Welcome to Screen Gems, our weekend dive into queer and queer-adjacent titles of the past that deserve a watch or a re-watch.The drag performer Divine left behind a marvelous legacy, one full of campy humor, music, great wigs, and genderfluid performances.
Before his untimely death in 1988, he’d begun to show off his true talent as a character actor, regardless of the gender of the role.Case in point: the overlooked crime noir Trouble in Mind.
The film follows Hawk (Kris Kristofferson), a former cop trying to reassemble his life after serving a stint in prison for murder.
He immediately crosses paths with Coop and his wife Georgia (Keith Carradine and Lori Singer), and takes a more-than-platonic liking to the young mother.