Oz meets Rocky Horror at the Wall

Rating: Null/10 (2 September 2001)

Amidst pictures of sinking ships in fishfood restaurants (How's that for symbolism?), Hedwig tells his/her story. Like tearing down the Berlin wall, the wall between male and female is torn down in this gender bender. And we actually are in Kansas now -- at least part of the time.
There is some interesting symbolism about finding your other half or true self and reaching the edge of self-awareness. If you deny yourself, you doom yourself. Yet, at the same time, you must be powerless in order to avoid the corruption which power brings. And, all the while, God is a micromanager of knowledge. How's that for a musical?
The songs are lively, but I found the surreal quality of stage play turned into film a bit plodding. Still, the movie is an interesting look into the artificiality of sexual divisions and conventions.