To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar * FIRST TIME WATCHING* reaction & commentary
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The significance of Julie Newmar is that she's one of those early Hollywood gay icons, like Judy Garland and Greta Garbo. Newmar has a gay brother and she's been a vocal LGBTQIA rights advocate all her career
She wasn't that "early".
@@ThreadBomb well, 50s and 60s as opposed to 30s and 40s
Plus the Photo and Inscription was from an actual Picture the Director saw in real life that gave them the idea for the Title...
â@@ashleyharris3807 i am sooo fuking confused about that one lol
Seeing this without even knowing who Wesley Snipes is must be quite a different experience. He was known for tough guy roles in pretty much everything else he's been in, so this was a great performance.
BLADE!!!!!!!
was a great performance from everyone. Took their careers and said we need to do what? no i'm going to do this Wong Foo movie.
Blade 4 : Drag queen vampire! Hahađ
I hope her next Wesley Snipes movie is One Night Stand.
My favorite Wesley Snipe roll. I wish he would come back around to comedy bc he was HYSTERICAL in this movie!!!
When I was 10, my parents split up because one of them decided it was finally time they embraced their true self and came out as gay. We were in a small town in the mid-90s, and nobody understood. I was confused and sad and didn't know how to still love them because all I was being told and shown was hatred. I found myself browsing in the video rental store one day and the employee there (who loosely knew me and my family and the situation) handed me this movie and said "I think you'll enjoy this." Watching this film really helped me accept that it was still ok to love my parent and gave me the courage to stand up for them. I'm still friends with that video store employee today.
I read about a therapist that prescribes movies.
I'm surprised it's not more of a thing.
All it takes sometimes is the right person at the right time. That employee was the right person and I am so happy for you that he/she was there. I grew up in a small town and the same thing happened with my art teacher. He ended up moving to a larger, more liberal city 30 minutes away so he could live his true life.
@@stephenolan5539 Would it be the one from Cinamatherapy?
As a proud member of the Rhode Island Gay Men's Chorus, i thank you for your kind support of the LGBT plus community
Are all drag queens LGBT+, or are there straight men that just like to dress up too.
Pardon my ignorance
If there are any videos of you performing, please link them here. Would love to watch it!
@@cosesu8929 Most Drag Queens are members of the LGBTQ+ however, there are definitely straight men and straight women who can perform drag as well! Drag is basically "Gender as a performance". So even a cis woman can be a drag queen because drag is about enhancing and pushing to extremes the concept of gender :D Hopefully that helps?
(Although there are probably a large percentage of the LGBTQ+ community who would give push-back against straight cis people participating in fear of a space being overtaken. But I feel that defeats the purpose of drag which is meant to bring joy and entertainment to the community, and bring awareness to bigger issues through a lens of art and performance, rather than sadness and grief)
Anyway hopefully that makes sense dkfjskjdhf
@@cosesu8929 sure there are some straight female impersonators1
@@cosesu8929 there was a straight man on a recent season of Drag Race, I think!
I loved the fact that Patrick Swayze wanted a role in this film so much that he sent in an audition tape in full drag. At the time, Swayze was always kind of portrayed as a Man's man, so it was a big deal for him to be in drag. Kind of the same with Wesley Snipes, he's been best known as an Action star (Blade, Demolition Man, and Drop Zone to name a few), so this was a far cry from his usual work. Once you see some of his action movies, you'll understand why it was a big deal for him as well. Out of the three, John Leguizamo had at least done drag before. He's primarily known for his stand-up specials where he talks about his life growing up, and he dressed in drag for a few of the "characters" he did in his stand-up shows. So glad you liked this movie, and 4 out of 5 stars is a perfectly respectable rating.
You gotta be a *real* man to pull off a drag role like this. :)
Wesley Snipes performed in drag in theater.
So out of the three of them Patrick had the most practice in high heels. First day of filming he comes striding confidently out of his trailer making a beeline for the soundstage. John and Wesley who had wobbled down their own trailer steps were just standing there stunned at his flawless walk. Patrick paused, turned around, and told them that he used to be a dance teacher before he was an actor, and that meant not just learning how to walk in heels, but how to dance in them too.
Just remember: he's the Alien Diva on 5th element movie
John Lequizamo has actually been in wide variety of movies and I think he's doing some voice acting now. But he has a lengthy acting record at this point. He is an excellent, versatile, character actor. Like, a Latino Johnny Depp. But he's got his got his own style.
When this came out, I promised my three nieces I would take them to go see it. I am "The Gay Uncle". I really did not think this through until we were pulling into the theater parking lot. I went to buy the tickets and instructed the three to wait by the entrance. When the lady asks how many tickets, I said Four Adults. My three nieces were right there and corrected that to One Adult and Three Children. I started sweating bullets at this point. The entire length of time using the bathroom, getting snacks and heading towards our theater number, I was expecting a bolt of lighting to come strike me down. It felt like every eye of every one around me was watching me take children into a den of iniquity. I heaved a sigh of relief as we entered the theater. The theater had filled up. All the adults occupied the seats towards the back. Up front, consisting of several rows, young teen girls who had been brought by their parents. The air inside the theater was lively and spirited. When I asked my nieces it they wanted to go sit up front, they charged ahead and saw several girls from their school. Watching my nieces have a good time was rewarding. I sat back and relaxed and enjoyed this movie on so many levels.
