Supership 79Dec 14, 2022
It recently struck me that 27 years ago there was a movie with Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, and John Leguizamo playing drag queens,and if it came out today, someone would firebomb the theaters it was in. I'm not putting a sensitive warning on this picture because it's not fucking sensitive. its a movie that came out in 1995. things have moved backwards in a terrifying way.
Show threadKT controls miniature worldsDec 14, 2022

@Supership79

I remember when that came out. I didn't see it because I'd seen "Priscilla: Queen of the Desert" and this sounded like just an American ripoff of it.

But I did see a trailer for it, and it confused me... "I thought there were three drag queens in it, but all I see is two played by Swayze & Snipes, and some woman!" :}

Show threadSupership 79Dec 14, 2022
@KinkyTurtle it was a cheap knockoff of Priscilla, and not that great of a movie, and even i knew at the time that drag queens did not spend every waking moment of their lives in drag. but even if it wasn't a great movie, it did a lot to promote acceptance, and its a sign of the current climate that it would be greeted with terrorism if released today.
Show threadKT controls miniature worldsDec 14, 2022

@Supership79

This is true. I definitely do not remember anyone getting mad about its existence back then.

Show threadArseny Khakhalin
@KinkyTurtle @Supership79 Why would anyone be mad about its existence now?
Dec 15, 2022 at 9:51pmWeb
Show threadKevinMar 2, 2023
@ampanmdagaba @KinkyTurtle @Supership79 I don't know where you live, but in the United States there are dozens of laws trying to ban drag performances.
Show threadJames WidmanMar 2, 2023
@KevinLikesMaps @ampanmdagaba @KinkyTurtle @Supership79 yes, and furthermore, in tennessee, presenting yourself according to a gender other than the one assigned to you at birth, in public, is now regarded as an "adult cabaret performance" and classified as a felony:
https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0009.pdf