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Directed by
  
Jes Benstock

Music by
  
Mike "Flowers" Roberts

Distributed by
  
Verve Pictures

Screenplay
  
Jes Benstock

Producer
  
Dorigen Hammond

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Produced by
  
Dorigen Hammond

Productioncompany
  
Living Cinema

Director
  
Jes Benstock

Music director
  
Mike Roberts

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Starring
  
Andrew LoganBrian EnoZandra RhodesRichard O'BrianJulian ClaryRuby WaxDerek Jarman

Initial release
  
11 November 2011 (United Kingdom)

Cast
  
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The British Guide to Showing Off is a 2011 documentary film written and directed by Jes Benstock, which follows the build-up and execution of the twelfth Alternative Miss World - artist Andrew Logan's pastiche of the Miss World beauty pageant.

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Synopsis

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As well as charting the latest incarnation of the Alternative Miss World, the film studies the history of the show itself, which first took place in 1972 and has had a number of high-profile celebrities both entering and judging it.

Cast

The film features contributions from Brian Eno, Ruby Wax, Zandra Rhodes, Richard O'Brien, Nick Rhodes and Grayson Perry.

Reception

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Variety wrote that the film was "Heartfelt and humorous" in it attention to the life of "eccentric" artist Andrew Logan and his creation of the "Alternative Miss World competition". They favorably compare director Jes Benstock's documentary to other works by artist Logan, calling it a "mixed-media collage" through its blending of archival footage and photos, its inclusion of commentary from the artist and his relatives, its inclusion of input from notables from the worlds of art, fashion, music and theater, and inventive animation.

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Screen Daily, in speaking toward the film's study of artist Andrew Logan and his creation of the Alternative Miss World competition in 1972, wrote that the film is an "exuberant and joyous look into the life and work." They note that the film has a "simple structure" that ties together two aspects of Logan's life, his career as an alternative artist and creation of the Alternative Miss World competition, and Logan's 2009 search for a venue and the subsequent design and staging of the latter event.

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The Guardian in describing the film wrote that: "The events are a very English combination of carnival, kids' dressing-up parties, drag balls and PoW camp shows." and "...this playful movie is partly a biography of the gay, ever-cheerful, Oxford-educated sculptor Andrew Logan and the extravagantly staged Alternative Miss World shows he's been putting on at various London venues since 1972."

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