Go you!
Love this! Love this movie!
I saw this in the theater with my Mom! We laughed we cried, we envied their wardrobeâŠâ€ absolutely adore this film! Iâve seen it many times.
I love this story. What a wonderful uncle
Sweet story Edward!!!!!đ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł đđ»
Julie Newmar played Catwoman on the TV series, the role she's most remembered for as she did it so perfectly. She was replaced due to scheduling conflicts with movie roles. There are clips of her on CZcams as Catwoman, one where she's coming on to Batman & suggests they join forces...he says "What about Robin?" to which she replies she'll just have him killed. She's had a long & illustrious career...if you grew up in the 60s & 70s, you knew who she was because she was unmistakable. Mainly appeared on TV...even in an episode of Columbo in the 2nd season called "Double Shock." And she crowned Chi-Chi at the end of the movie.
Julie Newmar as Catwoman woke me up....
I still carry a torch for Julie Newmar
She's no Eartha Kitt, but she aight!
She is also Dorcas -one of the brides in "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" though she is billed as Julie Newmeyer, is in "McKenna's Gold" and is unbelievably stunning as Stupefying Jones in the 1960 version of Lil Abner.
I mean those were the times of many light hitting celebrities, and long lasting icons.
To this day, when my best friend and I are confronted with bland interior design, we say "this room needs to be To Wong Foo'd!"
We saw this when it came out, and initially were concerned about the casting...only fearing that it might be a bad spoof/parody of drag culture. But we were thrilled at the results. These guys really gave their all in these roles and played them with dignity and pride.
âThatâs how you pick up a ladyâ I like how everyone watched this movie to see Patrick Swayze in drag but John Leguizamo is the true unsung hero of this movie.
I remember watching this movie as a kid and thinking how gorgeous she looked!!!
John Leguizamo's been in plenty of terrible movies... but I've never seen him be terrible in a performance. I'll watch literally anything he's in, dude's a legend, lol.
I had a crush on Chi Chi when I saw this movie as a teenager (when it released on video) lol đ
We see the others putting on their makeup, hair, and clothing at the beginning of the movie, but we never see John Leguizamo as anyone but Chi Chi.
@@Firefax no you can see chichi at the beginning holding his wig while he races to the venue.
This, and Pricilla Queen Of The Desert are two of my absolute favorites of all time! Cannot wait for this!
Can't watch this and not ...Queen of the Desert.
@@jla9285 Agree loved Priscilla
@JohnLA Same!
And I love the after credits scene in Priscilla
Same! My friend had been traveling in Australia for a year and after she came home our local theatre was playing Priscilla on their foreign film night. She had seen it when it was released in Australia and told us we HAD to go see it! That was a really fun night and we spent the rest of it playing ABBA, lol!
My mother actually auditioned for a part as an extra in this movie, she would sneak us onto the set and she got some one of a kind photos of Patrick and Wesley in full costume.
What you said about older members of the gay menâs choir is so true. I joined NYC Gay Menâs chorus right after 9/11 because I felt so lost and scared. Some of the members were in their 60âs and had gone through living in hiding, Stonewall, and then the AIDS crisis. People ask why PRIDE is important - well itâs because of men like them - who persevered, who survived, and who fought for the generations after them for acceptance and equality. Iâve been married for 7 years. I never thought that would be possible for me when I was a kid.
You look like Will Sasso and Frank Caliendo had a baby
@@realDonaldTrump420 well I think theyâre both super hot so thank you.
As a member of the Knoxville Gay Mens' Chorus, now the Appalachian Equality Chorus (hate that name), it's nice to see you here. I am 56, living with undetectable HIV for over a quarter century now. An asshole who knew he had it, told me he loved me, and lied to my face about it in 1996. Meanwhile, I survived. In 1998, still with my lifeguard, working out three days a week body, I dressed in short shorts, a cut off Olympic baseball tee, and tied a half a year's worth of medicine bottles to my arms and legs, and the other half, I just drug behind me, carrying a sign that read, in BIG red letters, "AIDS IS NOT OVER." That was the Pride parade, 1998. I wish I had a picture, because that was a huge thing for me. I came out in 1984, at 16, and was bullied, mercilessly. I am 5'6", light boned. I got my rib cage kicked and broken the morning of the day where I was to perform as Emile deBeque in "South Pacific." I went on stage anyway, no pain meds. They couldn't hear me in the back rows, but I showed up. You nailed it, about Pride. Pride means, "I made it through, and I was proud to pave the way for others, later on." Nobody should have to go through all that.
