P.S. Burn This Letter Please
2020 American film
- April 2020 (2020-04) (Tribeca)
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P.S. Burn This Letter Please is a 2020 documentary film about gay life in New York City among 1950s drag queens.[1][2] The title is taken verbatim from a letter recounting the autumn 1958 theft of 33 luxurious wigs from the Metropolitan Opera House.[3] The film is based on a trove of correspondence found in a storage unit in 2014, and includes archival footage of cross-dressing balls.[4]
See also
- Ed Limato
- LGBT history in New York
- New York City Drag March, shown in 2017 footage at the film's conclusion
References
- ^ "'P.S. Burn This Letter Please': Film Review | Tribeca 2020". The Hollywood Reporter. 23 April 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-06-06. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
- ^ Rudolph, Christopher (August 19, 2020). ""P.S. Burn This Letter Please" Reveals When Drag Was Illegal and Dangerous". LOGO News. Archived from the original on 2020-08-20. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
- ^ "History and a Drag Queen Mystery, in the New Doc 'P.S. Burn This Letter Please'". Chelsea Community News. 2021-06-21. Archived from the original on 2022-01-27. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ Gottfried, Steve (2021-01-05). "'P.S. Burn This Letter Please' Embarked on a Five-Year Journey to Reconstruct the Lives of its Protagonists". Metrosource. Archived from the original on 2021-06-18. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
External links
- Official website
- P.S. Burn This Letter Please at IMDb
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