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but i' m a cheerleader .
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a but, i’m a cheerleader musical? ! we can already picture the pom - pom dance numbers .
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but i' m a cheerleader
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i' m pumped for the movie, i' m just tired of all the blind hatred for it .
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“but i’m a cheerleader” is a satirical look at the absurdity of the anti - gay movement. what i first i saw as a predictable film about an american high school cheerleader and her boyfriend turned into a triumphant portrayal of sexual …
the scene in “but i’m a cheerleader” in which megan and graham first kiss is ripe with discussion - worthy material (watch here: but i \ ’m a cheerleader – first kiss). to recoup, graham follows megan outside of cocksuckers after megan grows jealous that …
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i agree completely. i loved the hell out of mos, so i know i' m going to love the dceu .
i guess i' m the only one who' s never seen that movie .
critics think that but i' m a cheerleader could have been better. the acting is stiff at times and the plot is surprisingly unoriginal .
broadly conceived and schematically directed ,
but i' m a cheerleader
is a shallow, only mildly entertaining satire about a rehabilitation camp for gays and lesbians .
' but i' m a cheerleader', starring rupaul charles, natasha lyonne and clea duvall set to all american rejects' dirty little secret .
“so i' m not someone who really watches
kid' s shows
but i freaking love stephen universe! ! it heals my soul. i' m... ”
doors open at 6: 30 pm. saving face will begin at 7: 10 pm, with but i’m a cheerleader to follow at 9 pm .
i hate it along with pharell williams happy... maybe i' m a misery. : p
“but i’m a cheerleader” was not well received by critics, who claimed babbit tried too hard to imitate john waters with her colorful sets and overtly artificial scenery .
it was announced today that but i' m a cheerleader: the musical, based on the 1999 lionsgate cult classic, will receive its first london exploratory reading .
tattle tale - sew true 1995 | st. francis records glass vase cello case love theme to feature film, ... but i' m a cheerleader .
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director jamie babbit’s “but i’m a cheerleader” is a hilarious 1999 cult romantic comedy that successfully satirizes the gay community, the social construction of gender roles, heteronormativity and the religious right .
i would love to direct a full blown musical. maybe sometime soon. they did a musical version of but i’m a cheerleader in london with the kinky boots director. if they find investors i know they want to mount it as a musical on broadway !
3. new girl sandy somehow becomes a cheerleader after being a rydell high student for only a day. also, she sucks at being a cheerleader .
“i would love to direct a full blown musical. maybe sometime soon. they did a musical version of but i’m a cheerleader in london with the kinky boots director. if they find investors i know they want to mount it as a musical on broadway! ”
i' m thinking this as well. i just can' t see it going well at all .
sooo... i' m fairly certain we can debunk this rumour .
i loved it. i wanted to see it twice in a row but the theatre was closing .
broadway director and choreographer jerry mitchell could be aiming to score a hat - trick in the west end, as he directs a showcase reading of a new musical adaptation of 1999 film but i' m a cheerleader .
publishers market to the press, but they’re not members of the press, and since i’m also a book reviewer, and i’ve advocated heavily for these books myself, i have my own contacts. i’ll call up
but i' m a cheerleader is an important, fun and infectious new musical about being who you are and never being afraid of that truth. i can' t wait to tell this story .
if the last film’s title put me off a little, this one’s title is the reason i wanted to watch it. but i’m a cheerleader is a 1999 film directed by jamie babbit that provides a satirical look at conversion therapy for homosexuals. bit of a dark subject i know, but i’m a sucker for satires and with a title like that, i was hopeful. like always if you care to avoid any potential plot spoilers avoid the first couple paragraphs !
“i would love to direct a full blown musical. maybe sometime soon, ” said babbit. “they did a musical version of but i’m a cheerleader in london with the kinky boots director. if they find investors i know they want to mount it as a musical on broadway! ”
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but she tells same same she’s also working on a musical version of cheerleader for the great white way .
graham smiles back. “i’m glad i could make you happy. do you want some help putting it on? ”
we’re a few years from a 20 th anniversary celebration of the comedy film but i’m a cheerleader. however, stars clea duvall, melanie lynskey, and natasha lyonne being in outfest darling the intervention (with duvall also writing and directing !) definitely gave us a great excuse to look back at the 2000 classic. and with both films having lgbt themes and characters, let’s catch up with everyone from but i’m a cheerleader .
