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The British Guide to Showing Off
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The British Guide to Showing Off

Nov 11, 2011
1h 38m
★ 6.6

For the outsider in all of us

Overview

Documentary about British artist Andrew Logan as he attempts to put on the 2009 edition of his Alternative Miss World. The film also presents a history of the contest (which has run eccentrically since 1972) which was set up firstly as an excuse to have a good party, but has grown into a celebration of alternative lifestyles and sexualities. The documentary mixes archive footage, animated inserts, with talking head interviews and a fly-on-the-wall look at the organisation of the 2009 event

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Andrew Logan

Andrew Logan

Brian Eno

Brian Eno

Grayson Perry

Grayson Perry

Zandra Rhodes

Zandra Rhodes

Richard O'Brien

Richard O'Brien

Divine

Self (archive footage)

Divine

Ruby Wax

Self

Ruby Wax

Louise Walker

Miss Majhordia Beach

Louise Walker

Richard Torry

Self

Richard Torry

Quentin Logan

Miss Elementary My Dear

Quentin Logan

Janet Slee

Miss Hokusai

Janet Slee

Andrey Bartenev

Miss Bubbles of Hope

Andrey Bartenev

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