168: Movie Club: OUTRAGEOUS! (With Deven Green & Brian Bradley)
Craig & Friends
Craig And Friends
4.9 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2022
⏱️ 160 minutes
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Summary
Deven Green & Brian Bradley join me for a deep dive on “Outrageous!”, an essential entry in queer cinema history. Starring pioneering drag legend Craig Russell as hairdresser-turned-performer Robin and Hollis McLaren as his schizophrenic and supportive best friend Liza, “Outrageous!” is a touching and funny story of self-acceptance, mental illness, and making life the way you want it.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to a very special presentation of a movie club. Movie clubs are something that you can get on Patreon. |
| 0:05.7 | This is one that is being pulled out from behind the Patreon paywall, so you can get a sense of what movie clubs are, as well as delight in the mystery and the magic of Craig Russell, the Canadian drag pioneer, who is the star of outrageous. |
| 0:18.0 | And what is outrageous? Well, outrageous is one of the first films about a drag queen, if not the first. Sure, there's some like it hot, where guys are in drag, there's rocky horror, there's pink flamingos, etc. |
| 0:28.5 | This is the first drama that's about a drag queen. If you haven't seen outrageous yet, you're in luck because in the episode description is a link that will take you to a pristine copy of the film on YouTube, an up and coming site that I think you'll enjoy. |
| 0:41.0 | The delightful and authentically Canadian Devon Green joined me for an in-depth discussion on this film, and then following that discussion is my chat with Brian Bradley, who is the world's leading expert on Craig Russell. |
| 0:51.5 | Brian has a terrific book all about Craig Russell called Outrageous Missfits, which also follows the very interesting story of Craig Russell and his wife. |
| 1:00.0 | It might sound confusing, we'll get into that, we'll explain a bit, but you're going to want to get that book, and that link is also available in the episode description. |
| 1:09.0 | And there's a few other links in the episode description. |
| 1:11.5 | One stands out above the rest, though, as being one of sophistication and quality that I recommend you get into right now, and that's the link to Patreon.com slash Craig and Friends. |
| 1:20.0 | Craig and Friends is completely independent, I'm not affiliated with any other podcast company, and though I use anchor as a hosting platform, we're not in business in any other way. |
| 1:29.0 | So if you would like to support your favorite independent show, this is how you can do it from patreon.com slash Craig and Friends. |
| 1:35.5 | For more Devon Green, head on over to DevonGreen.com and Reverie.tv. That's R-E-V-Y.tv because that is the place where you can get the hot game show from Devon Green in Handsome Ned Douglas, called Versus. |
| 1:48.5 | Season 2 just came out, season 1 is available, and it's all on Reverie.tv. |
| 1:53.5 | Okay, now it's time for the show. |
| 1:56.5 | Well hello Devon. |
| 1:58.5 | Hi. |
| 2:02.5 | Hey there, you crazy cat. |
| 2:04.5 | It's 1977. |
| 2:06.5 | That's right. Are we in Toronto right now? |
| 2:08.5 | I've got a bikini bottom on. |
| 2:10.5 | And I've got a bikini top. |
| 2:12.5 | TTC Toronto Transit Commission. |
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