“oh my fucking god their outfits alone i lag behind because i watch this on hulu but oh gosh i... ”
but i' m a cheerleader: the musical, based on the 1999 lions gate film by jamie babbit and brian wayne peterson, begins performances sept. 13 at the theatre at saint clements .
additionally crow and elk productions said
adam bialow has and continues to champion bill augustin and andy abrams' musical reworking of the cult film but i' m a cheerleader. bialow has been involved in the musical' s development since its birth at new york musical theatre festival and has been integral to the process of bringing but i' m a cheerleader: the musical to london .
these days, natasha lyonne is most loved for her portrayal of nicky nichols on netflix’s “orange is the new black .
but 14 years ago, lyonne played another iconic lgbt character in the satirical indie “but i’m a cheerleader. ”
oh my god, let me tell you about that night. so i have a free coupon to get like a dozen doughnuts, so i go, “all right, say no more. ” i go make moves — we’re all in line, we’re just talking. i was like, “yo, i’m about to make a video, i’m about to do a flip. ” so i give them my coupon, i’m like, “stand in line, get the dozen doughnuts, i’m gonna go over here and make this video, ” and all that .
it’s been 17 years since the lesbian cult comedy but, i’m a cheerleader hit theaters, and now the movie’s star, natasha lyonne and director jamie babbit have reunited for a new film, addicted to fresno .
i would love to direct a full blown musical ,
says
cheerleader
director jamie babbit .
, i was able to find a better - quality version of the original vine — one that had been posted a week before fab cheerleader’s. but, like fab cheerleader, funnyvinevideos didn’t credit the original author of the
exactly, i just think it' s ridiculous. like, i don' t think civil war trailer looks that good (a but too similar to winter soldier) but i' m not gonna let that determine what i think the actual movie will end up being .
in a recent interview with same same, jamie babbitt, the cult classic’s director (and filmmaker behind the upcoming addicted to fresno) talked a little bit about but i’m a cheerleader and how it has continued to impact her career .
jerry mitchell said today :
but i' m a cheerleader is an important, fun and infectious new musical about being who you are and never being afraid of that truth. i can' t wait to tell this story .
jerry mitchell said today :
but i' m a cheerleader is an important, fun and infectious new musical about being who you are and never being afraid of that truth. i can' t wait to tell this story .
i would love to direct a full blown musical. maybe sometime soon ,
babbit recently told same same .
they did a musical version of but i' m a cheerleader in london with the kinky boots director. if they find investors i know they want to mount it as a musical on broadway !
i' m happy that it' s getting positive reactions, but i just know some people are gonna hte on it just because it' s dc or not a marvel movie .
7) but i' m a cheerleader becomes a musical! an early musical version of the 1999 film had a sold out developmental workshop at the new york theater festival, where it won the audience award for best new musical. but i' m a cheerleader: the musical will receive an exploratory reading in london december 6. the reading will be led by jerry mitchell, producer of kinky boots, with book and lyrics by bill augustin and andrew abrams .
i hope i never see dallas winston again. if i do... . i' d probably fall in love with him .
when i need motivation my one solution is my queen' cause she stays strong yeah, yeah she is always in my corner right there when i want her * all these other girls are tempting but i' m empty when you' re gone
and they say [ pre - hook: ] do you need me? do you think i' m pretty? * do i make you feel like cheating? i' m like no, not really' cause * [ hook: ] oh, * i think
that i' ve found myself a cheerleader she is always right there when i need her oh, i think that i' ve found myself a cheerleader she is always right there when i need her [ verse 2: ] she walks like a model she grants my wishes like a genie in a bottle yeah, yeah' cause i' m the wizard of love and i got the magic wand * all these other girls are tempting but i' m empty when you' re gone * and they say hate it, worst song this year imo. the lyrics are dreadfully awful .
the world has changed a lot since but i’m a cheerleader, jamie babbit’s witty comedy about a cheerleader sent to a conversion therapy camp, debuted in 1999. who would have thought (or hoped) in 1999 that gay marriage would be legal in all 50 states less than two decades later? or that conversion therapy would be on its way to being banned nationally? released the same year as boys don’t cry and american pie, but i’m a cheerleader treads that fine line between being socially important and goofy fun. last year’s carol was highly praised for being one of the few films with a lesbian love story to have a happy ending. but i’m a cheerleader is another – and probably the only movie in film history to have a happily ever after tied to a story about two ladies who fall in love at conversion camp .
but i’m a cheerleader isn’t trying to be subtle. the absurdity of gender expectations is put on display with a too - bubbly soundtrack. because: our society’s gender expectations are insane. and, it’s downright crazy to try to force an identity and sexuality on a person. but, but i’m a cheerleader gives us a little hope at the end of a wacky lace - trimmed narrative. while the camp wasn’t exposed, while the girls weren’t guaranteed their families, megan still performed a radical action in embracing both her identity as a lesbian and as a cheerleader. she challenged the expectations of her prescribed role, and still got the girl in the end .
in the long run, i' m sure we' ll be fine, and even if it' s cool to hate and critics bash it, i guess we' ll still have a movie with bloody superman, batman and wonder woman in it. but i' m hopeful .
cheerleader could have been written as a dramatic analysis of gay rehabilitation programs and how it affects those that go through it, but thank goodness it was not. sometimes a situation needs to be laughed at instead of dwelled on and cried over. but i’m a cheerleader certainly has its flaws, but it recognizes just how ridiculous places like true directions are, and it allows us to laugh at those very institutions .
i' m sexy, i' m cute, i' m popular to boot ,
sings lindsay sloane as big red in the punched - up opening scene .
i' m bitchin', great hair, the boys all love to stare. don' t hate us' cause we' re beautiful,' cause we don' t like you either. we' re cheerleaders .
