Comparison of Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Harold and Maude

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Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, a drag-dressed personal catharsis turned source of community solace, debuted in theaters several months before September 11, 2001. Hedwig Robinson, the film's major character, was a gender-queer East German glam-rocker who rejected convention and embraced contrasts. She was left with an "angry inch" following a failed sex change procedure (Latif). She also became a guiding beacon for rebellious misfits questioning the existing quo. She is still 18 years later, despite a radical change in the public discourse about gender (Hedwig and the Angry Inch).
The theatrical production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which Stephen Trask and John Cameron Mitchell wrote, debuted off-Broadway in 1998 (Colangelo). The television series was so popular that a movie version was made in 2001, with Mitchell returning to the lead role and penning the screenplay and directing. In 2014, an updated musical revival sashayed onto the Broadway stage. The most successful adaptation of Mitchell's narrative, it won four Tony Awards. It featured a revolving ensemble of Hedwigs, including Mitchell himself, Darren Criss, Michael C. Hall, Neil Patrick Harris, Taye Diggs, and Andrew Rannells.
In my imagination, the character Hedwig will work best for my on-stage theatre production than film. Hedwig Schmidt is one of the most intriguing, most complicated characters ever to invade a musical stage. She does not perform in drag. Even though she was born Hansel, a homosexual boy, she is not a man. Even if the plumbing might not be there, Hedwig is a woman. Hedwig, however, was never a transsexual who was a woman imprisoned in a male body. She had a sex change procedure to leave communist East Berlin. She just had the surgery because she believes she controls Luther's wants and needs completely. Her character allows the theatre production team to employ their makeup and costume design talents.
An additional reason why the movie fits my on-stage theatre performance is the element of rock music. Rock is best experienced live during concerts, and an on-stage performance will give my audience the thrill and wildness that rock music never fails to instill. We adore rock stars because they have some of the most alluring and charismatic personalities we have ever seen. Even though the concept of "rockstars," as we once knew them, is gone, we can still use influencers and celebrities to replace them. The fixation with visible people is as strong as it has ever been. More than ever in the age of social media, maintaining control of one's public image is essential to avoid having one's career destroyed.
Hedwig is a well-known yet contentious figure in the pantheon of trans depiction in fiction. She is mesmerizing on stage and untidy, like many of the rockstars who serve as her inspiration. Everyone who loves or hates Hedwig has valid reasons for their viewpoints and ideas, but the discussion around her is convoluted and sometimes lacks the essential depth. The same can be appreciated when the character is on stage, informing the audience.
The adaptation's monologues are better in theater than in a film where they will have to be cut. W...