.0	Oh, it's Airbnb. I picked it because of the couch because I usually tape it in L shape couch at home.
0:42.0	Oh. And I was just looking for a good space for this and so it weirdly worked out that it's quiet almost all the time.
0:48.0	Isn't it good? The view is nice too, but because I didn't want the reflection off the window.
0:52.0	It is quiet. It's really quiet. Yeah. And it's right around the corner from I'm not that conversant with New York.
0:58.0	So it was nice to like be right in the heart of things. Yeah. Is it reasonable? Yeah, it's like night. It could be worse. Yeah.
1:06.0	I should get the link for this because people are always looking. I'll send you the link.
1:10.0	Yeah, I know I was gonna book again for because Jason's coming back to do pride at the end of June.
1:14.0	Oh, is he doing a full show? I think so. Yeah, I'm 30th. He's also doing John Waters birthday show and Detroit.
1:20.0	And I'm on the fence. I want to go to a bit. I don't know if it's gonna work out schedule wise.
1:24.0	Yeah, at the 27th and 28th. I'm doing three shows here. Oh, you are?
1:30.0	Town Hall 27, 20, 29 for pride. He's doing it the John Waters thing this month. And then pride.
1:36.0	And I was thinking of that too. I might come for that because I'd love to see that show.
1:40.0	I have a little intro for you, John. Mm-hmm.
1:42.0	Are you ready for a very special episode of Wimsily Volatile in which we welcome an actor,
1:48.0	writer, a director, singer, songwriter, DJ, and the second Wimsily Volatile guest to have appeared on McGiver.
1:54.0	Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, whether you like it or not, I'm pleased to present to you Mr. John Cameron Mitchell.
2:00.0	Welcome. Thanks for coming.
2:04.0	Wait a minute. Who is the other McGiver? Michael DeBarr.
2:08.0	Michael DeBarr. I was on a show, another show with him too.
2:12.0	Oh, really? Which one? I think it was head of the class.
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