( 2013)' ] if you' re at all a reasonable human being when you' re 34 years old, you don' t read scripts looking at the children' s parts. i don' t really feel like i need to be a teenager ever again. it' s really a miracle that i made it out alive. i' m doing all right being in my 30s - i think i' m hitting my sweet spot. i' m glad to have ...
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i only saw it twice in cinemas but probably over 7 times now, gets better each time i watch it .
so there you have it! but i’m a cheerleader may end up on broadway soon. and if you’re an investor, now is your chance to make a lot of people really, really happy by helping get this inspirational story onto the big stage .
i’m willing to bet my life this was not biggie’s idea. i’d believe you if you told me puff had armed guards force him into the studio. ma $ e hopped in and said some squeaky clean “i might dress like a crossing guard but i’m still street” shit. this right before he started shooting himself outta cannons in harlem world videos and playing puffy’s cheerleader. however…i can’t hate this. mostly because of nostalgia. but i won’t pretend like it doesn’t stick out like a sore thumb, or that it don’t sound like it was intended for a nickelodeon movie soundtrack .
even though what’s going to happen is obvious, that doesn’t make but i’m a cheerleader a bad movie. the film offers consistent laughs and enough good fun to be a fluffy, enjoyable film. the comedy comes from knowing just how pointless and silly true directions really is .
while “but i’m a cheerleader” pokes fun at some stereotypes, it does not reinforce character stereotypes. the gay males are not all depicted as effeminate, and the females are not all masculine. the varying appearances and personalities create an interesting dynamic .
“this was interesting to read. i' m glad your female coworkers have been so accepting. i hope things are going well... ”
' but i' m a cheerleader' is one of those movies that i' ve been meaning to watch for a long time, but i' ve never been able to get a hold of it because it' s hard to find! i' ve been told it' s got something of a cult following, which is something that always appeals to me, but based on some of the reviews, i was expecting it to really suck! well, there are times when i disagree on the general critical reception of a certain film, and this is one of those times .
broadly conceived and schematically directed, “but i’m a cheerleader” is a shallow, only mildly entertaining satire about a rehabilitation camp for gays and lesbians. basically a short extended to feature length, the movie benefits from a well - grounded performance by natasha lyonne as the vivacious teenager sent for sexual (dis) orientation, but suffers from cathy moriarty’s irritatingly [ … ]
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# 5. fuck you tonight feat. r. kelly how the fuck the first collab track goin' be a ballad with r kelly? i probably liked this when i was a kid, but i woulda been a kid. this ain’t painful or nothing but we can keep a theme going? this is one of the tracks i’m likely to skip, plain hasn’t aged well .
dick also offers thrust - for - thrust comparisons of straight sex scenes from mainstream movies like american beauty, single white female, unfaithful and american pie with gay scenes from more independently spirited movies such as but i' m a cheerleader, boys don' t cry, mysterious skin and where the truth lies. dick argues that while straight scenes were passed with audience - friendly' r' ratings (minors admitted with accompanying parent or guardian), cara often deemed gay material' adults - only' fare. jamie babbit, director of but i' m a cheerleader, says:' what' s offensive is that they say they are rating movies as
average american parents
, but i' m an
average american parent
. i' m a lesbian; i have a daughter; i pay taxes. is there anyone on the ratings board who' s a parent like me? i doubt it.'
as a cheerleader, you' re saying,' i agree to wear this costume and i agree to cheer for the boys,'
bendinger said .
there was kind of a cultural moment of,' oh, god! i’m wearing a patriarchal uniform that’s appealing to the male gaze.'
there was kind of a cultural moment of,' oh, god! i’m wearing a patriarchal uniform that’s appealing to the male gaze.'
but i’m a cheerleader initially received an nc - 17 rating. this rating was only lowered to r (thus opening the film up to distribution) when the director agreed to cut a scene featuring the lead female character masturbating. through her clothes. while thinking about a person, and not a pie .
but i' m a cheerleader - rating and distribution... when originally submitted to the motion picture association of america rating board, but i' m a cheerleader received an nc - 17 rating... in order to get a commercially - viable r rating, babbit removed a two second shot of graham' s hand sweeping megan' s clothed body, a camera pan up... a critique of the mpaa' s rating system, it suggests that films with homosexual content are treated more stringently than those with only heterosexual content, and that ...
