QFEST CONTROVERSY: Ticked-off Trannies with Knives ticking off trannies
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
posted by Molly Eichel
http://citypaper.net/blogs/criticalmass/2010/06/16/qfest-controversy-ticked-off-trannies-with-knives-ticking-off-tranniesQFest is a couple weeks away (July 8-19) yet and stirs are already being caused. Transsexual groups are unhappy with the film Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives, a satire of '70s exploitation about a group of transgendered performers who take revenge on a brutal man who has done them very wrong. The cast includes former South Philadelphian Willam Belli as one of the performers, excellently named Rachel Slurr. Belli was a local mainstay for awhile, appearing in Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding with CP saleswoman (and Waitstaff-er) Sara Carano. Trannies plays QFest July 10-11.
Trannies premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in March and people weren't happy about it then either, saying that film trivialized violence against the trans-community. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation released a statement, saying, "The film, its title and its marketing misrepresent the lives of transgender women and use grotesque, exploitative depictions of violence against transgender women." (h/t Arts Beat)
