Reeling 2010: Violet Tendencies

She's Manhattan's most fabulous fruit fly! At nearly 40, Violet (Mindy Cohn from The Facts of Life) is the racy, fun-loving belle of the gay ball. She spends her nights as royalty, but when the party ends she always heads home alone. While Riley, her co-worker, struggles with his baby-crazy boyfriend Markus (Casper Andreas), Violet’s romantic life is nonexistent. How can she keep hoping to find a straight man in a gay bar? Realizing she’s at a certain age and still single, Violet is at a crossroads. In the fast-paced world of high fashion PR, Riley tells her she needs only to seek out a straight male version of herself—the mythical 'Fag Stag.’ But the glamorous guru Salome gives her conflicting advice: to nab a man, she insists, Violet must abandon her gay boys once and for all. When Violet arrives home from yet another disastrous date to find that a gay sex party has been organized in her bedroom, she decides Salome may be right. In order to get a prized man of her own, Violet strikes out on a hilarious quest to change the woman she is. Chasing love at all costs, she may find it in the most unlikely of places. Violet Tendencies Casper Andreas (USA, 2010, 99 min.) Reeling: The Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival, the second oldest film festival of its kind in the US, is presenting 54 programs over 10 days from November 4-13, 2010. Advance sales are available until the day before the show. After that, tickets must be purchased at the theater box office on the day of the screening. Regular Screenings: $10 ($8 members), Matinee Screenings (before 5:00 pm): $8 ($6 members). ---- Violet Tendencies Review by Mike Livingston Most gay men have a good girl or two in their lives, always willing to go drinking, dancing and spending their free time immersed in the gay world. Yet, does their quest for non-threatening fun with the gays cost them a meaningful relationship? The movie Violet Tendencies follows the story of Violet, a 40 year old "fag hag" as she comes to the realization that her life is all gay bars and gossip. As the last female left in the group she's faced with a lonely existence. Violet's journey to find a suitable man makes her question herself and her friendships. As she pulls from the group every other relationship struggles, like planets trying to hold orbit around an extinguished sun. While I struggled through some of the emotions of the movie the situations were real and beleiveable. The look at interpersonal relationships was insightful and a positive ending pulled the movie together. Cute and campy, Violet Tendencies is definitely worth the viewing.

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