The live shows of dearly departed Portland drag troupe Sissyboy were glittery, shrieking hot messes of personal and public politics (abortion, Matthew Shepard, suicide, suicide bombers), but they don’t translate particularly well to the screen: You can feel their subversive power vaporizing between stage and camera in this simple but captivating documentary. But it’s a pleasure to watch Sissyboy’s misfit cast of “amazing faggots” tell their stories—of addiction, alcoholism, death—with insight and forthright wit: “I think the most attractive that I’ve ever felt as a human being is after, you know, washing off the monster at the end of the night. You know, when you wash all that shit off your face, you feel like there’s something decent in there.” (Grand Illusion, 1403 NE 50th St, 523-3935. 7 and 9 pm, $8.)
Lindy West was born an unremarkable female baby in Seattle, Washington. The former Stranger writer covered movies, movie stars, exclamation points, lady stuff, large frightening fish, and much, much more.... More by Lindy West
No. NV’s cover of Love Will Tear Us Apart is a sacrilege. I demand it be turned off or forwarded past when I am in an establishment. Or I leave immediately.
Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
Now the mash up of LWTUA and Get your freak on – that’s magic.
I’m with you, rtm, but I think they more than make up for it with Too Drunk to Fck.
So jealous I can’t go to Nouvelle Vague (locationally challenged due to being in Canada). Their cover of Love Will Tear Us Apart isn’t nearly as good as the original, but I forgive it since I love their other stuff so much.