jamie babbit, writer and director of but i' m a cheerleader, created her film with a teenage audience in mind. but her film, which had no violence and little sexuality, had to fight an nc - 17 rating as well. babbit told dick that she “felt discriminated against for making a film about gay teenagers. ”
this is a guest review by erin fenner. but i’m a cheerleader, directed by jamie babbit, plays with stereotypes. but not like, “haha let’s use broad generalizations to create characters, but never develop them. ” no, this film paints everything pink and blue (pretty much literally) and then asks the audience: really? is this what gender and sexuality should look like? it’s even in the title. but i’m a cheerleader is about a teenage girl, megan (natasha lyonne), who’s naïve about her own sexuality because she fits so comfortably into the norm of femininity. she’s christian, an “all - american girl” and a cheerleader, so she doesn’t suspect that her attraction to women and sexual disinterest with men is a sign that she’s a lesbian .
regardless of critical reception, the film quickly gained a cult following and has become one of the most popular lgbt romantic comedies in america. for those who can appreciate the satirical dissection of stereotypes related to gender and sexuality, “but i’m a cheerleader” is an absolute must - see .
musical adaptations of movies can often be a recipe for disaster. still, some of our favorite teen flicks like bring it on, heathers, and jawbreaker have hit the stage, receiving a range of praise and criticism. now the cult classic but i' m a cheerleader may join the club .
i am 15 and i don' t totally understand why this movie has such a bad rating. i didn' t find anything too bad about it. there is one sex scene, but it i... continue reading
its stats are all right, but kinda basic, as far as i can see .
new edition fans expect you guys to emulate those classic dance steps. was it hard getting bobby’s moves down? you wake up 6 a. m. in the morning, ready. and then you have brooke payne on your back. he’s new edition’s original choreographer. and he’s hardcore. i’m thinking i got some rhythm, so i’m doing my steps. i feel like i’m killing it. and [ brooke ] cuts the music off…i’m smiling. and he’s like, “yeah, sit on down, you ain’t got it. ” and i’m like, “yo…this is crazy! ” i loved it though. he pushed us extremely hard to not only look good [ individually ], but to look good as a group. that was the most important thing. these guys have been doing it for like 30 plus years, so we had to build that same chemistry with only three weeks .
unfortunately — probably because of its lgbt - centered storyline — it never reached the level of national recognition that it deserved. like many other under - appreciated gems, but i’m a cheerleader was relegated to cult classic status, destined to remain a beloved addition to the collections of the small audience it reached. but that could change soon .
what makes but i’m a cheerleader so special is its distinct lack of shame. when megan is first questioned about possibly being a lesbian, she says something to the effect of “i don’t think those thoughts are unnatural. ” she might not have known she was a lesbian, but she never assumed or even thought that her sexy fantasies about her cheerleading pals were bad, something to be ashamed of .
duvall, lynskey and lyonne were all together in the 1999 film “but i’m a cheerleader, ” and duvall noted they have remained friends. as someone asked a question regarding how their off - screen friendship was reflected in the film, duvall tried to hand a microphone to lynskey, who repeatedly handed it back .
“i feel shattered, but you learn from it. when i wake up in the morning i get that sinking feeling, you know? but you have to deal with it, you have to go forward. it’s given me a lot more resolve to do what i want to do. ”
stole), a cute boyfriend, fun friends and a spot on the cheerleading squad. imagine her surprise upon arriving home to find that her nearest and dearest have staged an intervention, and are packing her off to the true directions program to escape the curse of lesbianism .
but i' m a cheerleader ,
the showcase reading of but i' m a cheerleader, which has book and lyrics by bill augustin and music by andrew abrams will take place this friday 6 december (at the same time as our whatsonstage awards launch party !) and marks the first london presentation of the show .
i' m ready to see a darker, grittier and more real side of things. i want to see people fretting about the implications of a god on earth. i want to see people debate about the cost of victory when that cost was a major city. i want to see villains who are more complex than
i am evil because !
.
like i always do when i say hi to someone. dating is weird for me .
“i think you’re the most beautiful thing i’ve ever seen. ” graham replies, truthfully .
cheerleader. a word that makes me want to hurl and is too often used to describe yours truly. i guess a bubbly, outgoing personality and attractive physique means you are a cheerleader. i sit excitedly waiting to hear my name. it’s 2006. i’m 14, and i’ve made it all the way to the florida state science fair for my experiment on determining whether bacteria or fungi is more effective in cleaning up oil spills (bp could have used my help). i finally hear my name called and eagerly rush up to meet one of the judges to discuss my project. i spot him and am about to introduce myself. before i can get a word out, he stops me, saying ,
let me guess, you’re a cheerleader .
