Richard Crouse

Documentarian Jamie Kastner attempts to place the “boogie oogie oogie” of disco music in a political context, trotting out academics who describe a Donna Summer hit as “the feminist critique of three minute sex,” and noting how the music provided liberation for gays, African-Americans and women. It’s an interesting thesis, but one that is presented, rather than proven. It is however, fun to see the grainy archival footage–Bob Hope jiving with the Village People while Henry Kissinger watches from the audience is a sign of the apocalypse for sure—and hear the legends of the music chime in on the heady days when shaking your booty could still be considered subversive.