Brave Smiles... Another Lesbian Tragedy
by Lisa Kron, Babs Davy, Dominique Dibbell, Peg Healey, Maureen Angelos

Name: Brave Smiles... Another Lesbian Tragedy
Brand: Lisa Kron
SKU: 9780573697036
Rating: 3.4 (20 reviews)

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Highlights

Female

120 mins 1970s All Women Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes Comedy

Synopsis

In Brave Smiles...Another Lesbian Tragedy , master satirists The Five Lesbian Brothers turn their merciless eyes on the history of lesbians in theater, film, and literature.

From their dismal yet erotically charged beginnings at the orphanage under the grip of a sadistic headmistress, our five heroines cross continents and a century to face their absurdly tragic ends.

Along the way, they experience alcoholism, suicide, loneliness, pill popping, blacklisting, and a malignant brain tumor.

Students of the lesbian art of misery will recognize gleeful skewerings of The Well of Loneliness , The Group , Maedchen in Uniform , and The Children's Hour in this rollicking, hilarious, and smart multicharacter classic.

Press Reviews

"Smart, satirical farce that uses laughter and touches of raunchy humor to debunk the myth of the doomed lesbian."
— The New York Times

"Parodies gay clichés about lesbian destiny with deadly accuracy."
— LA Times

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Millicent sensitive and poetic.	—	—	sensitive and poetic.
Will tomboy butch with bravado.	—	—	tomboy butch with bravado.
Babe athletic with good genes.	—	—	athletic with good genes.
Damwell Maxwell bossy big boots.	—	—	bossy big boots.
Thalia new girl, Jewess, sad German refugee accent.	—	—	new girl, Jewess, sad German refugee accent.
Miss Gateau French cook, possible alcohol problem.	—	—	French cook, possible alcohol problem.
Frau Ludmilla Von Pussenheimer scary, embittered headmistress, Teutonic accent, forties.	—	—	scary, embittered headmistress, Teutonic accent, forties.
Miss Greta Phillips beautiful and bewitching teacher, mid-twenties.	—	—	beautiful and bewitching teacher, mid-twenties.
Baroness European lower-caste royalty, loaded.	—	—	European lower-caste royalty, loaded.
Reporters #1 And #2 fast-talking newspapermen.	—	—	fast-talking newspapermen.
Pierre the Parisian maître d’.	—	—	the Parisian maître d’.
Audrey Audrey Hepburn-like actress who plays the role of Sharon.	female	—	Audrey Hepburn-like actress who plays the role of Sharon.
Shirley Shirley MacLaine-like actress who plays the role of Bertha.	female	—	Shirley MacLaine-like actress who plays the role of Bertha.
Wounded Soldier guy with bad hole in him, the original Vin Marconi.	—	—	guy with bad hole in him, the original Vin Marconi.
Bum man with the D.T.’s.	—	—	man with the D.T.’s.
Nipper Babe’s canine companion, a hand puppet.	—	—	Babe’s canine companion, a hand puppet.
Martha deaf-mute, though strangely perceptive.	—	—	deaf-mute, though strangely perceptive.