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#PartyMonster (2003)
Based on the true story of Michael Alig, a Club Kid party organizer whose life was sent spiraling down when he bragged on television about killing his drug dealer and roommate.

Michael would serve about 17yrs in prison and was released on parole in May 2014. He went right back to party hosting & such. With several run ins w/the law along the way. He died of an overdose in around Christmas of 2020 at age 54.
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You can listen to the soundtrack for “Party Monster” (2003) for free here (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYL0fUO8zjtZLHgFCvD7VJUIm3bdpZOwW&si=qqB0mCA-wgK-VYdW)
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For being a DocuDrama, “Party Monster” (2003) is apparently fairly accurate to the events that unfolded when compared to people’s memoirs & court documents. That said, they apparently toned down A LOT of the drug & alcohol use and general abusive and toxic relationships between the people involved b/c the creative team thought that it wouldn’t be believable to audiences
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Despite having a fairly small budget, “Party Monster” (2003) used over 1,000 different costumes. Many of which were the actual costumes and clothing worn by the Club Kids themselves in the 80s & 90s.
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“Party Monster” (2003) is based on James St. James’s 1999 memoir “Disco Bloodbath: A Fabulous but True Tale of Murder in Clubland” which can be downloaded for free here (https://epdf.pub/disco-bloodbath-a-fabulous-but-true-tale-of-murder-in-clubland9cb1b66ef562f8e44a09940a9b91818226890.html) and the directors (Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato)’s 1998 documentary “Party Monster: The Shockumentary” which can be watched here (https://youtu.be/F4OMbu03Ayo?si=0aOFYP9YxSGbz9gS)
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Sorry for the Wilmer Valderrama & Marylin Mason jumpscares… don’t worry they don’t pop up too often in this
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And now our feature presentation: the queer true crime docudrama “Party Monster” (2003) (https://youtu.be/4jBVC7i1J8g?si=D7OeCk9x-xDsucvN) starring Macaulay Culkin and Seth Green.
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