One day in the late mid-eighties, I was in my early late-twenties. I had just been...
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Hedwig: One day in the late mid-eighties, I was in my early late-twenties. I had just been dismissed from University after delivering a brilliant lecture on the aggressive influence of German philosophy on rock 'n' roll entitled 'You, Kant, Always Get What You Want.' At 26, my academic career was over, I had never kissed a boy, and I was still sleeping with mom. Such were the thoughts flooding my tiny head on the day that I was sunning myself... in an old bomb crater I had discovered near the Wall. I am naked. Face down, on a broken piece of church, inhaling a fragrant westerly breeze.
[sees the golden arches of a McDonald's sign over the wall]
Hedwig: My God, I deserve a break today
[sees the golden arches of a McDonald's sign over the wall]
Hedwig: My God, I deserve a break today
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One day in the late mid 80s
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I was in my early late 20s
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I had just been dismissed from university
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after delivering a brilliant lecture
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on the aggressive influence of German philosophy
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on rock and roll entitled
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You Kant Always Get What You Want
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At 26 my academic career was over
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I had never kissed a boy
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and I was still sleeping with Mom
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The search for my other half
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on my side of The Wall
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had proved futile
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Might he be found on the other
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But how to get over People died trying
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Such were the thoughts flooding my tiny head
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on the day that I was sunning myself
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in an old bomb crater
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I had discovered near The Wall
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I am naked
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face down on a piece of broken church
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inhaling a fragrant westerly breeze
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my God I deserved a break today
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Movie Summary
A gender-queer punk-rock singer from East Berlin tours the U.S. with her band as she tells her life story and follows the former lover/band-mate who stole her songs.
