Good afternoon Saturday!

It is Saturday which means two things for me, it is time for a Saturday Graverite and we get to spend the evening with Eric and my bestie. Seeing that I will be busy this evening I figured I should get my Graverite out of the way. Due to being out of town last weekend I miss last Saturdays and I have also been neglecting my blog again. I seriously need to get my stuff together and stop the slacking, I notice that I am doing it and now I just need to fix that. I decided that as much as I love me some horror movies, I needed to step out of the box and pick another favorite of mine that isn't horror based. So this weeks Graverite is...

But I'm a Cheerleader (1999 ; 85 Brain Eaters ) : This film is pretty much a romantic comedy which I am not normally a fan of unless someone is beheading someone else for love but I love the look and feel of this film plus the story line/plot is a great one. Directed by Jamie Babbit and written by Brian Wayne Peterson, it stars Natasha Lyonne, Dante Basco, Eddie Cibrian, Clea DuVall, Cathy Moriarty, RuPaul, Richard Moll, Mink Stole, Kip Pardue, Michelle Williams and Bud Cort. But I'm a Cheerleader was Babbit's first feature film and it was inspired by an article about conversion therapy and her childhood familiarity with rehabilitation programs. She wanted to explore the social construction of gender roles and heteronormativity, the costume and set design of the film highlighted these themes using artificial textures in intense blues and pinks. The budget for this film was around $1 million and it grossed over $2 million but received many negative reviews, calling some of the characters stereotypical and comparing it to John Waters work in a bad way. But I love John Waters so in my eyes that is not a bad thing at all. The film did rate well with the public and has a huge following. The bonus is the soundtrack is amazing but never released on cd but easy to make yourself.
  Megan is an all-American girl, she's a cheerleader, she has a boyfriend, good friends and a supportive family. But she doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much, she's pretty touchy with her cheerleader friends and she only has pictures of girls up in her locker. Her parents and friends conclude that she *must* be gay and send her off to "sexual redirection" school, full of admittedly homosexual misfits, where she can learn to how to be straight. Struggling with the idea she might be gay, Megan is trying to be a successful heterosexual but she struggles with her growing love for Graham.