I saw and loved John Cameron Mitchell’s [SHORTBUS](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367027/) over the weekend. I’ll spare a few hundred words of praise and say I pretty much agree with [Moriarty’s review](http://www.aintitcool.com/node/30308) — though I’d hope my readers are a little less eww-gross-boys-kissing! than the average AICN commenter.
Mr. Mitchell and I used to eat lunch at the same Koo Koo Roo — yes, the [notorious one](http://johnaugust.com/archives/2005/inciting-incident-koo-koo-roo-edition) — back when he was a bit player on the short-lived sitcom Party Girl. I want to claim that I knew him before Hedwig, but the truth is I only knew who he was. Important distinction.
Because it’s not rated, Shortbus probably won’t play in most markets.
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