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The Raspberry Reich

Directed by Bruce LaBruce2004Germany/Canada89 mins

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the the­ater, iconoclastic bad boy Bruce LaBruce serves up a quintessentially provocative sex comedy, dishing out dol­lops of lust with a hilarious send-up of revolutionary dis­course. Taking up where his outrageous Skin Flick left off, LaBruce crafts a timely burlesque of terrorist fear and terrorist chic, loosely based on the saga of the infamous Baader-Meinhof gang of 1970s Berlin. Along the way, LaBruce pinpoints the sexual pleasure that attaches itself to violence and political passion, as cherished political assumptions are extinguished with every cum shot.

Seeking the overthrow of the "fascist insect" of global capitalism and its attendant wars, shrill, dogmatic Gudrun oversees a cell of hunky, cute revolutionaries, coaching them in countercultural credos and rituals. These include the radical practice of gay sex, which (she explains) flies in the face of the hetero establishment. With more or less enthusiasm, her disciples apply them­ selves to these rigors while hatching a plot to bring public attentiontotheiragenda: kidnappingthe (handsome) son of a wealthy industrialist. When their prey is captured and suitably tied up, it's a very involved negotiation that determines who will deflower the wealthy scion in a video message to bourgeois pigs everywhere!

This film contains sexually explicit material.

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Director
Bruce LaBruce
Year
2004
Country
Germany, Canada
Running Time
89 mins
Language
English & German
Program Note Writer
Shannon Kelley

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