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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything!
Julie Newmar (1995)

Rate: 2
Viewed: 7/24

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7/24: My goodness...where to start?

I had never heard of the woman after seeing her name in the title To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar. It turns out she was an actress who once played Catwoman for the TV show Batman. Well, that's weird because there's nothing else in the biography to indicate a transvestite nature in her.

Then, there's the sight of Patrick Swayze and Wesley Snipes in a drag. It just can't be unseen, making for a very uncomfortable movie experience that's akin to a colonoscopy. Hence, it's safe to say that their A-list careers began to end as a result. On the other hand, the subject matter is right up John Leguizamo's alley because he has always been an idiot who likes to keep things freaky.

The script sucks on so many levels that it seems to have been done on the fly at the time with weird references such as the Chappaquiddick incident and various movie stars plus Rosa Parks. Harder to swallow is the village that's full of morons who've failed to see these three lead characters as what they really are until it's finally acknowledged at the end when I can tell from the get-go. Additionally, there's no story compared to the superior films Tootsie and Mrs. Doubtfire given the same theme.

By the way, how is it that Chi Chi won the national contest when he wasn't a qualifier to begin with? Then again, what's the benefit of bringing her along on the trip? Don't the two local drag queen winners realize it costs much more by doing this way because of the gas and accommodations? They had free flight tickets to begin with...gee whiz.

All in all, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar is a powerful-smelling piss stain on Patrick Swayze's and Wesley Snipes' oeuvres.