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Women in Revolt
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Directed by Paul Morrissey.
Andy Warhol produced this mordant satire of the women's movement, directed by Paul Morrissey and staring a trio of female impersonators. Candy (Candy Darling) is an aloof heiress caught in an unhappy relationship with her brother. Jackie (Jackie Curtis) is a virginal intellectual who believes that women are oppressed in contemporary American society. And Holly (Holly Woodlawn) is a nymphomaniac who has come to loathe men, despite her attraction to them. Together, they join a militant feminist group, P.I.G. (Politically Involved Girls), but their newfound liberation doesn't make them any happier; Jackie gets mixed up with a male hustler and winds up as an unwed mother, Holly becomes a homeless alcoholic, and Candy tries to make a go of show business via the casting couch. Several other Warhol/Morrissey "superstars" appear in supporting roles, including Jane Forth, Geri Miller, and Maurice Braddell. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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All Movie Guide
lost interest.
As shrill and one-dimensional as the militant feminism it purports to satirize, this drag extravaganza would have made a far better short than it does a full-length movie. Candy Darling, Holly Woodlawn and Jackie Curtis all give good va-va-voom, but their visual appeal quickly wanes after endless plodding scenes of faux-political kvetching. All of the Andy Warhol/Paul Morrissey hallmarks are there: the trash-pop aesthetic, the unglamorous male nudity and the yakety-yak dialogue. There's just far too much of everything -- and not enough plot. Every potentially funny (or, less frequently, pointed) idea or scenario gets padded out into eternity, which exactly how long the viewing experience seems to take. Women in Revolt may talk like a feature, but it rarely walks like one. It's as much a dull formal exercise as any of Warhol's earlier non-narrative experiments. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
 



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