After a frantic apartment search which includes foot massages, Roswellian abduction art, free cocaine, vegetables and some very  large urban  koi, she settles into her new "life" in a Lower East Side art-cave with Titania (Tight for short- self-styled "Queen of the Faeries" played by Philly.)
 

In the hallway of this half-star establishment lives  a kinda-homeless speedfreak rave-lette, Kathy, (Leanne Whitney,) a girl Suzanne soon comes to realize is very much like herself. Together they plunder the Port Authority, become fashion accessories to a pseudo-murder, dance away the mean reds and almost get discovered. 

Paced at a crystal meth r.p.m., populated with familiar underground faces, Eric Sapp of Frisk, Little Shots of Happiness, Keith Levy a.k.a Sherry Vine of Scream Teen Scream!, Stonewall, Craig Chester of Swoon, Kiss Me Guido fame, Shucking the Curve is crazy-glued together by wild (and sometimes raw) improvisation,  a soundtrack of ambient glitter, electronica riffs, Japanese pop and primal pretense art-noize and another fab award-winning Bonnie D. performance which begs and pleads the question: 

"Do people move to New York City or does New York move into people?"

Shucking the Curve  screened  April 22nd 1999 at 7:30pm in sunny Los Angeles at the American Cinematheque  now located at the beautifully restored Egyptian Theater  at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard. Superstars Bonnie Dickenson, Leanne Whitney and Bill Dwyer were on hand for an extended Q and A session with Jim Dwyer and Todd Verow. Post-fun was had poolside at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.


[D] Vision 2000 Vienna : Shucking the Curve screened as part of the first [d] vision international media festival and received the Audience Award!