An ambitious, genuinely bold queer musical that isn’t Emilia Perez or Rent, and doesn’t suck? Sign me up. This concept, a house musical about the narratives pushed in mainstream media about the AIDS crisis, absolutely should not work, and somehow it does. It’s as if John Waters directed a Monty Python skit, not that I’m complaining. Another edge it has over Emilia Perez; the songs are actually good! Then again, any musical that has a number sung by two literal singing buttholes (no joke, that really happens) and has a song called “Pop a Boner in the Shower” is gonna be memorable. You can tell it’s low budget and set-bound, but I commend the filmmakers for being so ambitious and taking the swing. Not many people have seen Zero Patience, which is a shame because it’s such a fun watch, one that’s in need of a wider release and a better restoration. Criterion, Vinegar Syndrome, Severin, Radiance, this is your call.
An ambitious, genuinely bold queer musical that isn’t Emilia Perez or Rent, and doesn’t suck? Sign me up. This concept, a house musical about the narratives pushed in mainstream media about the AIDS crisis, absolutely should not work, and somehow it does. It’s as if John Waters directed a Monty Python skit, not that I’m complaining. Another edge it has over Emilia Perez; the songs are actually good! Then again, any musical that has a number sung by two literal singing buttholes (no joke, that really happens) and has a song called “Pop a Boner in the Shower” is gonna be memorable. You can tell it’s low budget and set-bound, but I commend the filmmakers for being so ambitious and taking the swing. Not many people have seen Zero Patience, which is a shame because it’s such a fun watch, one that’s in need of a wider release and a better restoration. Criterion, Vinegar Syndrome, Severin, Radiance, this is your call.