let me clear the air now i am not now nor have i ever been a cheerleader. firstly, i lack the acrobatic prowess required for such a role. secondly, i hate the label. i correct the judge, to his embarrassment. we continue on to have an intelligent discussion about bioremediation, and i end up placing third in the state and winning an award from nasa .
objectively, it' s amateurish, but i managed to tell a sweet story that demonstrated my interest in comedy .
in this introduction, i' ve told you a story about me from my past that reveals who i am, and i analyze it to show you what kind of storyteller i want to be .
the blonde quickly gets up to kiss her anxious girlfriend. “seriously, don’t worry! i’m so happy that you did this! i love you so much, graham! ”
she said :
i' m remembered mostly for' hocus pocus. when i grew up, they' d mostly say' ohhh, allison,' but thankfully, they keep the' yabbos' comment to themselves .
i loved man of steel, but i absolutely hate the casting for lex in the movie, i cannot stand eisenbergs portrayal of lex and it is effecting my opinion of the film greatly .
“i just wanted to become a bigger piece of the puzzle, ” she added. “the more i do this the less i become interested in just my part. i want to be a part of all of it. ”
@ kanyeeast22 i still like mo' money but no, fuck you tonight never grew on me .
# 9. b. i. g interlude one minute musical interlude sampling schooly d. while it sounds nice, i’m sure this is just padding to stretch the track list to a double album .
if you think you see it all, here' s a film that rasies questions. in the movie ,
but, i' m a cheerleader
, megan is just a normal girl is doesn' t know she' s a lesbian. now, in some places, this isn' t a problem and will go away alone but not in megan' s case. it turns out in her case, being a homosexual is illegal .
though peppered with both silly hetero and homo stereotypes (“foreplay is for sissies! real men go in, unload and pull out! ”), but i’m a cheerleader is still an important staple in queer film history. this movie, along with slums of beverly hills and girl, interrupted, launched natasha lyonne’s and clea duvall’s careers. it’s sad to think we probably wouldn’t have nicky nichols without but i’m a cheerleader! released sometime between ellen coming out and willow rosenberg (alyson hannigan) falling for tara (amber benson) on buffy the vampire slayer, but i’m a cheerleader was one of the first movies to showcase not only a lesbian love story, but a positive gay teen romance. megan (natasha lyonne) is a picture perfect teenage girl – she has long blonde hair, a handsome football player boyfriend, loving parents and is a star cheerleader. however, and not for lack of trying, she just doesn’t like making out with her boyfriend. she hangs pictures of women in her locker at school and room at home, including, gasp, famed rocker lesbian melissa etheridge, and tries to make her parents eat tofu .
synopsis: but i’m a cheerleader: megan is an all - american girl. she’s a cheerleader and has a boyfriend, but she doesn’t like kissing him very much, and she’s pretty tactile with her cheerleader friends, and she only has pictures of girls up in her locker. her parents and friends conclude that she * must * be gay and send her off to “sexual redirection” school, full of admittedly homosexual misfits, where she can learn how to be straight. will megan be turned around to successful heterosexuality, or will she succumb to her love for the beautiful graham ?
i love natasha lyonne. i have loved her ever since i first saw her in the slums of beverly hills. i don' t know if it' s the wild, untamable mane, the new york accent that even the finest elocution lessons couldn' t curb, or her seemingly
fuck you, i do what i want
attitude. i' m thinking it' s the whole package, wrapped in day - glo paper and hastily tied with a barbed wire bow. when i found out she was starring in a new independent body horror film i was all over it. i mean, they had me at
natasha
but i stayed for the
body horror
.
the 1999 film
but i' m a cheerleader
concerned a teenage girl who is sent to a
sexual redirection
school when her parents fear she is lesbian. the movie' s cast included natasha lyonne, clea duvall, cathy moriarty, rupaul, michelle williams, mink stole, bud cort, melanie lynskey and joel michaely .
when will people learn that not everything is suited to be made into a musical? i love this movie, and i generally like musicals, but this is just a no - no .
i hate it too. glad i' m not the only one. i hate it because of the
she' s always there when i need her
- yep, no other life at all. i guess i shouldn' t take it so literally. though i hated that emili sande one about her boyfriend always being right next to her and not going to the pub or whatever it was - i thought it sounded like he had no self respect .
but i' m a cheerleader: the musical is the story of megan, an all - american high school cheerleader who seems to have it all; she' s popular, pretty, intelligent, has a football player boyfriend and lives the perfect high school life. but that' s all about to change! her friends and family suspect megan is a lesbian, and after staging an intervention, send her packing to the' true directions' rehabilitation camp to put her on the straight and narrow. here, under the strict tutelage of headmistress mary brown, megan meets graham, a sexy tomboy who shows her exactly what her? true direction' is. hilarious, cheeky and one of a kind, but i' m a cheerleader: the musical is a quirky coming - of - age comedy about sexual awakening and staying true to who you are .
