To Wong Fu Thanks For Everything Movie And Swayzes

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When they finally arrive in Hollywood, one of them is crowned Drag Queen of America. The end.

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I knew it was going to happen soon, but it doesnt make me any less sad to see another icon from my childhood suddenly gone.

To Wong Fu Thanks For Everything Movie And Swayzes

Im sure many of you would prefer that Id dug up the soundtrack to Road House (1989) or Point Break (1991) and I still might some day but as passionate as some of you are about those cult classics, I have equally strong feelings about this little movie and Swayzes performance in it.

I agree that Priscilla is the better of the two, but I saw To Wong Foo first, so I have a sentimental attachment to it.

Yes, its safer, less edgy, and watered down, but I still enjoy it quite a bit.

This was 1995 and the Internet wasnt a part of my life yet, so I either read about it in a magazine or saw something about it on TV.

It seemed like nobody believed Swayze and Wesley Snipes were actually going to play drag queens, but then the trailer came out and the TV spots started airing, at which point there was no denying To Wong Foo was really happening.

I was at a friends house when I saw the trailer for the first time, and I remember us both being awestruck by what we saw as well as confused about the movies title, which makes zero sense until you see the film.

We both declared we would definitely see it when it came to a theater near us.

We couldnt believe we were seeing Johnny Castle in drag and he was beautiful and graceful Who knew that Sam Wheat would make such a damn fine-looking woman Same with John Leguizamo.

Their big prize: a trip to Hollywood to compete in an even bigger, national drag pageant.

As theyre heading out to celebrate their shared victory, they encounter a crying little Latin boy in drag, Chi Chi Rodriguez (Leguizamo), whos upset she didnt win.

Feeling sorry for her, and wanting to help turn her into a fabulous queen, Vida convinces Noxeema to take Chi Chi with them to Hollywood.

Noxeema reluctantly agrees, and the pair cash in their plane tickets, rent an old Cadillac convertible, and head out on a cross-country road trip with their protege.

The redneck lawman tries to get fresh with Vida, who promptly knocks him to the ground when he discovers her secret.

After the trio determine that Vida has killed him, they take off and try to put as much distance as possible between them and the scene of the supposed crime.

He drives them to his hometown of Snydersville, a quaint little town that has, like, ten buildings, and introduces them to the owners of the towns hotel and auto repair shop, a married couple named Carol Ann (Stockard Channing) and Virgil (Arliss Howard).

Carol Ann gives them a room in the hotel for the night, which is also where she and her family live, and Virgil tells them hell take a look at their car.

They decide to make the best of it and set out to get to know the towns seemingly unsophisticated residents.

The queens learn theres more than meets the eye when it comes to the Snydersvillians; they help them realize just how great their town can be, not to mention themselves.

He eventually tracks them to Snydersville, where his attempts to apprehend Vida, Noxeema, and Chi Chi are thwarted by the towns newly fabulous residents.

Eventually the Cadillac is fixed, and the queens say goodbye to their new friends.

When they finally arrive in Hollywood, one of them is crowned Drag Queen of America.

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