Cult Cafe
THE PEOPLE'S JOKER
Saturday, June 29th at 9:30 PM
$16 Public | $10 Members
Cult Cafe will now be held in the theater on the big screen!
This revolutionary DIY parody film and hilarious reimagining
of the classic autobiographical coming-of-age story follows an unconfident,
closeted trans girl as she moves to Gotham City to make it big as a comedian by
joining the cast of UCB Live - a government-sanctioned late night sketch show
in a world where comedy has been outlawed. As mainstream success eludes our
heroine, leading her to unite with a ragtag team of rejects, misfits, and a
certain love interest named Mister J, "Joker the Harlequin" is born
again as a confident (and psychotic) joker on a collision course with the
city's fascist caped crusader. Vats of feminizing chemicals, sexy cartoon
interludes, scarecrow psychiatrists, CGI Lorne Michaels, and psychedelic gender
dysphoria all play supporting roles. Helmed by writer/director/editor/star Vera
Drew and using her own life experiences as a basis for the film, THE PEOPLE'S
JOKER is a deeply personal journey that's as much documentary as it is parody.
THE PEOPLE’S JOKER features a superhero-sized cast of celebrated comedic talent
in both voice and live action roles behind the vibrant kaleidoscope of
characters that lampoon the iconic heroes and villains of the DC comics’ world,
featuring cameos from comedy multi-hyphenate Tim Heidecker, award-winning actor Bob Odenkirk, Maria Bamford
(Netflix’s Big Mouth, Adult Swim’s Teenage Euthanasia), and Scott Aukerman (Between Two Ferns with
Zach Galifianakis co-creator and host of the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast), with Vera Drew, Lynn Downey (Amazon Prime Video’s Daisy Jones & The Six), Nathan Faustyn (SADDLED), and Kane Distler, in his film debut as
Mister J.
