“I am a drag queen!”

Elite Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme (Patrick Swayze) and Noxeema Jackson (Wesley Snipes) impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When the two meet pathetic drag novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez (John Leguizamo) — one of the losers that evening — the charmed Vida and Noxeema agree to take the hopeless youngster under their joined wing. Soon the three set off on a madcap road trip across America and struggle to make it to Los Angeles in time. With Stockard Channing, RuPaul, Blythe Danner, Jason London, Melinda Dillon, Chris Penn.

“Today, we aren’t due for a reappraisal so much as a reconsideration of this cult queer classic that defies easy categorization… Is ‘To Wong Foo’ a sanitized image of drag queens made palatable for straight audiences? Or was it a queer romp that spoke to cultural anxieties about and within the LGBTQ+ community? Did it capture the ’90s drag boom at its zenith? Or did it mark its (temporary) demise? The answers, of course, lie somewhere in between. Here is, after all, a statement about the emancipatory power of drag wrapped in a tale of allyship born from genuine curiosity and collaboration — embalmed as it is in the limitations of the “ (Vulture)

Monday, August 14
Doors 9:00 pm | Movie 9:30 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
Advance tickets HERE

TO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING! JULIE NEWMAR (Beeban Kidron, 1995 / 14A / 109 minutes) Three drag queens travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town.

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