Deborah Harry suffers fools so you don't have to. 17 minutes of pure cringe.
An archival biography film about the early career of Deborah Harry told entirely through press interviews where she endures superficial, tedious, and demeaning questions from journalists.
Editing
Ruthless juxtaposition exposes journalist incompetence.
Acting
Harry's performative patience is masterclass restraint.
Director
Meghan Fredrich
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film's title references Harry's infamous 1979 quote where she admitted interviews made her 'physically ill'—Fredrich uses this as structural thesis rather than mere biography.
Many journalists featured were mainstream British TV royalty (Wogan, Lawley), making their banality a deliberate class critique about who gatekept punk's narrative.
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