If you want to see my solos with our Chorus, Spring of '18, I eulogised a friend, then sang the opening verse of "Memory," from Cats, and in Spring of '23, I did the coming our of the chorus ad-libbing at the end of "Let the Sunshine In!" I also have a couple of my home videos, #Smule app, doing karaoke on my YT, if you want to check them out. Of course, Smule is free to look at, and I have hundreds of recordings there. Pick a song, I probably sang it. Be well, fellow singer.
@@theaterbear I agree about Sasso, btw. He was sexy.
Jayne Mansfield was an actress from around the same time of Marilyn Monroe, she was killed in a car accident where the car she was in with her kids and manager I believe drove into the back of a semi trailer and she was killed, there was a urban legend that she was decapitated but itâs apparently isnât true but her death is the reason semi trailers have those bars that run below the doors to keep cars from driving under the trailer. Jayneâs daughter is a famous actress now on the show law and order SVU her name is Mariska Hagerty and she was in the car the night her mother was killed.
A lot of Patrick and Wesleyâs clothes are designer.
Sheriff Dullard is Sean Penns younger brother.
The actor who played Bobby ray was also in dazed in confused.
A made for tv movie in the early 80's was about Jayne Mansfield. It starred Loni Anderson as Jayne & Arnold Schwarzenegger as her husband Mickey Hargitay. He was a famous bodybuilder in the 1950's.
Siouxsie and the Banshees wrote a song about JM called, "Kiss The For Me".
Also, didn't make the reaction edit but there's also a reference to Emma Peel. That's Diana Riggs from the British spy series "The Avengers" (nothing to do with the Marvel franchise of that name) who was known for dressing in catsuits (just like Julie Newmar was as Catwoman around the same time) and having some serious kickboxing chops when in character.
@@dadoctahMore recently Diana Rigg was also fabulous as Olena Tyrell in Game of Thrones, another take-no-prisoners character. RIP, Diana. đż
I believe that bar is called a Mansfield bar.
Patrick Swayze's wife actually helped him prepare for this role, with the walking and the subtly in his voice. This movie rocked. LOL
I loved Vita because she is just all about feeling her fantasy and living her best life! I loved her retro style too! It's a great movie!
Yeeeaaasssss queen I never knew how much I needed this.this movie is the reason as a child I learned i wanted to be a real Queen when I grew up thank you.
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Thanks for reacting! I'm an extra on the commuter train, I couldn't listen to "Brick House" for awhile after filming. đ€Ł
I also like how Vida, Noxi and Chi Chi are dressed in the same colors as Sleeping Beauty's Fairy Godmothers when they're up on the balcony watching everybody dance.
I didn't notice that! Thanks for pointing that out. This movie is filled with Easter eggs. đ§đ§ââđ§ââ
This movie came out when i was in high school. And it's one of the few movies I can think of that just encouraged you to be yourself and to also stand up for yourself as a woman. The scenes with Patrick Swayze and Stockard Channing make me cry every time I watch this film đ„Č This movie definitely had an impact on me.
I love this movie so much. It really helped me come out of my shell at a critical point in my life. While I'm not a drag queen, I still took the rules for becoming one as a source of empowerment when I was at a really low point. The moment I completely fell in love with the movie is when Noxie puts her hand on Clara's and breaks her out of her silence. She wasn't deaf or mute, she'd just had a rough time and didn't have anyone to share her passions with until Noxie came along. And the other part that sealed the deal was when they're doing makeovers and sour puss Loretta smiles for the first time! And then the stuttering store clerk finding his voice reading Diana Vreeland (I actually bought that book because of this movie... I never could find the lines that he actually read though LOL!)
It's too bad Julie Newmar was pretty much forgotten about. But this film helps us remember her and her career.
I think of her everyday (watching Batman 66 growing up, it's hard not to!)
One of my favorite comedies. It always helps cheer me up if I'm having a bad day. Patrick, John, and Wesley were incredible. They owned these roles perfectly. Happy pride month! And I'm glad you finally watched this one. †đłïžâđ
Stockard Channing is a national treasure. Love everything she does. 20 years later I still laugh when my husband says anytime we are getting dressed up to go out: Itâs a say something hat day.
It hurts my heart that you don't know who Joh Leguizamo is. He's one of the greatest character actors of our time. You gotta check out more of his films. He was in a 90s adaptation in Romeo and Juliet, he's done multiple one man shows on broadway, or if you're looking for something silly he has a movie called The Pest.
He is great in Romeo and Juliet and also played Toulouse Lautrec in Moulin Rouge.
Benny Blanco from the Bronx! đđœ
I always recommend seeking out his one-man show Freak. It's an incredible journey.
Pest is goldđđđ
Recently to be seen as Arelio the garage owner in John Wick.
Ashley your story about the choir made cry. I waited well into my 40s before coming out and just finally started transitioningđą thank you for seeing us
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I have a private chat with you....
I am 90% sure the post in response to your post is a scam and not Ashleigh.
Fun fact......The outfits they are wearing on the balcony when Vida says "Sometimes it just takes a fairy" are the same colors as the outfits the fairies wear in Cinderella .
