‘Underplayed’ Review: Doc on Women in EDM Dances Around Toxic Sexism, But Finds Its Rhythm in Celebrating DJ Heroines

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It’s no secret that nearly every genre of music outside of pop itself suffers from a moderate or severe gender imbalance problem, but the spotlight rarely falls on how women fare (or, as the case m…

It’s no secret that nearly every genre of music outside of pop itself suffers from a moderate or severe gender imbalance problem, but the spotlight rarely falls on how women fare in electronic dance music.

Early on, there’s a shot of bare-chested, beer-wielding yahoos, which hints at what anyone who’s been to a massively attended EDM set at Coachella or a similar festival knows: Dance music attracts a large number of frat boys who may expect to see a headliner made in their image running things on stage, not a queer Jamaican woman like Tygapaw, one of this movie’s heroines.

But as long as the doc is content at offering anecdotal looks at about a half-dozen of the female artists who’ve bucked the odds and made it big, or are still trying to, it’s about as inspirational as it means to be.

 

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