Luther is silent for a moment, as he stares at my little bishop in a turtleneck.

Rating: 8/10 (27 November 2009)

A rock musical in the style of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, this film is about a German boy that falls in love with an American and wants to go to America with him. We see it all in flashback as she is touring the U.S.
Of course, he can't without getting a sex-change operation. Hansel becomes Hedwig (John Cameron Mitchell) in a botched operation that leaves a little too much behind, and soon finds herself abandoned in a Kansas trailer park. She turns tricks at a nearby military base, becomes a baby-sitter for the general, and meets the general's son, Tommy Gnossis (Michael Pitt). They're lovers, until Tommy discovers the secret of Hedwig's transsexualism and abandons her.
John Cameron Mitchell gives a great Glam-Rock performance in a loud and flashy movie that has a lot underneath. Great soundtrack.