I watched this movie when it came out and it was probably the first approach I had to the Drag cullture (which IÂŽma big fan now) This is one of my sister and I favourite movies of all times, itÂŽs so wholesome... itÂŽs so satisfying to see how they change everyone in that little town and they appreciate them for who they really are... I tear every time I hear "I donÂŽt think of you as a man, or as a woman, I think of you as an Angel"...
I loved this movie as a kid and was already a fan of Swayze, Snipes and Leguizamo!!
We had a âPamelaâ or âAunty Pamâ back home who lived her life as she saw fit. She was out going, loud, expressive, smart and unapologetic. She was the only one on our tiny little island who lived her true self more than anyone else on that islandâŠ. who were all living quiet, secretive and repressed lives. I didnât know her very well but what I do remember, I admired so much. I never saw the prejudice get to her, maybe because I was shielded or she didnât want to let it get to her. I just remember someone living their true open self. More than anyone else I have ever met!
I just feel this is a great movie. It brings me nothing but joy and happiness everytime I see it! đđ©·â€ïžđ§Ąđđđ©”đđđ€đ€đ©¶đ€đHAPPY PRIDE MONTH ASHLEIGH AND FRIENDS!! đłïžâđđłïžââ§ïž
When you said "What Movie is that from..." That was The Ten Commandments 1956 and the actress was Anne Baxter. I am so happy and thrilled that you enjoyed this film. It is amazing. You should watch some of John Leguizamo's stand up from the 90's and you will see where Chi Chi comes from. Cheers and a big HUG.
If you can find a recording of John's one-man show Freak, it's incredible. The man is a tornado of talent.
I love that movie so much, Anne Baxter is absolutely stunning in it.
What makes this movie great is that the leads are known for masculine roles, especially Snipes and Swayze who were better known as action stars (Snipes) and as an A-list romatnic lead (Swayze). Their performances here are a complete 180 from how we're used to seeing them and they absolutely KILL it. Swayze especially, he IS Vida. John Leguizamo is also awesome in this but he wasn't as high profile as his two co-stars. He was known more as a character actor who was brought in when a movie needed a snarky Puerto Rican dude. Leguizamo is probably my favorite actor of the three. Brother can do ANYTHING.
Hun, you're not ready for Samurai Cop and let me tell you why. It's not because it's a bad movie even though it's a terrible, badly made putrid pile of poo poo of a film, it's that you don't have the kind of appreciation for bad movies that it takes to actually have fun watching a cheesefest like this. Like with every other movie you watch you're going to take it at face value--which isn't a bad thing, but in this case it isn't going to help and I'm 99 percent positive you're going to hate it because of that.
Maybe if she watched the Rifftrax version of Samui Cop she would enjoy it more?
The Adamâs apple line gets me every time. So glade you experienced this fun movie. Great cast, every character. Nice messages. And a respectful take on drag queens.
This movie is my jam. The gown Chi Chi is wearing at the very end is still the prettiest dress I've ever seen!
So many fabulous outfits in this movie!
An absolute đ! "I think of you as an angel!" will always make me cry.
I remember when this movie came out and little 10 year old me seeing it and realizing boys wearing make up was ok, did alot for me. I tried my moms make-up before then but always in secret like i was supposed to be ashamed. This movie broke me out of my shell a bit. đ
A few actors in this that you've seen in other things. Melinda Dillon, the orange-haired Merna, was probably most famous for playing the mom whose child is abducted in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, who ends up seeing the aliens at the end alongside Richard Dreyfuss. She was also the mom in A Christmas Story. Chris Penn, who played the homophobic cop, was the best friend in Footloose that Kevin Bacon teaches to dance. The actor playing Bobby Ray is Jason London, who played one of the main characters in Dazed and Confused, and he is also the twin brother of Jeremy London, the main character from Kevin Smith's Mallrats. Last but not least, Alice Drummond, who played the elderly film fan Clara, was probably most recognizable as the librarian who gets scared in the prologue to Ghostbusters.
Robin Williams was interested in the movie, and he played a part in convincing Steven Spielberg to produce the film through Amblin Entertainment, but he thought being one of the drag queens himself would overshadow the rest of the cast, so he opted to have his uncredited cameo instead.
I knew Bobby Ray look familiar but I never said anything. I clearly had no idea that I have seen so many of these people in other films.
Don't forget the town gossip, Blythe Danner, who is best known these days as Gwyneth Paltrow's mom but is also an award winning actress and Michael Vartan, the head bad boy creep. He was the teacher in "Never Been Kissed" and Michael Vaughn in the TV series "Alias"
Melinda Dillon was also in Slap Shot as one of the opposing players' wives that Paul Newman's character sleeps with. This character has an...interesting backstory to say the least. And let's not forget Stockard Channing who was a total Queen as Rizzo in Grease.
Plus Stockard Channing as Rizzo in the movie Grease.
She recognizes Stockard Channing in the video, and she hasn't seen the other movies mentioned, that's why I didn't point those out.
My family and I watched this in VHS years ago and we cracked up laughing!
