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<BODY bgcolor="#CCCC99"> <font size="2"><p>Movie Review <font size="4"><br>Hedwig and the Angry Inch</font> <br>by David Ng</font> <p>Hedwig, the transsexual heroine of John Cameron Mitchell’s movie <i>Hedwig and the Angry Inch</i>, is what we might call a freak. Technically speaking, she is neither male nor female: a botched sex change operation in her teens has left her with one inch of what used to be her male member. Now in her thirties, Hedwig is the lead singer of her band The Angry Inch. Belting out ballads about love and loss, and decked out in a towering blond wig and garish make-up, Hedwig is a walking, singing monstrosity. She, like her music, can be audacious and intelligent. But that same audacity, when not channeled through her songs, can also act like an emotional defense towards others and towards us, the audience. Hedwig may be a beautifully expressive songwriter, but when the music stops, her bitchy self-mockery, and more problematically, her inability to show pain prevent her from becoming completely human. <p><a href="default-nf.htm">Go to the review</a></font> </body>