Nice to remember that I do have limits

So, I was mildly traumatized by Mommy is Coming last night. I have a high tolerance for violation of taboo and I knew that something "transgressive and controversial" was coming so I was braced, and also, hello title! But, still. Dang. My seatmate, also a queer mom of preschool kids, was even more traumatized than I. We cowered in our seats, hands blocking the screen, as the rest of the audience hooted their approval. I am never going on a date in this town again.

I wouldn't mind a night at that Berlin sex club, though.

(Actual critical note: if they'd had more of the third-wall-breaking "interviews" in the latter half of the movie, I think I could have handled it better *and* it would have been a more interestingly layered movie thematically speaking. But alas. I have lots of other thinky thoughts too but you should probably ask me in person.)

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This morning I cleared my moviegoing palate from the strange aftertaste of last night with a stellar documentary. Strong! is about Cheryl Haworth, the women's weightlifting bronze medal winner in Sydney. It basically follows the winding down of her career as an Olympic athlete and facing what comes afterwards for a woman with a, well, stigmatized body type. Haworth and her cute! fiancee were at the Q&A afterwards, which was neat and a surprise, as her sexuality is left ambiguous onscreen (possibly because she hadn't sorted it out herself, note).

Haworth both on-screen and off is full of charm, and the documentary is very artful. You learn a lot about Olympic-style lifting, get to see it in slow motion on a range of women's bodies. And you also get to see Haworth's highly accomplished drawing skills in action (she has a degree in Fine Arts).

Strong! will be airing on PBS in July -- the link above has the info.