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But I'm A Cheerleader

Screening on Film
Directed by Jamie Babbit.
With Natasha Lyonne, Cathy Moriarty, RuPaul.
US, 1999, 35mm, color, 85 min.

Spirited, blonde, and popular high-school cheerleader Megan (Lyonne) is suspected by her ultra-conservative parents of being a lesbian, and is placed in the care of the staff at True Directions, a camp that attempts to turn gay teenagers straight. As Megan takes lessons in stereotypically gender-specific activities (housecleaning, child-rearing) she begins to fall in love with a fellow female camper. Though But I'm A Cheerleader delves deep into satire—even casting RuPaul as one of the head (male) counselors—the comedy is tinged with tenderness and romance.

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