During this making of the movie Patrick and Wesley got into a heated argument with each other and weâre about to fight while still in drag, and John told them he would hold there purses while they fought. Also during the balcony scene at 28:27 theyâre wearing the same colors as the three fairies from sleeping beauty.
This really is my comfort movie and I am so so so so glad you loved it too. As a 13-year vet of the drag scene in St. Louis, it also helped me find my truest self and I started my transition a few years ago. This film is just so wonderful and heartwarming.
Swayze, Snipes and Leguizamo were incredible here in this sooo cool movie!!
Miss Ashleigh, I'll be 52 years old in exactly 2 weeks. I served in the US Navy starting on February 25th, 1991 (I was 19 years old at the time). When I celebrated my 21st birthday, I had my first ever alcoholic drink BUT something else had happened while I was stationed as a journalist at what was then called Naval Submarine Base, Bangor. I had discovered that even though I had not been with anyone in a sexual manner at that point in my life, on September 30th, 1992, I wrote a letter to the editor of what was then called "The Bremerton Sun" about a recent sailor serving on one of our trident nuclear submarines who had just came out and said he was gay. At the very end of the letter I wrote, "Not only can I sympathize with BLEEP but I also can empathize with him is because I too am a gay man."
I served nearly an entire year (from September 30th, 1992 until my honorable discharge on September 15th, 1993) but since you love RuPaul, here's my personal RuPaul interaction. During that year, she was touring around the country as her first hit single, "Supermodel" was a huge club hit and one of her stops was in Seattle. A group of us young gay sailors went to see the show and afterwards, she did a little meet and greet.
Though I was a journalist on the base's newspaper (later in life I was properly diagnosed with autism), I was extremely uncomfortable "talking about myself." One of my friends grabbed and said to RuPaul ... "This is Seaman Frederick Seltzer Jr. He's only 21 years old and just a couple of months ago, he was so brave that he announced to the entire country he was gay!" I will remember her response until the day I die ...
"I am so proud of you for being that brave at such a very young age and I just wish more men and women had the courage and balls that you have!" and proceeded to hug me. Though I knew she was in drag, it was the first time in my life that an older male figure ever told me that they were proud of me.
"Oh what in gay hell?"
Itâs so impressive that they each become their characters to the point that when Vitaâs wig gets pulled off by the light fixture itâs jarring. By then the audience is completely immersed in who theyâve become on screen. Thatâs a testament to all of their abilities on screen.
When this movie was in theaters, Wesley Snipe had Money Train, Waiting to Exhale, and The Fan all out in the same year!!! Mostly known for action films THIS was a big change for him and I am so glad he did it clearly shows his acting range. Mad props to everyone in this movie, a classic fosho
I have been waiting FOREVER for this reaction since it was announced you'd be reacting and, of course, I had to open at work today... but coming home from work to see you reacting to _To Wong Foo_ is everything!! And wearing a Lynda Carter Wonder Woman t-shirt? ICONIC, considering how iconic Carter is to the LGBTQIA+ community!! And our Hot Mess Express leader, Ashleigh Burton, is a LGBTQIA+ ally we love!!!!!
This is a GREAT movie, and Patrick's performance is perfection
I was literally just discussing this movie with a friend today. He hadn't seen it and we watched it at our last camping trip.
As a young gay man born in the 80âs in the Deep South, I had a ton of self hate regarding my sexuality. I didnât understand so many things and drag queens were one of them. So I didnât like this movie at all when it came out. It took me until my 30âa before I started accepting myself and being open to learning more about the world. I realized drag was a form of art and expression and I started to enjoy the pageantry and effort of it all that is encompassed in this film.
I think your 4 out of 5 stars rating is fair. There are definite references that just don't stand the test of time. For me it's a 5 out of 5 but I'm older and do get the references. I love how much fun you had watching the movie, and I always thought Patrick Swayze was a beautiful man, who also made a beautiful Lady. Keep up the great reviews!
the ONLY reason it's not 5/5 of me is because of the references that I just didn't know. I'm sure if I got them, I would have been laughing CONSTANTLY. I wonder if they could re-make this today with some "updated" jokes.
@@awkwardashleigh Yeah that's always the problem with comedy based on referential humor. My favorite tv show of all time is Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST 3K), which is a show where they comment on bad movies, and make fun of them. Sort of the original source for what a lot of reaction comment creators like yourself do today. We watch you watching it, and enjoy watching your reaction to it. MST 3K was the grandfather of that concept, before DVD commentaries and everything. And it was a great show, but, the problem was even as a kid, watching it in the 80s/90s, is that I was watching guys in their 30s/40s, making fun of movies from the 40s-70s, making references to people from before I was even born. So some jokes just didn't land at all. They had some much built in knowledge needed to understand the joke. It's like looking at an internet meme without having any of the context of the things being referenced as material for the joke.
@@awkwardashleigh I'm a gay millennial a few years older than you and some of the references are still a *tiny* bit of a stretch for me and they're *so* quick much of the time. They're mostly classic gay/diva references for the gay set quite a bit older than ourselves.
