9. John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
If Dr. Frank N. Furter procreated with Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider, their “girlyboy” of a child would grow up to be the transgendered rock singer Hedwig (John Cameron Mitchell). Blessed with a wardrobe of tight, tarty costumes and blond wigs obviously pilfered from the set of Charlie’s Angels, Mitchell gets his glam on as he riffs about “The Origin of Love.” Hedwig’s bright, garish makeup, though, hides sadness and shame stemming from a botched sex-change operation. But the pain Hedwig suffers because of the angry inch between her legs is what makes her songs of love and lament so intoxicating.
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