Talk:Hedwig and the Angry Inch (musical)

Mix-up with film?
The plot section seems to mix the stage play with the film, including talking about the dvd commentary. I've not seen the play, so splitting this out is difficult. Any fans around who can do it? Or should they be merged? Discuss here. .Yobmod (talk) 12:25, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

The inital split is discussed here. . Yobmod (talk) 12:32, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

He/She.
I'm a chick, I watched it with a gay guyfriend, we both agree that Hedwig's botched surgery still makes him a guy; he, his, him, himself, hisself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.19.236.142 (talk) 10:50, 5 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Botched surgery? I wondered about the title.  If it refers to a (failed?) operation that left him with just a stump of his original penis, I think the article should find a family-friendly way to say so.  Geo Swan (talk) 16:40, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

This particular question should be addressed and supported by something from the author of the musical. Through Hedwig's time in the U.S, being known as "Hedwig" is "legally" a woman. Hansel was left behind in East Berlin. I do agree that as the sex-change operation did not appear to be voluntary, and since Hansel only agreed to the crude back-alley operation for love and political reasons, this wouldn't be described as a transgendered individual; who would transition for their own identity. But, as Hedwig is a fictional character and the author is allowed artistic license to portray the themes they wish (such as specifically casting a female actress to play a male drag queen), it would be best to have a citation where the writers themselves speak on Hansel/Hedwig's identification.142.254.109.5 (talk) 10:03, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

"Derogatory/Hate Crime Nature" section of article is ridiculous
Nevermind the insistence that conservatives and moderates are being "perpetually abused" and persecuted by this musical, this whole section is full of non-sequiturs--about actress Hedy Lamarr's namechange, about the (doubtful) similarity of the words "Hedwig" and "wigwam" (which somehow means this show also persecutes Native Americans????). It is a mess of colorful "editorialization" that has no place in a factual article. Somebody who is reaaaaaaaaally personally offended by the very existence of the LGBTQ community is very mad at this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.22.193.175 (talk) 01:30, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

It's utterly bizarre and looks like something that belongs on Conservapedia. 99.229.70.140 (talk) 04:59, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

You know something is wrong with the article when it has to explain the synopsis
96.42.56.141 (talk) 08:50, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

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Proposed move
I think this page should be moved to simply Hedwig and the Angry Inch, as the film is merely an adaptation of the musical and typically originals are allowed to have their article title be just their name (see Hadestown vs Hadestown (musical) even though the musical is arguably more well known at this point).Gagaluv1 (talk) 15:12, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Character Name
The main character of this musical is Hedwig Robinson. When her mother says that she's giving Hedwig her name "Hedwig Schmidt" this is in advance of her marrying Sgt. Luther Robinson and adopting his last name. So technically, she was Hedwig Schmidt.... for about five minutes. In the stage version of the show (vs the theatrical film), Yitzhak says that "Herr Hansel Schmidt becomes Mrs. Hedwig Robinson" regarding both the marriage and the name change. Here is the line in the text of the licensed version of the play. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KissMe666 (talk • contribs) 22:53, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

"Productions" rewrite
The "Productions" section needs a major rewrite, particularly the "West End" and "Germany" sections. I believe the information should be written in prose as a paragraph (like the "Brazil" section). The productions that have enough notable information can be rewritten as prose, and all other productions can be combined into one abbreviated table. I don't think there's a very good reason to create a "New Zealand" section when it's only one sentence long. (Sorry, Kiwis, I'm not trying to pick on you!)

Additionally, I feel there is just too much information displayed in this section. I haven't measured it, but it appears to be taking up over half the article's real estate. Do we really need to know the street address of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival or the exact dates of Berlin's seven runs at the same theater in three years, when the runs are sometimes mere weeks apart? Non-notable information should be removed. If I have sorely misunderstood the notability guidelines, then I propose the "Productions" section get its own article.

I would do this rewrite myself, but this is a rather large undertaking, and, frankly, I'm not up to the task right now. JDCAce (talk) 07:38, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

Opening paragraph
What’s the deal with this part in the opening paragraph? “The character of Hedwig was inspired by glam punk trans gender star Wayne/Jayne County,not by a German divorced U.S. Army wife who was Mitchell's family babysitter and moonlighted as a prostitute at her trailer park home in Junction City, Kansas.”

Seems like some personal business with no sources 2A02:14F:83:1148:84A:3B77:366E:E8CD (talk) 08:46, 26 December 2021 (UTC)