Susana Ventura a.k.a Penny Arcade is a stage performer and former political candidate. She is known for having a bad reputation and Hepatitis C. The actress, singer, and comedian became extremely popular with the gay community in the late 1980s as the result of some drag queen character she invented. Since then she has played minor roles in movies before directing some little known films including recent works such as New York is Disappearing, The Stolen Moments of September, and You're so Dead.
Penny Arcade published a book called "Bad Reputation" a lunch for which was the location of the video embedded with this profile. In the video she reads a sample piece from the work "Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore!"
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