but i' m a cheerleader: the musical is the story of megan, an all - american high school cheerleader who seems to have it all; she' s popular, pretty, intelligent, has a football player boyfriend and lives the perfect high school life. but that' s all about to change! her friends and family suspect megan is a lesbian, and after staging an intervention, send her packing to the' true directions' rehabilitation camp to put her on the straight and narrow. here, under the strict tutelage of headmistress mary brown, megan meets graham, a sexy tomboy who shows her exactly what her' true direction' is. hilarious, cheeky and one of a kind, but i' m a cheerleader: the musical is a quirky coming - of - age comedy about sexual awakening and staying true to who you are .
still though. you miss every shot you don' t take. if i have to watch point break 100 times to watch bvs once, that' s a chance i' m willing to take .
i' m just so sick and tired of the overwhelming negativity this movie gets anywhere but these subreddits. it' s like the majority of people will love it, but will probably bash it on the internet because that is what is cool .
i happen to be the critic and the person who has this particular skill set and desire, so that’s how it wound up being me [ bringing back theses books ]. i can advocate for them in the publishing community and bang the walls, but i’m not alone in this quest .
but i’m a cheerleader, even 17 years removed from its original release, continues to be one of the most heartfelt, touching, and laughably innocent portrayals of lesbianism and queer desire — particularly among the “teenage romance” genre that rose to great heights during the john hughes ’80s and continued to dominate throughout the ’90s .
out director jamie babbit is busy these days. her new film the quiet began opening in theaters this month, and she’s currently at work on the feature film the itty bitty titty committee. but before all this, she wrote and directed the 1999 cult hit but i’m a cheerleader, a comedic look at the lunacy that is gay rehabilitation — think ex - gay movement at summer camp .
actually i think it was yesterday or something but idgf. kool keith’s solo debut, underground classic. it
i do not want bvs to fail. as a lifelong comicbook fan of the big two companies, the more superhero goodness i can get the better. this is the golden age of being a superhero fan and i don' t want to spend this time being bitter or unhappy about it. i honestly thought after batman and robin with clooney we' d never see another superhero film. i' m glad i was wrong .
as much as i don' t give two shits about rt scores. i' d be lying if i said the low mos rt score didn' t make me sad. i loved the film personally, but when i hear other people (a lot) say that the movie sucked, it just brings me down .
the thing about being gay is that it doesn' t necessarily mean that you' re a strong person. there are plenty of people who can' t deal in life and who happen to be gay also, so it seems like just another reason to be unhappy. in the film, megan [ natasha lyonne ] starts off as a cheerleader, that icon of american femininity, and at the end of the film, which establishes the dichotomy ,
normal
and
perverted .
and at the end, it comes together ,
pervert
and
cheerleader .
so the title has two points: at the beginning, it' s
but i' m a cheerleader, i' m not gay ,
and in the end, it' s
but i' m a cheerleader and i am gay .
that' s why she does the cheerleading at the end, because i wanted her to be gay but still be who she was, and not get on a harley and ride off. brian kept telling me we needed to earmark her change somehow, but i wanted her to keep her identity as a cheerleader. i that way, the film challenges the stereotypes even within the community. just last month, we had a review in the san francisco chronicle, which gave a synopsis of the film, because it was the closing night film for the san francisco gay and lesbian film festival. but the reviewer said that it was
the story about a girl who' s straight, who goes to rehab and becomes gay
!
“i had zero nudity and i got an nc - 17. it was just a more conservative, ridiculous time. ”
yanbu, i detest this song. i can' t understand why it' s so popular .
had some continuity problems, and a pretty lame ending, but decent overall .
the most interesting revelation came when babbitt was questioned about her desires to turn cheerleader into a broadway spectacle. she replied :
as i said, i had a number of concerns about this movie. i mentioned that the critical consensus was a concern for me, but most of all it was the premise. while i think it' s interesting, i wondered how on earth someone could make a comedy about such a serious matter. conversion camps are a very real threat to gay teenagers out there, but thankfully, the writers managed to satirise the beliefs of anti - gay religious leaders pretty well .
before hanging up to board her flight to new york, lyonne recalled one particularly positive and touching memory about “but i' m a cheerleader” that proved just how important the film was in its time. “i remember clea and i went to sundance together and a lot of the mormon girls were coming up to us ,
lyonne said .
clea and i would be crying because it was so moving that they had come out because of that movie. they had never seen anything like it. ”
in conclusion life after death didnt truly need to be a double album. there’s some misses here and there but i’d still recommend it. if you need a rating then uh, uh okay i got chu
but i' m a cheerleader may seem too elementary to a sophisticated crowd. the stereotypes are often absurd to anyone with a consciousness, and frightingly may seem real to the uninformed. but in truth the film does no harm and in a humorous way pokes fun at how hung up we are about being gay. it runs into a few problems as well for portraying' true directions' as a place where sex roles create homosexuality and that by simply reversing them everything comes out allright in the wash .
