G3 Issue 91 December 08

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Itty Bitty Titty
Committee
The engaging
adventures of a
group of fun
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lesbian feminists.
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JK: I understand Itty Bitty Titty Committee was JK: In your opinion, what is the most important
your idea and was a co-written effort. Was it a message to take from this movie
positive experience? And how hard was it to get Daniela: Radical feminism is liberating, fun and
this fi lm fi nanced and distributed? forever cool.
Jamie Babbitt (director): I wanted to make this Jamie:That we can all be political in our way and all
fi lm right after But I’m A Cheerleader, and actually make a difference. Every movement needs radicals
started working on the outline in 2000. But I had a and moderates and we all push progress forward in
hard time fi guring out the tone because I wanted to a different but important way. Also, Itty Bitty
make fun of my radical characters but I also wanted teaches that joining political groups does lead to
to celebrate them. It’s hard to make a movie about sex, so just do it.
politics and not make it an annoying diatribe. In the Jenny Shimizu (who plays Laurel): Make art
end, I’m so glad that there was collaboration and be revolutionary!
between the producers (Power Up’s Stacy and Lisa
and Andrea Sperling) and the writers, Abi and Tina, JK: What is your reaction to seeing civil rights
and myself because we fi nally found the balance moving forward in your recent presidential
between poking fun and celebrating. election, only to be pulled back in California,
Arizona and Florida regarding partnership rights JK: How do you think The L Word has impacted
JK: How did you get involved in this project? for gays and lesbians? on the image of lesbians on screen?
Daniela Sea (who plays Calvin): I met Jamie Jenny:Our fi ght is diffi cult, because most people Daniela: Hopefully it has given more of a voice to
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Babbit and Andrea Sperling through my friend see homosexuality as a choice. You can’t argue that a marginalised group of people and built more
Angela Robinson, with whom I had worked on The L same point with race. Even though we have just tolerance and understanding. Seeing ourselves
Word. I loved But I’m A Cheerleader, and I loved elected an African American president, it doesn’t refl ected in the mainstream is vital.
Jamie and Andrea’s vision, so I was excited to be a mean we are going to be automatically accepted.
part of it. We have a lot of work in front of us to get equal JK: How important is it for you to be involved in
rights as homosexuals, but we should be inspired by lesbian/gay projects?
Jamie Babbitt
on set
what has happened in our country to continue the Jenny:It’s important for me to be visible and true.
fi ght and never give up until we get what we want. I’m grateful to be alive in this time of gay networks
and television shows and movies. I would never
JK: Since But I’m A Cheerleader, how do you think have believed that one day I’d be in Hawaii, fi lming
the image of lesbians has developed on screen? lesbian scenes in a gay man’s soap opera (Dante’s
Jamie: Cheerleader was one of the early comedies Cove) and be getting paid for it!
that wasn’t afraid to poke fun at our community. It’s
defi nitely progress when we don’t have to pretend JK: Favourite lesbian moment on screen?
we’re perfect and always right. Our community has Jamie: Heavenly Creatures – from beginning to
things to make fun of, just like everyone’s and I think end! It talks about imperfect lesbian murderers!
that’s more apparent in the current crop of lesbian
images out there. That’s good, and liberating for the Itty Bitty Titty Committee
imperfect lesbians that most of us are! is available to buy now on DVD.
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