The girls go into the woods after school every day to kiss. When she is in the sixth grade, Molly has her first crush on another girl, her classmate Leota B. Carrie informs her that boys and girls aren't allowed to sleep in the same bed, which only confuses Molly. Molly, however, will have none of it.Īfter Broccoli's mother dies of cancer, Molly asks if she can sleep beside her friend to comfort him. She much prefers playing in the dirt and roughhousing to feminine pursuits, much to Carrie’s consternation, who tries to get Molly to conform. She finds solace in playing with her mentally-challenged cousin, Leroy, and torturing her classmate Earl Stambach.
Weighted down with this information, Molly grows up feeling distinctly different from everyone around her. Molly was adopted her real mother is the town tramp, Ruby Drollinger. Miss Martin tells Molly's mother, Carrie, and Carrie is so incensed that she reveals a secret Molly had not known until this point. She charges her classmates a nickel to look at it and a dime to touch it, and though her little moneymaking venture is successful, her teacher, Miss Martin, puts a stop to it. Seven years old, smart, and sassy, Molly sees a chance to make some money after she glimpses her friend Broccoli Detwiler's penis. It follows Molly Bolt from her childhood in the backwoods Pennsylvania town of Coffee Hollow to Florida to New York City and back again. One of the first mainstream American novels to deal openly with lesbianism, Rubyfruit Jungle has become a classic of LGBT literature. But if you are looking for decent Avant-Garde, go see 'Un Chien Andalou' or the 'Bells of Atlantis', or even Warhol's 'Blowjob'.Rubyfruit Jungle (1973) is a coming-of-age novel by American author Rita Mae Brown. Arguably that is the point of the film: it is not made for an audience, which is why it is unheard of outside cliques and underground film circles.
In terms of style, it is certainly original for there are few films available that are shot in "Pixeltron" yet it is certainly dull and has as much professionalism as an unedited home-made movie. There seems little point to the film, as we are presented with a character who we have little or no sympathy for Benning alienates her audience for her character is very rigidly set as someone who many people cannot relate to (16 year old confused lesbian with a stereotyped and cliched teen-angst aura about her). The narrative is similar to Elizabeth Wurtzel in Prozac Nation, and the dialogue is interspersed with random shots of Benning's bedroom a lamp, fluffy toys, the view of the Brooklyn (?) suburbs from her window. It is ultimately a video diary or log commenting on Sadie Benning's troubles with her sexuality and unhappiness. 'Me and Rubyfruit' was shot entirely on a Fischer-Price PXL 2000 camera, hence the childishly grainy quality.
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