To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar/Trivia

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


  • Hey, It's That Guy!: Aside from the two most obvious[1], Luigi looks really hot in drag.
    • And Rizzo / Abby Bartlet is an abused housewife...
    • ...and grown-up Smalls is the one doing the abusing.
    • The opening drag show is full of this, with several famous drag performers and cameo by Ru Paul as Rachel Tension, a black woman wearing a Confederate flag dress.
  • Old Shame: According to Swayze's memoir, Snipes hated his role so much, he burned Noxeema's costume as soon as shooting ended.
  • Playing Against Type: Patrick Swayze and Wesley Snipes as Drag Queens. Enough said.
  • Technology Marches On: It's a big plot point when Vida ditches the road map after being blown off by her mother, as Chi-Chi wonders how they'll get to LA. And when the car breaks down, they have no idea where they are. Had the movie been a little more contemporary, the girls would have most likely had smartphones with a built-in GPS.
  1. ↑ namely Johnny Castle and Blade
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