Girl King 2002 Directed by Ileana Pietrobruno
A tale of desire and queer identity
To see Girl King in high resolution—and not cut-up!— leave a message (as a ‘review’) here on letterboxd; the director will share free link. With a fistful of fetish in every frame, Girl King delivers a sexy, drag king swashbuckler. Pirates capture a naïve Butch and promise him that if he can find the Queen’s stolen treasure, they will be give him his heart’s desire—the seductive femme Claudia. Soon Butch is sailing on treacherous seas, swept away by dangerous desires where tops are bottomed, pirate captains are seduced by tranny sailors and cross-dressing femmes pack a wallop. With the help of the mysterious Easy and the infamous pirate Captain Candy, can Butch find the treasure in time to restore the natural attraction between butch and femme? Decidedly tongue-in-cheek, this clever tale uses a pastiche of pillaged imagery to lead us into the uncharted oceans of dyke desire. A sweetly perverse fable for drag kings, gender-benders and those who adore them. Music by Amon Tobin
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