Here’s a 1984 news piece about NYC’s breakdancing scene (https://youtu.be/IiywLNc9XEU?si=TXn2WNerRLO6KYAA) Some of the breakers featured came from famed breakdance crews like The Magnificent Force, Scrambling Feet Rockers, Rock Steady Crew, etc.
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And now our feature presentation: the queer true crime docudrama “Party Monster” (2003) (https://youtu.be/4jBVC7i1J8g?si=D7OeCk9x-xDsucvN) starring Macaulay Culkin and Seth Green.
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“Party Monster” (2003) is based on James St. James’s 1999 memoir “Disco Bloodbath: A Fabulous but True Tale of Murder in Clubland” which can be downloaded for free here (https://epdf.pub/disco-bloodbath-a-fabulous-but-true-tale-of-murder-in-clubland9cb1b66ef562f8e44a09940a9b91818226890.html) and the directors (Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato)’s 1998 documentary “Party Monster: The Shockumentary” which can be watched here (https://youtu.be/F4OMbu03Ayo?si=0aOFYP9YxSGbz9gS)
#LaEsoterica #PartyMonster #JamesStJames #FentonBailey #RandyBarbato

Despite having a fairly small budget, “Party Monster” (2003) used over 1,000 different costumes. Many of which were the actual costumes and clothing worn by the Club Kids themselves in the 80s & 90s.
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For being a DocuDrama, “Party Monster” (2003) is apparently fairly accurate to the events that unfolded when compared to people’s memoirs & court documents. That said, they apparently toned down A LOT of the drug & alcohol use and general abusive and toxic relationships between the people involved b/c the creative team thought that it wouldn’t be believable to audiences
#LaEsoterica #PartyMonster