â@@happyninja42I think Dante's Divine Comedy is the grandfather of the contemporary referential humor
@@happyninja42 âby this time my lungs were aching for air.â
I sent this movie to you in October 2021 and have been patiently waiting for you to watch it! đ There are so many layers to this movie, on top of it being hilarious.
It's so good!
27:40 the film watched is The Ten Commandments from 1956. A film you wouldnât be ready for as it is nearly four hours long excluding intermission.
ItÂŽs an amazing production and one of my favourites from all times, the Scene when Moises parts the sea, still stands the test of times and looks great, itÂŽs insane!
John Leguizamo who played Chi-Chi is currently well known for his parts in the John Wick series. He plays Aurelio, the guy who runs the auto chop shop who punched out Viggo's son and later explains to the Russian mobster why he did it...because he had stolen John Wick's car and killed his dog. He's also been in dozens of roles, from playing an overweight demonic clown in "Spawn" to the voice of "Sid" in the animated "Ice Age" movies. The man can do anything.
Let's not forget,recently, he played the main villain, M Scrooge in the movie Violent Night.
He also played Luigi Mario in the 90s Mario brothers movie
Now do the original Drag queen road trip movie: "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert". A much better movie and you will recognize a couple of the actors.
coming later this month
â@@awkwardashleighYou will not be disappointed. It is a great film.
I first saw Priscilla when I was volunteering for Outfest! This will bring back some memories.
@@awkwardashleigh WOOHOO! It is one of the few movies I actually bought on DVD and has been a favorite since it first hit the theaters. Incredible scenery and costuming and one of the best scenes featuring the song "I will Survive" you will ever see.
I watched To Wong.. and instantly forgot it.
Priscilla is a classic.
I watched this so many times as a kid when so much of it went over my head! đ I absolutely love this movie, so happy to see you react to it!
I love the amount of thought John Leguzamo put into this role. He started off with insisting she have a really pale face like his aunties had. It was a fashionable trend amongst Latina women to "whitewash" their look. By the end however she's embraced her natural skin color and look, and you see how that turned out for her.
Julie Newmar was one of the actresses thatvplayed CATWOMAN in the 1960's TV show Batman. Statuesque, graceful, beautiful inside and out! An icon!
Ashleigh,
Thanks so much for mentioning the Knoxville men's choir . I have been a member of the Gay and Lesbian choir here in Baltimore for 25 years. All the Men's Women's and Mixed Choirs get together every 4 years to sing for each other and the sharing and love and crying uncontrollably and lots of partying happens. Because of COVID the 2020 gathering was cancelled and I am really excited to meet with my 7000 other siblings next year in Minneapolis. Would it not be the like best thing if in 2028 we came to Tennessee?
Dont feel SO bad about not getting references. When I was coming up all the Judy Garland and Sal Mineo and Bette Davis references went right over my head too, girl. I love your channel. Like mama RU says. If you can't love yourself howinahellyagonnalovsombodyelse? Can a get a AMEN! For broke back mountain get you a whole box of kleenex.
100% predict the birdcage as one of the movies your going to watch this month
already on the channel
â@@awkwardashleigh my bad miss Ashleigh
"Little Latin boy in drag, why are you crying?"
PRIDE MONTH SUGGESTION : JEFFREY (1995) w/ Steven Webber & Patrick Stewart. This was the 1st film Patrick Stewart made after 7 years on Star Trek TNG. He wanted to play something completely different from "Captain Picard". In this one, he plays a supporting character, a FLAMING interior decorator with the best lines in the movie! đ
It's so easy to just use camp in place of an actual plot line for movies involving drag or LGBTQ+ issues; this has a solid plot line, as well as the amazing flamboyance of Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo.
Hopefully we'll get to see "Priscilla: Queen of the Desert" and/ or "Jeffrey" (which features Patrick Stewart in an amazing supporting role, and cameos with Sigourney Weaver and Nathan Lane).
Oh Jeffrey is so good! I hope Ashley gets to that and I'm A Cheerleader đ
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This is a *good movie* that happens to be about drag queens.
She said she is going to react to Priscilla later this month
@@mundanepants - I saw Jeffrey in the theater when it was released with a couple friends (one of whom had come out the year before)- and we just cried in the theater together when it was over. And yes, it is campy (you can tell by the dialogue that it was based on a play) but IT. CUTS. DEEP.
One of my favorites also stars in Jeffrey, Michael T. Weiss. Heâs mostly remembered for TV shows like Days of Our Lives and The Pretender, but he did some cool movies like this one too.
This everything I didnât know I needed! Thank you for watching this CLASSIC! Happy Pride everyone! I also did NOT expect a snowballing reference lmfao
I am a straight White rugby playing veteran Marine and this is one of my favorite movies. lol. Happy pride!
So glad you enjoyed this.
RuPaul brilliant in a confederate flag dress with the name "Rachel Tensions".
Did you catch Naomi Campbell in the China Bowl saying to Noxeema "I wish I was as beautiful as you!"
And you Ms Ashleigh being shady calling ChiChi Amy Winehouse from the back! I love it!!!
