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Out of everything I've seen about Kathleen, or of Kathleen, this was the most vulnerable. Especially the parts towards the end that show just how sick she had gotten.I mean this is gonna sound dramatic, and it was really dramatic, but she felt like she was dying. And she got her diagnosis halfway through production. So when we started, we didn't know what was wrong with her, so it did make things feel urgent.One of the things that I really appreciated about this film, and about Kathleen in general, is that she has a really great sense of humor. People don't, oddly and sadly, expect that from someone who calls themselves a feminist, so I was happy that a lot of her humor made it into the film. Kathleen is hilarious, and I was bummed that I had to leave so much out, but there's gonna be a DVD extras section just on humor. We got this great quote from Carrie Brownstein when we were interviewing her where she was like, "Kathleen Hanna is like the Tina Fey of punk rock."The SXSW screenings of The Punk Singer have all come and gone, but check back HERE for anything coming up.
