I picked up "Glen or Glenda" from the library the other day, and was prepared for something hugely funny and in very bad taste (after four years you KNOW how dark my sense of humour is!) but instead, I (Heather too) found it fascinating.

Yes, it's unbelievably bad, chintzy, poorly made, exploitive (with Bela Lugosi mumbling childrens' nursery rhymes from a cue card that's no where NEAR the camera) and in general lives up to it's reputation as the worst movie ever made. (if you haven't seen "Plan Nine From Outer Space" or "Braveheart")

But....do ya know what? Wood is SERIOUS! He really WAS trying to address the transvestism issue in a respectful way. Correct me if I'm wrong but was Christine Jorgenson's fame around this time? (1953-1954)

Ed, (calling himself Daniel Davis in the film) of course makes a horridly ugly woman when he's wearing his outfit of angora sweater, bra, heels and makeup, and the dialogue is probably mostly inaccurate as well as badly written... but there's something quite poignant about the whole thing. Heather and I both have friends who deal with these and other related issues, and I wonder how THEY view a film like this.

Well I went to the store and rented the Tim Burton film "Ed Wood" a couple of hours ago, and I've spent about five hours on the net with Eddie. Believe me there's a TON of fascinating information about him....including the CHURCH OF ED WOOD, which given another fifty years could actually be legit to those who are lookin' for cross-dressing Messiahs.

Anyway.......any other Catters have any Ed Wood stuff? JEEZUS...did anyone ever MEET him??!!

Cheers

Rick