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Title: Q&A: Antony Hegarty 'Life's most important lesson? Jesus is a girl'
Post by: Shana A on November 13, 2010, 09:32:53 AM
Post by: Shana A on November 13, 2010, 09:32:53 AM
Q&A: Antony Hegarty
'Life's most important lesson? Jesus is a girl'
* Rosanna Greenstreet
* The Guardian, Saturday 13 November 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/nov/13/antony-hegarty-interview (http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/nov/13/antony-hegarty-interview)
Antony Hegarty was born in Chichester in 1971. He moved to the US with his family, and studied experimental theatre at New York University. In 1992, he founded Blacklips, a collective of radical performers with a residency at East Village's Pyramid Club, but then decided to concentrate on music and formed Antony And The Johnsons. Their debut album was released in 1998, and the follow-up, I Am A Bird Now, won the Mercury Music prize in 2005. Their new album is called Swanlights.
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Who would play you in the film of your life?
Someone transgendered. I am sick of how the movie industry has interesting gay or transgendered people (Harvey Milk, Allen Ginsberg, Candy Darling) played by heterosexuals. It feels like another kind of minstrel show to me.
'Life's most important lesson? Jesus is a girl'
* Rosanna Greenstreet
* The Guardian, Saturday 13 November 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/nov/13/antony-hegarty-interview (http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/nov/13/antony-hegarty-interview)
Antony Hegarty was born in Chichester in 1971. He moved to the US with his family, and studied experimental theatre at New York University. In 1992, he founded Blacklips, a collective of radical performers with a residency at East Village's Pyramid Club, but then decided to concentrate on music and formed Antony And The Johnsons. Their debut album was released in 1998, and the follow-up, I Am A Bird Now, won the Mercury Music prize in 2005. Their new album is called Swanlights.
snip
Who would play you in the film of your life?
Someone transgendered. I am sick of how the movie industry has interesting gay or transgendered people (Harvey Milk, Allen Ginsberg, Candy Darling) played by heterosexuals. It feels like another kind of minstrel show to me.