Macho Dancer
1988
Macho Dancer was made in the Philippines, where it suffered the heavy hand of censorship for its depiction of the lives of teenage hustlers in Manila. Filipino censors only released a severely edited version of the film, and director Lino Brocka had a single uncut version smuggled out of the country for exhibition at film festivals. That version of the film is now safe at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art.
Macho Dancer tells the story of a boy abandoned by his American lover who moves to Manila where he becomes a stripper and is embroiled in prostitution, drugs and murder. It is one of the few films of its era depicting Asian men in sexual situations with other men.
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