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Hedwig and the Angry Inch
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Jump to navigationJump to searchA rock band that's at the center of the 1998 stage musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which was adapted into a 2001 film.
The members in the film are:
- Hedwig/Hansel Robinson (John Cameron Mitchell)
- Skszp (Stephen Trask)
- Jacek (Theodore Liscinski)
- Krzysztof (Rob Campbell)
- Schlatko (Michael Aronov)
- Yitzhak (Miriam Shor)
The band is led by transsexual Hedwig/Hansel Robinson (John Cameron Mitchell), who didn't quite become a woman after the surgery (the "angry inch" of the title). But he/she does become an embittered glam rock star never-was, touring the Bilgewater's seafood restaurant chain with his/her band, which includes husband/wife Yitzhak (Miriam Shor).
Hedwig taught young superstar/former lover Tommy Gnosis all he knows.