Hedwig And the Angry Inch
Movie • 2001 • Comedy
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Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig undergoes a personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an “internationally ignored” but divinely talented rock diva, inhabiting a “beautiful gender of one.”
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Hedwig's husband manipulates and cheats on her, and she verbally degrades her own husband and bandmates. There is also a scene where she hits Tommy and calls him a "sissy"
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Are there abusive parents?
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Hedwig's father molests him. The scene in which this is made clear is not graphic, it just involves a drawing of a young Hedwig laying next to her dad in bed. Her mother finds him laying next to Hedwig and yells at him, throws things and cries, calling him a pervert. The scene is intense.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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By the end of the movie, Yitzhak forgives Hedwig for her verbal and financial abuse and Hedwig lets him live his dream of being a drag queen.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone stalked?
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Hedwig stalks all of her ex-boyfriends shows so she can get gigs nearby
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I think it's implied but not shown. Just the dad laying down with the son and then the mum yelling at the Dad
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Hedwig drinks heavily throughout
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An adult sexually assaults a 15 year old.
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Is there pedophilia?
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Implied SA by father to child, and Hedwig starts a relationship with a 17 year old. Although I’m unsure if she was a minor at the time, Hedwig was also groomed by an adult man, shown through the metaphor of candy. It could potentially be triggering regardless of her age due to that and the large age gap.
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Is rape mentioned?
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No, but SA is implied at the beginning of the movie.
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Bodily Harm
Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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A major part of the story is the toll a botched sex change surgery had on Hedwig
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Is there body horror?
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Implied body horror, but never shown on screen directly.
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Is there amputation?
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Unseen Castration
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Does someone fall to their death?
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There is a montage of East Berlin with several kind-of violent videos, someone is falling, but it cuts away before he lands.
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Hedwig sexualizes Tommy when he is a teenager and engages in sexual acts.
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Death
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Does someone cheat?
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Hedwigs husband leaves her for a man
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Fear
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Is there a shower scene?
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not a shower, but a bath
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Are there mannequins?
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Ja. Only the heads of mannequins are shown with wigs, but it is a lot of them.
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Are there jump scares?
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During a flashback scene lights flash and a loud scream is played to signify the sex change surgery, this is startling and may be upsetting
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Does someone spit?
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Hedwig spits while on stage.
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Hedwigs first husband who is bisexual leaves her for a young man
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Is there a hospital scene?
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It isn't clear if it's a hospital but there are a couple of seconds that are clearly in some kind of medical practice.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there misophonia?
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Eating sounds. I don't know why people are voting "no"
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Hedwig has PTSD and she exhibits abusive behaviors, but the film never makes excuses for her, or makes these behaviors look acceptable.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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"the origin of love" is an animated fantasy
"angry inch" ends with hedwig floating over a brawl and into a flashback
"angry inch" ends with hedwig floating over a brawl and into a flashback
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Hedwigs mother made her listen to the radio in an open oven as a kid, the scene that shows this may be uncomfortable
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Noxious
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There is some hand held camera work, but I am VERY sensitive to shaky cam and this doesn’t bother me.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Especially around 1:15-18ish, there's intense flashing coloured lights.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Multiple moments occur where Hedwig is talking directly to the audience
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Is there childbirth?
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A crude illustration during the buildup to The Origin Of Love.
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Yes, there definitely are. Two babies. One of the band members holds his infant while the band discuss their tour in the hotel room. In the flashback about how Hedwig and Tommy met, Hedwig is babysitting Tommy’s infant sibling.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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The main character is trans/nb and a drag performer and they make self-depreciating jokes.
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Is there hate speech?
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A homophobic slur is hurled at the band by an audience member during a performance.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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+ a black man is portrayed as manipulative and disloyal
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Nothing super explicit, but there are references to Hitler and N**i Germany, as the protagonist did grow up in communist east Berlin. There is a swastika on her cape at the beginning of the movie, but it is discarded shortly after, and during the "Sugar Daddy" scene, she does a N**i salute.
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Relationships
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the main character is around 30 and a partner is 17
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None are shown, but one is implied
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Is there sexual content?
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Not very explicit, but yes
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Are there nude scenes?
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Last scene has the main character walking naked down a dark alley, seen from behind, buttocks very visible.
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No, quite the opposite
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Is someone homeless?
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Is there gun violence?
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