thanks! it' s sex and the city... and to be honest i have no idea where i found it... i think i just searched satc or sarah jessica avatars or something !
very clever and very funny. i don' t know why i had this listed as
not inteested .
i' ve seen it twice already !
there is a difference between ,
well, i' m more of a marvel fan, so i probably won' t enjoy bvs
and
this movie sucks, its going to suck, even though its not even out yet .
hate it, turn it off as soon as it comes on, calling your girlfriend a cheerleader is ridiculous, hate it .
she said :
the fact that' hocus pocus' found a niche in that world where it cannot be extricated from the holiday itself to me is really amazing. i’m really surprised, but humbled and happy to be a part of something like that. i had the best time on that film — maybe more than any other movie i worked on .
' but i' m a cheerleader' is a story about a teenage girl called megan, who is a popular blonde, feminine pretty girl, who (as you would have guessed by the title) is also a cheerleader. when she begins exhibiting strange behaviour (i. e. , checking out other women, going vegetarian, listening to melissa etheridge), her parents begin to notice and when they do so, they send her to a gay conversion camp. it' s in the camp that she realises who she truly is, and under the influence of a tough girl named graham, she learns to accept herself .
i recommend option 2 or 3. you can attempt option 1 if you want, but i think it' s the most difficult of the three to write well .
in but i' m a cheerleader, megan (natasha lyonne) is an innocent. as she says ,
i' m not perverted! i go to church, i get good grades... i' m a cheerleader !
but her parents and friends suspect she has an
unnatural
attraction toward other girls. their proof? she' s vegetarian, she listens to melissa etheridge, she has pictures of girls in her locker, and she hates kissing her boyfriend. they whisk her off to true directions, a campy version of real - life ex - gay ministries, to straighten her out. surrounded by fey boys and some tough girls, megan realizes she' s attracted to girls and starts a relationship with one of the girls (clea duvall). meanwhile, true directions instructors mike (de - dragged rupaul) and mary (cathy moriarty), try to bring them back into the heterosexual fold with instruction on proper gender roles and talk therapy .
strong > while altringer and lindsey hunt down the board members, dick interviews filmmakers whose films have been given an unwanted nc - 17 (the kiss of death for films seeking u. s. distribution) or r rating, including kimberly peirce (boys don' t cry) and jamie babbit (but i' m a cheerleader) .
i spoke on the phone with heath, a manager at the krispy kreme location who about knew the incident i was describing. he was, however, slightly surprised that i knew of the video. “actually, that video was supposed to have been removed from the web, ” he told me, “so i’m surprised it’s still out there
nearly everyone who worked on the film joined on with their very own cheerleader prejudice in need of unpacking .
i didn' t have a video to submit for film school, so i wrote and directed something. my friends acted in it, and a friend with a camera filmed and edited it. it doesn’t look like a feature film, but it tells a cute, unique story .
so um… i noticed the other thread had 2k + posts so i thought now would be a suitable time to um. . create
that' s a great idea, but i hope they are able to use some of the original music from the movie. it had such a great soundtrack !
no disrespect intended, but i just don' t like zack snyder' s style of film - making. his films are often pretty to look at, but totally hollow .
based on the 1999 lionsgate cult motion picture, but i' m a cheerleader: the musical is the story of megan, an all - american high school cheerleader who seems to have it all. but that' s all about to change! her friends and family suspect megan is a lesbian, and after staging an intervention, send her packing to the ‘true directions' rehabilitation camp to put her on the straight and narrow. it is billed as
a quirky coming - of - age comedy about sexual awakening and staying true to who you are
.
she was like my l. a. friend ,
lyonne recalled .
i was in her car and there was a script just sitting on her passenger - seat floor. i was like,' what' s this movie? can i be in it?'
as it turned out, it was the script for
but i' m a cheerleader .
duvall was already cast to play graham, a disillusioned lesbian with disapproving parents. duvall made a quick call to her good friend babbit and the next thing you know lyonne was set to play megan, a cheerleader and the film' s protagonist .
this was the' 90s, this is how deals were made ,
lyonne said, laughing .
broadly conceived and schematically directed, “but i’m a cheerleader” is a shallow, only mildly entertaining satire about a rehabilitation camp for gays and lesbians. basically a short extended to feature length, the movie benefits from a well - grounded performance by natasha lyonne as the vivacious teenager sent for sexual (dis) orientation, but suffers from cathy moriarty’s irritatingly one - note rendition as the camp’s homophobic counselor. fine line should expect modest returns for a comedy that has limited crossover appeal beyond the immediate target audience of young, undiscriminating gay viewers .
