THE ADVOCATE REPORT ~ I n the new documentaly r Li.ve Nw1Ā£ (firis.</p><p> UNITE! filinmakej Julia Query <pmes out to ,her mother onĀ camera-as a stripper.</p><p> Mom alĀ ready knew she was a lesbian, and that was fine.</p><p> Query was also a union organizer: Live Nw1Ā£ Girls UNITE! is the seriĀ ous but funny chronicle of the women of the Lusty Lady TheĀ ater in San Francisco-the first (and, so far, only) strippers to unionize.</p><p> Hearing women on a picket line chant "2-4-0-8, don't go in to masturbate!" is priceĀ less, but Query's personal story gives this film its kick: Her mom, Joyce Wallace, a longĀ time activist for New York's streetwalkers, is aghast to find out that her college-educated daughter takes it all off. "I had never had her be so disapprovĀ ing berore," ~ys Query, 32, who has since reconciled with herI]lom 'Td never had her walk away and not Can me for .' ; three mon~ fd never had her "o( ...... ,actually say she was tprQud of me.</p><p> Be= ore I told her what I ~d, fd have these in-' TE I 24 I SEPTEMBER 26, 2000 .. , ...... -..... . ..
