A screening of the camp classic Mommie Dearest as part of the Queer Film 101 series at Cheer Up Charlies.
Cheer Up Charlies is screening Mommie Dearest on Sunday, July 26, as part of the Queer Film 101 series. The movie starts at 5:30 PM at 900 Red River, right in the heart of the Red River Cultural District.
If you've never seen it, Mommie Dearest is a 1981 biopic about the relationship between the legendary actress Joan Crawford and her son-in-law, and it's become a camp classic in its own right. The screening frames it as one of the greatest camp films ever committed to tape—a fever dream of Hollywood glamour and generational trauma, built around one of the most quoted performances in queer history. It's the kind of movie that works just as well as a serious look at a complicated family as it does as a piece of high-camp theater.
There are a few different ways to approach a night like this. You can come for the Joan Crawford lore, the drag references, or just to finally understand why everyone keeps yelling about wire hangers. If you've only known the movie through memes and second-hand stories, this is a good chance to see the whole thing play out on a screen with a crowd that gets the joke.
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It's part of the Queer Film 101 series, so it's one of several screenings they're putting together. The movie starts at 5:30 PM on Sunday, July 26, at Cheer Up Charlies, 900 Red River.
