DECADES GRAB BAG: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
“Little latin boy in drag, why are you crying?”
CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of homophobia, sexual assault, spousal abuse.
This week's movie may not be the gayest movie ever but it's certainly one of the most famous. The star power here is off the charts, with two absolute bona fide movie stars and a perfect up and comer as our three gorgeous, fabulous, out of this world drag queens. Unfortunately the movie seems to think that ultimately we need less time with the queens and more time with a small town looking for help. It's a mistake, and one that keeps the movie from being in the ultimate pantheon. But my, what a magic fairy-dust ride it is. We're headed to Hollywood as we watch 1995's To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar on Have a Good Movie!
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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.
Excerpt taken from "I Am The Body Beautiful", written by Bernadette Cooper and Cheryl "Salt" James, and performed by Salt-N-Pepa. Copyright 1995 MCA Records.
Excerpt taken from "Remembering Munich" from the soundtrack to Munich, written and composed by John Williams. Copyright 2005 Universal Classics Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
