Rent "The Cockettes" NOW!

Hi everybody. Ok listen. Last night I rented a documentary called "The Cockettes" about a San Francisco theatre group in the seventies consisting of acid-dropping, bearded-hippy drag queens. Wow, it is hilarious and awesome. There's a classic quote every five seconds, too. What a rediculous "movement". The group was founded when a young actor named George Harris traveled from New York to San Francisco, and was forever changed by what he found there. Here is a picture of him before the trip:



Pretty normal looking dude right? Well, after spending some time among the hippy culture in San Francisco, and no doubt indulging in a slew of mind-altering psychedelics, he "blossomed" and legally changed his name to....


The rest is history. He founded the theatre group known as the "Cockettes". (although, if he had it his way, the name would've been "The Angels of Light".) They all lived in the Cockettes' Commune House together, and began performing sloppy, drug-induced musicals at a seedy venue called "The Palace" in San Fran. You really just have to see it to believe it. It's incredible. I'll leave you with a couple more images.







"The Cockettes are to theatre what Captain Beefheart was to music. It's mere coincidence that they both start with a C."
~Alejandro Francesco.