January 1, 1975
27m
EN
Jan Oxenberg
Jan Oxenberg’s charmingly raw, politically-charged and remarkably funny celebration of the American lesbian experience validates the nuanced voice of a community otherwise underrepresented in the Wild West of mid-’70s independent filmmaking. In an attempt to combat the pervasive misconception of the “humorless, angry feminist,” the vignettes in A Comedy in Six Unnatural Acts experiment with self-aware yet playful depictions of common stereotypes, such as the “Stompin’ Dyke” or the butch-femme couple. In the process, Oxenberg’s short film reclaims those insults and assumptions as newfound, loaded weapons—to deploy on her own terms, of course. (UCLA Film & Television Archive)
Evan Paxton
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Sue Talbot
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Jan Oxenberg
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Jan Oxenberg
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Susan Gluck
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Jacci Weller
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Joy Franklin
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Cheryl Swannack
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Ellen Broidy
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Alice Bloch
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Paul Reubens
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Good Taste Productions
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