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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything!
Julie Newmar (1995)
Rate:
2
Viewed:
7/24
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 in 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 are 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 their A-list statuses
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
superior men-in-drag films such as Some Like It Hot and
Tootsie.
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 taking this route because of 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.