Raspberry Reich -2004- - The

In LaBruce’s world, the sexual revolution was co-opted by capitalism (think: "make love, not war" turned into a Viagra ad). The Raspberry Reich imagines a second-wave revolution where the private is not just political, but the only battlefront. The characters fail at armed struggle precisely because guns are linear, phallic, and tired. Their true weapons are promiscuity, fluidity, and the refusal to form lasting emotional attachments—a concept LaBruce calls "the hetero-fascist couple form."

★★★★½ (Essential for theorists; Apocalyptic for the faint of heart) Tagline: "Not everyone is ready for the dictatorship of the proletariat. Or the taste of raspberries." Author’s Note: Watch with an open mind, a copy of Herbert Marcuse’s "Eros and Civilization," and a safe word. The Raspberry Reich -2004-

LaBruce, ever the trickster, relished the chaos. In contemporary interviews, he stated: “The far left and the far right both hate my movies because I refuse to be pious. The left wants revolution to be chaste and noble. The right wants sex to be private and shameful. I want revolution to be sloppy, public, and extremely horny.” In LaBruce’s world, the sexual revolution was co-opted

The ultimate joke of The Raspberry Reich is that the revolution is never coming. But in the meantime, as LaBruce suggests, you might as well find some comrades, turn off your phone, and rediscover what the body can do when it isn’t performing for the hetero-fascist state. Just be prepared for the morning after, when ideology meets the cold light of day—and the raspberry you blew at the world sticks to your lips. Their true weapons are promiscuity, fluidity, and the