Party monster review.

To fuel our research for the contemporary club culture character. We watched one of my favorite films visually "Party Monster". Based n the book "Disco blood bath" written by James St James one f the original club kids from New York in the 80's. His novel is about his companion Michael Alig murdering his drug dealer Angel. The film does not portray the characters very well.

James St James was portrayed as being caring, sassy ,  wise and a ring leader until Alig pranced along.

Micheal Alig was portrayed as being selfish, nieve, care free, very desperate to become someone he was not at the beginning of the film. He was not only crazy but was also very extreme in the sense he was never satisfied he always wanted more. I cannot deny he was a fierce, fabulous character.

The film showed pop culture in the 80's the drug use. It was true MDMA was not illegal as it was not a known substance. Drugs were seen to be the norm. It showed the club culture, everyone went out to dress up. Club promoting was a enviable job of the time. It was celebrated to explore and announce your sexuality It documented when Peter Gatien lost his club due to drug use. I noticed in the film it referenced alt of Leigh Bowery bizarre and wonderful outfits through out the film. It portrayed characters Keoke and Angle to be vulnerable weak characters where as in reality they were not like this.


I feel this film is a good representation of the madness and pop and camp culture.
This film is a great source when it comes to club culture, the makeup, hair and outfits were fascinating and showed the youth expressing themselves.

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The club culture in the 1930s in Berlin was rather extravagant for the time. Sally and the emcee were seen as obscene, with extravagant makeup and hair. Binge drinking and taking a nerving amount of drugs. Although the club culture has evolved and it's alot harder to shock the masses, the club kids  with their homemade outfit, and looks. Their obsession with partying and drugs, exploring sexuality still managed to shock the public. This was done in both eras. Both films explore nightlife. Sexuality, and self expression.
Michael Alig: [singing] Greetings, citizens. We are living in the age where the pursuit of all values other than money, success, fame and glamour, has either been discredited or destroyed. Money, success, fame, glamour. Showing the values of the youth of that time. A time of self expression, being decadent and just being fabulous.

This film is similar to Cabaret in a sense that Michael Alig is like Sally Bowles nieve out of control. James st James is similar to Brian quite intelligent and caring. Then there's the emcee who's similar to Peter Gatien. In a sense they both hold the set up in their hands.  They both own the clubs of which the stories would of not happened without them they are both significant characters.