Jan Oxenbergâs charmingly raw, politically-charged and remarkably funny celebration of the American lesbian experience validates the nuanced voice of a community otherwise underrepresented in the Wild West of mid-â70s independent filmmaking. In an attempt to combat the pervasive misconception of the âhumorless, angry feminist,â the vignettes in A Comedy in Six Unnatural Acts experiment with self-aware yet playful depictions of common stereotypes, such as the âStompinâ Dykeâ or the butch-femme couple. In the process, Oxenbergâs short film reclaims those insults and assumptions as newfound, loaded weaponsâto deploy on her own terms, of course. (UCLA Film & Television Archive)
