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Revisiting Hedwig and the Angry Inch, A Drag Rock Fantasy That Was Ahead of Its Time

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In our weekly series, we revisit some of our favorite music movies—from artist docs and concert films to biopics and fictional fantasies—that are available to stream or rent digitally.

Spoilers ahead. The rock’n’roll drag diva dreamed up and played by John Cameron Mitchell in Hedwig and the Angry Inch was born 31,000 feet in the sky.

In 1990, Mitchell was an aspiring playwright and erstwhile actor en route to New York from Los Angeles when he met musician Stephen Trask, the only other person not watching the in-flight movie.

The two quickly bonded over their mutual tastes in film and music. It was the start of a lifelong friendship that would lead to this darkly funny rock musical—first an off-Broadway hit, then a cult film and Tony-winning

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