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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1994)
jus« ou« ▼ july 1. 1 9 0 4 ▼ 2 3 Acupuncture • C hirop ractic «Massage Counseling «N aturopathic M edicine ( 503 ) 230-0812 CIRCLE HEALTHCARE CLINIC 3 . WW f '/ ' ■//// r . - -Ir —I ( — » * i - -x-t - N (| i u II \\ m ri T Brooke Winter, L.Ac. Jan Corwin, DC Kip M. Hard, DC Valerie M. Lyon, MS, LMT Suzanne Scopes, ND Elizabeth Carlson, DC, LMT Simone Koos-Gibbs, BS, LMT 316 NE 28th Street • Portland, Oregon 97232 IS YOUR PET PART OF THE FAMILY? Tender, loving care for the furry and feathered members of your family! Guinevere Turner and V.S. Brodie star in Go Fish. D ykes on dates Go Fish makes Claire of the Moon and Desert Hearts look like prim Victorian novels I>r. Patricia E. Iluff, D.V.M. Dr. Jeffery Judkins, D.V.M. Dr. Stan Wood, D.V.M. 2519 E. BURNSIDE, PORTLAND CALL 233-5001 by Steve Warren Melendez), seems to be part of the household. oung and hip, black and white, Go Fish is like the pilot for an MTV Ely’s roommate Darla (Anastasia Sharp) has a new girlfriend to introduce every time the women series about lesbian lives. Coming out is not an issue for these contem get together. Written by producer Guinevere Turner (Max) porary Chicago lesbians— except and Rose Troche, the story is simple briefly for one; they’re just getting on with director-editor their enough to allow time for digressions—a discus lives. If they’re unhappy, it’s not because of sion of pet names for female genitalia; a class external pressures but because they’re not getting room outing session that ranges from the serious enough nookie. (Lily Tomlin, Whitney Houston, Kristy McNichol, Max (Guinevere Turner) is getting the least of Agnes Moorehead) to the fanciful (Marilyn all. She hasn’t “slept Quayle, Morgan Fairchild, Peppermint Patty, the with a woman in 10 entire cast of Roseanne)', the fantasy trial of a months.” Or maybe lesbian accused by the PC police of sleeping with she’s doing better a man; and Max’s dream of marrying a man and than Ely (V .S. living a “normal” life, which concludes with the Brodie), who re line “I’m not waiting for a man. I just hate this mains faithful to a eerie feeling that a man is waiting for me.” “p artn er” who " - ... Troche’s “experimental” style of directing moved to Seattle years ago. Her friends think and editing is well-matched to the frequent awk that’s just her excuse for avoiding intimacy. wardness of her largely nonprofessional cast. So everyone conspires to bring Max and Ely While a few line readings set my teeth on edge, together. Not only that, but the other women act as most seem natu a Greek C horus ral enough, in (Sapphic, of context. I’ve seen course), p erio d i similar offerings cally commenting G o F is h in festivals that on the progress, or were strictly ama lack thereof, o f teur-night, but D anielle C upid. T roche knows First, the suspense how to make it is: Will they? Then work. it ’ s: When will they? As for sex, Troche walks a fine line between Ely and Max are not a typical couple (if there coyness and exploitation, trying to compensate is such a thing). for the absence of hardcore with plenty of gratu The generation gap is a problem at first. Max itous shots of women kissing and being intimate thinks the long-haired Ely has “a severe case of in other ways. hippie-itis.” After Max attacks and Ely defends a When the “New Queer Cinema” broke two queer film they’ve just seen, Max concludes that years ago at the Sundance Film Festival, there Ely doesn’t seem to be interested in her own were three films to carry the banner. This year oppression. found Go Fish standing alone as the "New Dyke Max’s roommate, Kia (T. Wendy McMillan), Cinema.” Fortunately, it stands tall. •• is a college professor. Kia’s lover, Evy < Migadaha Y Young and hip, black and white, is like the pilot for an MTV series about lesbian lives. Your Mortgage Professional Committed to meet all your mortgage needs I'll make your mortgage my priority KAREN OBLUCK MORTGAGE f R E S O U R C E S Pager 423-6587 (503) 235-6789 700 NE Multnomah, Suite 1050 Portland, OR 97232 cs a M U MM Your Real Estate Professional Buying or selling your home is an important choice ... Let me guide you through the process CELIA J. LYON S ales A s so c ia te QÜ ÍÜt (503) 786-4959 653-9720 x284 Pager 833-8314 B ofessionals •too