Jenda’s Movie Madness: Glen or Glenda (1953)

🎬✨ Jenda’s Movie Madness: Glen or Glenda (1953)

She crash‑landed on purpose. She’s back. And this time she’s taking on a film so sincere, so surreal, and so gloriously confusing that even Ed Wood wasn’t sure what movie he was making — but he made it anyway, with passion, angora, and Bela Lugosi yelling “Pull the strings!”

Strap in for the next deliriously unhinged chapter of Jenda’s Movie Madness, where cinematic misfires are transformed into pure comedy gold. This round, we’re diving into Glen or Glenda — Wood’s infamous, shoestring‑budget plea for compassion and understanding, wrapped in dream sequences, stock footage, inexplicable buffalo, and a narrator who may or may not be a wizard.

It’s chaotic. It’s heartfelt. It’s historically significant. And it is absolutely begging to be roasted.

🌈 Why this film matters

Beneath the cardboard sets and cosmic weirdness, Glen or Glenda stands as one of the earliest American films to openly address gender identity and trans experience — decades before mainstream cinema dared to touch the subject. Ed Wood, drawing from his own life, created something clumsy, brave, and strangely ahead of its time. It’s a cult artifact that’s both a punchline and a milestone.

🎤 Featuring live, unfiltered, laugh‑out‑loud commentary from the incomparable Jen Da’Benda and co‑host Tiffany — who will absolutely be pulling the strings.

📍 The Playhouse at Waterville Station

📅 Friday, June 12

🕖 7–9 PM

🔞 18+ only

🎟️ $10 (online or at the door)

Online tickets available here

✨ All proceeds benefit The Playhouse, supporting its mission to bring diverse, community‑driven cultural events to Central Maine.

🍿 Snacks and drinks available

Grab your tickets, bring your friends, and prepare for a night of angora, chaos, compassion, and pure Ed Wood magic.