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Sundance Report: 'Tangerine'<\/b><\/p>\n

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  \"Tangerine-bitches\"
<\/a>I have something to tell you, bitch: this movie is awesome!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

BY NATHANIEL ROGERS<\/a><\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Indie director Sean Baker and co-writer Chris Berloch specialize in portraits of characters on the margins of society. Baker’s previous slice-of-life film was the still underappreciated Starlet<\/em> (2012)<\/a>, which traced an unlikely friendship between a young porn star and an old woman<\/a> she meets at a garage sale.  Their very worthy follow up is TANGERINE <\/strong><\/em>(not to be confused with the Estonian drama currently nominated for Oscar’s Foreign Film Category called Tangerines<\/em>). Again we find Baker looking at places others haven’t thought to look — or at least haven’t looked at with anything like the same affectionate humor and nuanced humanity.<\/p>\n

In this case that place is a Hollywood block filled with ex-con trans<\/a> hookers who still have their penises, their lonely trade, immigrant cab drivers, and the colorful seedy neighborhood they all share. Tangerine<\/em> is filled with memorable scenes in busted-ass<\/a> laundromats, car washes, cheap motels with “party rooms”, and of course Donut Time. The movie tells the story of a single event-filled day and night (Christmas Eve) in the lives of Sin-Dee Rella (Kiki Kitana Rodriguez) and her best friend Alexandra (Mya Taylor) who treats her to half a holiday sprinkled donut in the movie’s abrasively funny opening scene. <\/p>\n

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“Merry Christmas, bitch.” <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"Tangerine-strut\"<\/a><\/p>\n

(Remember that claim that Wolf of Wall Street<\/em> used the most “f–ks” ever uttered in a movie? I hope Tangerine<\/em> makes that claim for “bitch”.)<\/p>\n

MORE AFTER THE JUMP<\/a>…<\/p>\n

Alexandra accidentally lets slip that Chester, Sin-Dee’s boyfriend\/pimp, has been cheating on her with a “white fish with a real pussy<\/a>!” Sin-Dee’s temperature shoots up and she’s suddenly on the street, a thumping beat on the soundtrack accompanying her unspoken revenge plans.<\/p>\n

Alexandra, who has other things on her mind including a performance at a bar that evening, chases after her begging her for “no more Drama”. But we already know, giddily, that Sin-Dee will not comply. And so the comedy is off with a bolt in its high heels, dirty fishnets and bad weaves, to find the pimp or, possibly, the white girl<\/a>. The film’s soundtrack makes hilarious use of music to signify Sin-Dee’s passions. At one point she nearly calms down at a bus stop, classical musical blaring as she waits, but a moment later the house music interrupts, roaring back to life, and she snaps back into full woman<\/a>-scorned revenge mode.<\/p>\n

The rest of the film, which was incredibly shot entirely<\/span> on the iPhone 5s but looks great, is Sin-Dee’s hilariously crude comic search for the pimp mixed with Alexandra’s evening show and eventually a hot-blooded collision between all the characters and their various story threads. I won’t ruin any of the funny surprises. Despite the seediness and in between the huge laughs, the biggest takeaway is the film’s sweet and salty tribute to an enduring trans<\/a> friendship. These women<\/a> have each other’s backs… and weaves when the need arises. Tangerine<\/em> is the world’s all time best indie Christmas trans<\/a> hooker movie (give or take John Waters’ Female Trouble<\/em>, 1981, if it can be so categorized)<\/p>\n

May Tangerine<\/em> find theatrical distribution as quickly as these ladies<\/a> make a business transaction. <\/p>\n

   \"Tangerine\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Nathaniel Rogers would live<\/a> in the movie theater but for the poor internet reception. He blogs daily at the Film Experience<\/a>. Follow him on Twitter @nathanielr<\/a>.<\/em><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a>\n<\/div>\n
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\nNathaniel_R<\/p>\n
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