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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna
Muy interesante! I'm curious as to why you put the Birdcage in the category you did...?
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I liked the play. It was a hoot. For some reason - a million years ago - the musical succeeded for me as a big silly fun explosion.
As for the film, I could not stand the acting of Nathan Lane and Robin Williams. They tried to redeem their terribly hackneyed scenery chewing performances of stereoptypical fags by giving them little scraps of decency, but it still fell flat for me and made my skin crawl. There were certainly funny moments in the movie. But overall, I just felt it was one more big silly cartoon about queens. The script didn't have much regard for any of the characters. Everyone was a farce. I didn't feel that the parts were written with any humanity. God knows I love a silly movie. Nothing like a John Waters film! But this thing bugged the hell outta me. Something about the way those two act like homos (even though Nathan Lane is gayer than Liberace at a bathhouse)
comes off as demeaning and lurid.
So, thumbs down!