Name: Elevator Girls in Bondage
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2010-11-13
Duration: 56 min
Rating: 4.8
Cast: Kreemah Ritz, Michael Bendle, Bobby Cameron

It's very much of a piece with The Cockettes' live shows, which is to say chaotic, raucous, haphazard and "amateurish," which I mean in a GOOD way. 

It is great fun, and thoroughly bawdy, "not for children or stupid adults" (to quote Karen Finley). It is a wild tranny romp, subverting traditional gender roles and mocking uptight straight -- and gay -- society with merciless abandon. 

The film captures a slice of queer culture from the pre-plague era, when being outrageous and having fun was reason enough to carry on in the never-never land of the San Francisco scene. 

I understand that one of the Cockettes is selling a DVD transfer of it, but I don't believe it's otherwise available.

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