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Top 10 Men in Drag Movies

11/30/2012

Women have come a long way (baby) since the days of Ancient Greece when women were not allowed to act, but the tradition of men dressing like women on stage and film continues today, with entire franchises built around men in drag. Some men in drag movies are just that, a drag, but others have surprised, entertained, and enthralled us, and more than a few have prompted us to bust out a few lines from Aerosmith's "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)." Help us separate the fab from the drab.

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  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
  • To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995)
  • The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
  • Hairspray (2007)
  • The Crying Game (1992)
  • Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
  • The Birdcage (1996)
  • Tootsie (1982)
  • Some Like It Hot (1959)
  • Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
  • Honorable Mention
  • Jack and Jill (2011)
  • Paris Is Burning (1990)A documentary that takes an in-depth look at the Ball Scene of the 80's. Balls where competitions held mainly by lower class black and hispanic drag queens, transexuals, and gay men, with many categories. This movie alone is one of the fueling sources of drag lingo and drag culture nowadays.
  • The Nutty Professor (1996)
  • White Chicks (2004)
  • Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail (2009)
  • Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
  • Ed Wood (1994)
  • Pink Flamingos (1972)While priscilla and to wong foo are about camp, Pink Flamingos IS camp. John Water's masterpiece is an exercise on trash, stupidity, camp, and sheer obscenity. Divine (who also played the original Ms. Turnblad, never mind that homophobic Travolta accident) is the definition of campy drag. NOT for the easily offended (NC-17 and one of the most grotesque movies with that rating).
  • Big Momma's House 2 (2006)
  • Before Night Falls (2000)
  • Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011)
  • Taking Woodstock (2009)
  • Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection (2012)
  • Meet the Browns (2008)
  • Sweet November (2001)
  • Big Momma's House (2000)
  • Norbit (2007)
  • Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family (2011)
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  • No no no, this is ALL WRONG. Here, let me fix that Honey.

    Chickens are plentiful | 05.02.13 03:40:48 PM

    I'm sorry but the "everyone" list goes to show how little people know about drag movies. That blasphemous 2007 Hairspray is in it!?!?!? What about the original version made by John Waters that didn't pick a homophobic closet case (Travolta) to play the role that Waters created for Divine ( the best campy drag queen in history)!?!?!? That is just ridiculous. And, Ms. Doubtfire is there?!? Educate your selves children and let me give you a REAL top 10 (drag queen approved) list that shows great movies that might be lesser known but 10 times better.

    1- Paris is Burning (this is indisputable. As a drag queen, I can't bear to not see this at the top spot. a documentary that shaped what drag is to this day, and one of the best documentaries ever. If you don't agree, I will "read you to filth!".

    2-Hedwig and the angry inch. While Rocky Horror Picture Show is a classic, and the definition of a cult movie, as far as drag musicals go, this one will eat it in one bite. Watch it! It's a masterpiece.

    3- Rocky Horror Picture Show. Yes, it's right after Hedwig, and some fans might hate that, but I insist. Still, one of the best examples of camp, and a complete riot.

    4-The adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. This is the Australian original movie that made some people in hollywood wet their panties and squeal with love for drag queens. Then they went ahead and put two brick hollywood faces in crappy drag and made the complete rip off that is "too wong Foo". Again, watch this over that. It's WAY better.

    5- Kiss of the Spider Woman. A classic movie that depicts the friendship developed by a political prisoner and a drag queen while held captive. Masterpiece and a drag essential.

    6- The Crying Game. Great drama about a transexual drag performer who gets mixed up with an IRA man. Watch it with your straight friends (don't give the surprise away) and remember to have the camera handy for the moment when the girl's plumbing gets revealed. Chances are no one clocked her! Oh the fun.

    7- To Wong Foo, yadda yadda. See, Priscilla above to see why this is all the way down here. COMPLETE HOLLYWOOD RIP OFF. Still, it's entertaining if only to see the three main actors "beat" some of the world's best drag queens at the time in a pageant. HA. And no, Drag queens are not in drag all day. It's a job for most of us, nothing else.

    8- Pink Flamingos. John Waters and Divine at their best. Truly the most gross and upsetting movie ever. A camp classic and a cult film. The campy chronicles of the filthiest people alive!! I would have put the original hairspray over the new one (what is wrong with you people. The new one is trash!!) but John Waters/Divine movie are plentiful and many are far superior/more representative.

    9- The birdcage. I guess I will put this one here instead of the original french movie (yes, we americans really mostly steal ideas now days), but only because of the amazing John Wayne walk scene. That was so good.

    10- Some like it hot. It's the original sex symbol (not really the original either, but whatever she's the bomb) and two drag queens. What's not to like.

    There, now that's better. And please, NOTHING with Adam Sandler should be in a best of list. Ever!! Well, maybe punch drunk love wasn't so bad, but still. I'm putting my fabulously high spiked heel down.

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