Grapefruit
Grapefruit, the Story of John and Yoko
Original title: Grapefruit
Original language: en
IMDB: tt0095251
TMDB: 641798
Release date: Monday, 1st February
1988
Adult: No
Duration: 0h 40min
Popularity: 1.681
Rate: 4 / 1 votes
Overview: With an all-female cast, featuring Suzie Bright as John Lennon, Cecilia Dougherty's Grapefruit plays with the romanticized history of the iconic Fab Four, gently mocking John and Yoko’s banal squabbles and obsessive rituals of self-display. Based obliquely on Yoko Ono’s book, the piece works on many levels to reposition this mythic tale of the Beatles by casting '80s women in mod drag—effectively mapping the lesbian sub-culture onto heterosexual mass culture. Discounting the importance of reproducing facts and historical accuracy, Dougherty gives an incisive reading of the creation of pop culture icons: it doesn’t matter who plays John Lennon because ultimately John Lennon is not a person anymore. As a star, he is a projection of our society’s collective needs and desires.