WATCH PARTY: But I'm a Cheerleader (1999) dir. Jamie Babbit @ Pretlow Library

I watched one scene on Youtube and this movie looks bizarre and surreal, like an LGBTQ Hausu. (NOTE: We're in the 2nd floor conference room for this one.) (h/t cinephile Sydney J.)

RUNTIME: 85 minutes

SYNOPSIS: Megan (Natasha Lyonne) considers herself a typical American girl. She excels in school and cheerleading, and she has a handsome football-playing boyfriend, even though she isn't that crazy about him. So she's stunned when her parents decide she's gay and send her to True Directions, a boot camp meant to alter her sexual orientation. While there, Megan meets a rebellious and unashamed teen lesbian, Graham (Clea DuVall). Though Megan still feels confused, she starts to have feelings for Graham.

BLURBS:
"This is one light comedy whose seriousness, hours later, lingers in the mind." - Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

"First-time director Jamie Babbit, who also gets credit for the basic story, has gotten hold of a funny idea, here. And although her approach tends to be a bit broad, But I'm a Cheerleader definitely has its moments." - Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel

"John Waters might have made it all more flagrantly transgressive; but somehow Jamie Babbit's tone fits the pastel-coloured satire quite nicely." - Alexander Walker, Evening Standard