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Transgendered Germans and Hair Metal

by Brandon Root
posted on Aug. 01, 2008 - 11:44am

From now until August 31st, Hedwig and the Angry Inch will be playing at the Jungle Theater. Featuring a cast of local talent, including Jairus Abts as Hedwig and Ann Michels as her husband Yitzhak, the production is most comfortable during the music numbers and flounders some during monologues. Though shrill and sluggish at times, it builds toward an emotionally fulfilling conclusion.

Gonzo

by Brandon Root
posted on Jul. 09, 2008 - 1:51pm

To be honest, I didn't know who Hunter S. Thompson was until after he killed himself. It was a miserable year in college. Bush had slithered his way into the White House for the second time and winter at Carleton seemed even more bitter than usual. Our anger had given way to numb depression as we shuffled about our lives. Not that I was alive then, but I couldn't shake the feeling that we had lost something over the past 40 years. In the '60s and '70s, Hunter S. Thompson embodied the kind of restless anger the country needed during the Bush years. What happened?

The Man Behind Bigger, Stronger, Faster

by Brandon Root
posted on Jun. 10, 2008 - 9:29am

Thanks for taking the time to talk to The Rake. I throughly enjoyed the film. How did you get into film, particularly documentary film making?

Well, it's interesting, I didn't ever want to make a documentary, but my brothers and I had been talking about the whole steroid issue, and I was already a filmmaker at the USC film school. I was also probably the only filmmaker who is a power lifter (I can bench press 500 lbs) so between lifting weights and making movies and it was the kind of the time to put them both together I guess.