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Bad Movies
In the mid-70s, Jill, a sex-change in denial, buses west with the hope of becoming a star. She meets an aspiring gay photographer, Andernach, who instigates her discovery at a pool party. She pratfalls into a frenzy of tacky guerrilla film making, leaves her bonehead nudist boyfriend (who thought he was her manager) to live with a grand sex-change―not in denial―but dying of liver cancer. Jilly's cult fame finally allows her to save an elderly reclusive silent-movie glamour-queen from her hallucinations. A drag queen sewing circle gets her to a big gay bar, and her ensuing stand-up comedy and bad tabloid press lands her the underdog role in a major studio comedy. All the while bullets fly, as a mysterious man in an assortment of rubber monster masks stalks Jilly and the members of her new studio family.
272 pages, Paperback
First published October 14, 2008
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September 8, 2014
If you loved To Wong Foo and The Bird Cage as my daughter and I do then this is a must read for you! BAD MOVIES, by Peter Joseph Swanson was non-stop fun from the very beginning. My daughter was waiting for the book before I even finished.
You will fall in love with the fabulous characters and exciting scenes. I began reading at night and wanted to stay up and finish the book even thouhg my eyes were getting tired ... I finished it over the next two days.
The silly characters, Jilly's new family, are so endearing that you can't help but fall in love with them: Andernach, Bod, Candy Cane, Dixie Dawn Don and you can't forget Dunkel Morgendammerung.
It's non-stop excitement from the time they yell 'action' until they run out of film and yell 'cut'! I couldn't wait to read what would happen to Bod's hillside house built on stilts OR see if Jilly's small-town innocence would be ruined by Tinsletown!
It reminded me of my first childhood job at a Florida fabric store where I helped many a drag queen purchase fine fabrics for their gowns and my fun adventures dancing the night away with friend's at 'Discovery' an Arkansas gay bar.
You won't want to put this one down until you discover who the mystery monster masked man is that stalks Jilly and her friends.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! All I can say is, "Love It!"
You will fall in love with the fabulous characters and exciting scenes. I began reading at night and wanted to stay up and finish the book even thouhg my eyes were getting tired ... I finished it over the next two days.
The silly characters, Jilly's new family, are so endearing that you can't help but fall in love with them: Andernach, Bod, Candy Cane, Dixie Dawn Don and you can't forget Dunkel Morgendammerung.
It's non-stop excitement from the time they yell 'action' until they run out of film and yell 'cut'! I couldn't wait to read what would happen to Bod's hillside house built on stilts OR see if Jilly's small-town innocence would be ruined by Tinsletown!
It reminded me of my first childhood job at a Florida fabric store where I helped many a drag queen purchase fine fabrics for their gowns and my fun adventures dancing the night away with friend's at 'Discovery' an Arkansas gay bar.
You won't want to put this one down until you discover who the mystery monster masked man is that stalks Jilly and her friends.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! All I can say is, "Love It!"
January 2, 2019
A B-Movie with a funny heart.
Although after a while it gets a little bit repetitive, the characters are fun and likeable. It's a good light charming reading.
Although after a while it gets a little bit repetitive, the characters are fun and likeable. It's a good light charming reading.
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