it' s not just money. part of it is, but not all. you greasers have a different set of values. you' re more emotional. we' re sophisticated - - - cool to the point of not feeling anything. nothing is real with us. you know, sometimes i' ll catch myself talking to a girl - friend, and realize i don' t mean half of what i' m saying. i don' t really think a beer blast on the river bottom is super - cool, but i' ll rave about one to a girl - friend just to be saying something. i never told anyone that. i think you' re the first person i' ve ever really gotten through to .
i mean, i have no doubt the movie will be good because of the raw filmmaking talent behind it .
well, the movie isn' t perfect, but it' s certainly a lot better than i thought it would be and frankly, i think it' s quite underrated. i wish that more teenagers would see this movie because conversion therapy is still going on, and i think movies like this could help spark a conversation .
i want these books to have their place in the canon. and if that means being back on every school list, that’s great. i think every book deserves to find it’s actual readership. people do want books to find readers, as well they should, i want books to find readers too. but i’m not so doctrinaire about who should read them. i’m much less interested in ‘tapping into a market’ than i am into making sure these books stay in print and are known as a period of literature, just like john cheever is, or like neil gaiman is, or f. scott fitzgerald, or edith wharton. i just want to make sure that their work is not completely forgotten.
but i 'm a cheerleader is a 1999 satirical romantic comedy film directed by jamie babbit and written by brian wayne peterson . natasha lyonne stars as megan bloomfield , a high school cheerleader whose parents send her to a residential inpatient conversion therapy camp to cure her lesbianism . there megan soon comes to embrace her sexual orientation , despite the therapy , and falls in love . the supporting cast includes melanie lynskey , dante basco , eddie cibrian , clea duvall , cathy moriarty , katrina phillips , rupaul , richard moll , mink stole , kip pardue , michelle williams , and bud cort . but i 'm a cheerleader was babbit 's first feature film . it was inspired by an article about conversion therapy and her childhood familiarity with rehabilitation programs . she used the story of a young woman finding her sexual identity to explore the social construction of gender roles and heteronormativity . the costume and set design of the film highlighted these themes using artificial textures in intense blues and pinks . when it was initially rated as nc-17 by the mpaa , babbit made cuts to allow it to be re-rated as r . when interviewed in the documentary film this film is not yet rated babbit criticized the mpaa for discriminating against films with gay content . many critics did not like the film , comparing it unfavorably with the films of john waters and criticizing the colorful production design . although the lead actors were praised for their performances , some of the characters were described as stereotypical . 
but i'm a cheerleader is a 1999 satirical romantic comedy film directed by jamie babbit and written by brian wayne peterson. natasha lyonne stars as megan bloomfield, a high school cheerleader whose parents send her to a residential inpatient conversion therapy camp to cure her lesbianism. there megan soon comes to embrace her sexual orientation, despite the therapy, and falls in love. the supporting cast includes melanie lynskey, dante basco, eddie cibrian, clea duvall, cathy moriarty, katrina phillips, rupaul, richard moll, mink stole, kip pardue, michelle williams, and bud cort. but i'm a cheerleader was babbit's first feature film. it was inspired by an article about conversion therapy and her childhood familiarity with rehabilitation programs. she used the story of a young woman finding her sexual identity to explore the social construction of gender roles and heteronormativity. the costume and set design of the film highlighted these themes using artificial textures in intense blues and pinks. when it was initially rated as nc-17 by the mpaa, babbit made cuts to allow it to be re-rated as r. when interviewed in the documentary film this film is not yet rated babbit criticized the mpaa for discriminating against films with gay content. many critics did not like the film, comparing it unfavorably with the films of john waters and criticizing the colorful production design. although the lead actors were praised for their performances, some of the characters were described as stereotypical.
but i'm a cheerleader is a 1999 satirical romantic comedy film directed by jamie babbit and written by brian wayne peterson. natasha lyonne stars as megan bloomfield, a high school cheerleader whose parents send her to a residential inpatient conversion therapy camp to cure her lesbianism. there megan soon comes to embrace her sexual orientation, despite the therapy, and falls in love. the supporting cast includes melanie lynskey, dante basco, eddie cibrian, clea duvall, cathy moriarty, katrina phillips, rupaul, richard moll, mink stole, kip pardue, michelle williams, and bud cort. but i'm a cheerleader was babbit's first feature film. it was inspired by an article about conversion therapy and her childhood familiarity with rehabilitation programs. she used the story of a young woman finding her sexual identity to explore the social construction of gender roles and heteronormativity. the costume and set design of the film highlighted these themes using artificial textures in intense blues and pinks. when it was initially rated as nc-17 by the mpaa, babbit made cuts to allow it to be re-rated as r. when interviewed in the documentary film this film is not yet rated babbit criticized the mpaa for discriminating against films with gay content. many critics did not like the film, comparing it unfavorably with the films of john waters and criticizing the colorful production design. although the lead actors were praised for their performances, some of the characters were described as stereotypical.