I know you meant to say Cinderella, but hey Cillarinda is a good drag name!
Also Julie Newmar is still alive and does paid signed photos of movie photo that will say "To (insert name), thanks for everything, Julie Newmar. Worth the purchase!
âI think of you as an angel!â RIP, Patrick! đąđđ»
Iâd forgotten how solid the supporting cast was!
Can you imagine how bent out of shape people would get if this came out today? Odd that acceptance has gone completely in reverse.
Wesley and his post-Blade super macho persona could never have this much fun nowadays.
I was fortunate enough to sit and chat with Julie Newmar in my late 20s. She was really wonderful. For an older Julie film you should watch Seven Brides for Seven Brothers from 1954.
If you want to know about Wesley Snipes, there are two movies you need to see: Blade (which is based on the Marvel character) & Demolition Man (which also stars Sylvester Stallone & Sandra Bullock).
And maybe Passenger 57
White men canât jump too. He was super charismatic as Sidney.
Definitely Demolition Man. Fun, fun, fun. Pre-Speed Sandra Bullock, awesome!
Snipes is such a solid actor. He did amazing here.
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I know I'm revealing my age but I adored Julie Newmar since I first saw her in the film 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. It is a musical and she dances very well in it. She also was in a very cute episode of the original Star Trek series (1960s) and was one of three actresses to play catwoman in the Batman series (1960s).
I really wished you had reacted to Hedwig and the Angry Inch, it has great music, and not a lot of reactors have posted a video about this movie, everyone does to Wong foo or Pricilla.
I started watching this on my phone. Three minutes in I had to switch to a laptop. Your enthusiasm called for a bigger screen.
Being an open-minded, empathetic, and loving Southern Independent in a very Red Republican State (and unfortunately family) has taken quite a toll on me. Having watched your reaction, Ashleigh, thank you!!! Itâs wonderful to know that weâre not alone †You make me proud of where weâre from⊠đ
Coming from a macho Mexican family I was always scared to come out and this movie was one of the best parts of my childhood. Thank you so much gurl!! We love you!!! â€đ
Julie Newmeyer is a retired actress best known as Catwoman from the Batman Series from 1966. So you watching it after the Dark Knight is somewhat apoeriate but maybe the sequel to that would have been better. Yes there is drag all over the place in this movie which I have not sscene I just remember the trailer. Chris Penn was the younger brother of Sean Penn. Wesley Snipes is in the orginal White men can't Jump another movie you should see. Jane Manifield is an actress who rose to fame in the 1950's. If you watch Law and Order SVU its her daughter that plays Captain Benson. I'd say you need to watch Batman 66 the movie but in that one Lee Merriweather stepped into play Catwoman.
Jayne Mansfield was an actress from the 50's and 60's who died in a car crash when the car she was in basically went underneath the back of a semi trailer. That's why the newer ones have that bar on the back.
She was also Mariska Hargitay's mother.
Now the next movies are Priscilla: Queen of the Desert and The Bird Cage for more drag queens. I love all three drag queens in this movie, and the message that it sends. Both of these movies have happy endings. Desert Hearts, Brokeback Mountain, and Carol are also good ones for this month.
She has seen The Birdcage and Priscilla/Brokeback are coming up at the end of the month.
This is one of those movies I repeatedly watch. I saw it the 90's for the first time as a closeted kid. For movie night my dad would let me rent it over and over. There are so many lessons here. Acceptance is the main one, but also a lesson on self worth through domestic violence. Also, just a base message of positivity through really challenging circumstances. I know now my dad knew I was gay. The fact that he knew that and understood how important this kind of representation was back then speaks volumes as to the kind of person my dad is, and how he decided to parent me and raise me. Even before I came out, I knew at least on some level I had a solid backing of love.
BTW, Julie Newmar was the 1st of 3 actresses to play Catwoman in the 1960s Batman tv series (1st two seasons)
Julie Newmar was iconic in the gay and drag communities. I think she's less well-known now by younger folks. She is pretty tall for an actress (5'11"), so her look was easier for some queens to adapt. She was in several really big movie musicals including Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Lil' Abner, where she played Stupefyin' Jones. And she is stupefying. She's got a figure that refuses to quit and did quite a few pinup photos early on.
She has long been known as an ally to the LGBTQIA+ community. I'm so glad you liked this one. It's such a sweet, heartwarming movie. â€
Me and my sister watched this all the time. Love this movie. We would then watch the Birdcage right after.
That's a fabulous and light-hearted drag double feature
Carol Ann, the abused wife in this movie, was played by Stockard Channing. She played Rizzo, the bad girl in the movie Grease (starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton John).đ
Julie Newmar is so beautiful. If you want another musical to watch, she has a small part in Seven Bride for Seven Brothers. It's such a fun movie and the barn raising scene has the best dance sequence and one of the best fight sequences ever.
I was going to suggest this as well.
she has had such a huge long career pretty much in everything, but really as a young boy all i remember her from was batman, in a tight leather catwoman suit.
