Strike a Pose review – excitable reunion of Madonna's dancers
This watchable documentary, focusing on New York as the crucible of gay liberation politics, brings together performers from the Truth or Dare tour
An emotionally effusive film, this – sometimes excitable and indulgent but watchable, and an interesting addition to a growing documentary genre focusing on New York City as the crucible of gay liberation politics. Film-makers Ester Gould and Reijer Zwaan seek out and reunite the backing dancers recruited by Madonna for her 1990 Truth or Dare tour and its accompanying documentary. This became a scandal for “backstage” footage of an all-male kiss, noted here as an under-remembered historical moment in gay openness. But it also became a cause of terrible legal acrimony as the men involved were not ready for it to be used in the film.
Some of the dancers reveal that, for all the tour’s emphasis on defiant openness, they had not revealed that they were HIV positive.
An emotionally effusive film, this – sometimes excitable and indulgent but watchable, and an interesting addition to a growing documentary genre focusing on New York City as the crucible of gay liberation politics. Film-makers Ester Gould and Reijer Zwaan seek out and reunite the backing dancers recruited by Madonna for her 1990 Truth or Dare tour and its accompanying documentary. This became a scandal for “backstage” footage of an all-male kiss, noted here as an under-remembered historical moment in gay openness. But it also became a cause of terrible legal acrimony as the men involved were not ready for it to be used in the film.
Some of the dancers reveal that, for all the tour’s emphasis on defiant openness, they had not revealed that they were HIV positive.
- 2/2/2017
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
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