Trailer
Grapefruit
4.0
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0h 40m
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1988
Overview
With an all-female cast, featuring Suzie Bright as John Lennon, Cecilia Dougherty's Grapefruit plays with the romanticized history of the iconic Fab Four, gently mocking John and Yoko’s banal squabbles and obsessive rituals of self-display. Based obliquely on Yoko Ono’s book, the piece works on many levels to reposition this mythic tale of the Beatles by casting '80s women in mod drag—effectively mapping the lesbian sub-culture onto heterosexual mass culture. Discounting the importance of reproducing facts and historical accuracy, Dougherty gives an incisive reading of the creation of pop culture icons: it doesn’t matter who plays John Lennon because ultimately John Lennon is not a person anymore. As a star, he is a projection of our society’s collective needs and desires.
Cast
Jill Garellick
Paul McCartney
Azian Nurudin
George Harrison
Shelley Cook
Yoko Ono
Susie Bright
John Lennon
Kate Aragon
Ringo Star
Didi Dunphy
go-go dancer
Rick Groel
go-go dancer
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