I wasn't yet 10 years old when the original Batman TV show aired, but boy, did I notice and appreciate Julie Newmar in her Catwoman outfit. Oh my, oh my, oh my!
Jayne Mansfield was an actress from the 50s/60s. I would love if you reacted to one of her movies. "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" and "The Girl Can't Help It" are her more popular ones.
And famously, she died in a car crash. Hence the "not a good auto reference" line.
Also famously, her daughter is Mariska Hargitay who plays Olivia Benson in Law & Order SVU. She was in the backseat but survived largely uninjured.
Julie Newmar also plays in seven brides for seven Brothers. Another good drag queen movie is Connie and Carla but that one is mainly about sing along dinner theater unless you know of some of the songs it might not be as fun but itâs one of my favorite and a lot of drag queens in the movie use their own stuff.
As a straight male, this movie was a riot and a wake up call b to most of us, and gave us a bit in to the life of LGBT people. Specially since: since lest be honest. We all have a relative or family member that's like that but nobody talks about it. Great movie back then and now.
LOVE LOVE LOVE this film. Fantastic when the themes of a movie like this still hold up decades later - just goes to show how ahead of its time it was! While today the casting of the leads obviously wouldnât have gone to three straight men, they did a great job - the respect and grace and seriousness with which Patrick, John, and Wesley approached these roles is truly what makes this film work as the emotional journey of self-discovery and self-acceptance that it is. They approached their roles with honesty, and thatâs all I can ask for. Watch some BTS interviews from this one someday, what they have to say about the experience is really lovely.
Best line? âIâm the Latina Marilyn Monroe, Iâve got more legs than a bucket of chicken!â John absolutely DEVOURED this role. I love Chi-Chi in all her self-centered, petty impulsivity - and how she grows to learn how to consider other people and their happiness as well. đđđ
The Jane Mansfield reference, Jane Mansfield was an old Hollywood actress, her career tragically ended when she was in a car accident and her head was all but severed. If memory serves correctly that is. Anyway her daughter is Mariska Hargitay, who is probably best know as detective Olivia Benson law and order SVU
I'm so excited for this! đâš
Ashleigh thank you from the bottom of my heart. I woke up struggling this morning. I take my meds regularly but sometimes being bipolar with high anxiety as well as panic disorder and bouts of severe depression even then for me once in a great while I just have a day or 2 that i really struggle with. I today in quite sometime has been one of those days. And it seems to be just a little tougher than usual. I don't know if its just because I haven't had a bad day in a very long while or what. BUT THANK YOU. Watching you react to "Too Wong Fu" brought me up a little. I made my heart feel good and enjoyed you enjoying this story. It just help today to feel a little less alone. Really Thank you and I appriciate you truly. Mickey...
RIP, Patrick Swayze.
I'm SO EXCITED FOR YOU!!!!! I love this movie.
One of my mom's favorite movies, Happy Monday Ashleigh with your fine self, cool reaction as always, you have a nice day sweetie đ„°â€ïž
Carol Anne is played by Stockard Channing, who is also one of the Aunts from Practical Magic
I love this! I highly recommend watching the movie American Graffiti next! It is one if my favorites and its a movie you will never forget for the rest of your life. Other suggestions are definitely The Truman Show or The Majestic.
I have always loved the ending when the police officer says to a man what the founding fathers would think of this. The man says well i dont know, but they had some mighty fine wigs. đ
Ashleigh In and Out is a pride must.Kevin Kline .Tom Selleck. Debbie Reynolds. Oh and Connie and Carla. Love ur videos xx
Girly I LOVED your reaction!! đ†This is the very first one I saw from you and it's so hilarious and heartwarming. SUBSCRIBEDâ€
I've been waiting for this day for so long as someone who also loves drag, RuPaul and Patrick Swayze lol. You HAVE to watch "But I'm a Cheerleader" someday. It also has RuPaul in it and it's hilarious. đ
I just rewatched "But I'm a Cheerleader" the other day for like the hundredth time. I love that movie.
@@sslssg247 Nice! Loved it since I first saw it on Logo late at night when I was 13. The colors are so fun too.
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Hi Ashleigh, I'd like to recommend 2 other very overlooked movies: 'In & Out' (1997), starring Kevin Kline, Tom Selleck, Debbie Reynolds, Alice Drummond, Bob Newheart, Mat Dillon and Joan Cusack's other 'best role ever', besides 'Addam's Family Values'. It's a must! And the other movie is 'Jeffrey' (1995), starring Steven Weber, Michael T. Weiss, Sir Patrick Stewart !!! and with hilarious cameo's from Sigourney Weaver, Christine Baranski, Nathan Lane, Victor Garber and the amazing Olympia Dukakis among others. I hope you will react to them sometime.
Seconding In & Out. Though some aspects have not aged great, it is so hilarious! Kevin Kline's reactions are so funny, and Joan Cusack is a treasure.
I would love to see Ashleigh watch that. I haven't seen it since it came out, so I'd be very curious to see what parts haven't aged well. As I remember, Tom Selleck was the love interest, right?