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Gay Movie Herstory Help! (self.rupaulsdragrace)

ToTYly_AUSemSasha Velour が 投稿

Hello all you fabulous whore bags,

This most recent episode got me thinking about all the gay-herstory diva films that I need to see but never got the chance to see. I know Ru did "a crash course in herstory" at one point (during a recap show maybe?) but I need like a good extensive list. I've tried to search online but I guess maybe I'm not using the right words or something HAHA.

Really the only things I've seen that come close to "gay herstory" is Death Becomes Her (which I didn't realize at the time was a diva film...but Meryl...hai.) Maybe 10 minutes of an Audrey Hepburn film, and some Monroe.

I didn't know ANY of the films they referenced this past week and it bothers me!

HELP ME SISTERS.

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[–]shereallycamethatwayBack Rolls? 16 ポイント17 ポイント  (4子コメント)

I got you gurl, i took a Gay & Lesbian film class last semester: Paris Is Burning (drag), The Celluloid Closet (documentary), Boys in the Band (gay), Fabulous: The Story of Queer Cinema (documentary), The Children's Hour (lesbian w Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine), Cabaret (not necessarily LGBT but Liza Minnelli plays a showgirl and has a gay friend that she tries to hit on)

[–]ToTYly_AUSemSasha Velour[S] 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (2子コメント)

Thank you! THIS is what I was referring to what I wanted (pointing at you, /u/AcidBitter) :)

Old-Time classics that paved the way.

[–]MrsJWBDoubleBrianGoodness 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (1子コメント)

I don't know if these are "old/classics" but definitely worth watching:

Love!Valour!Compassion!, Pageant, The Bird Cage/La Cage Aux Folles, My Own Private Idaho, Dog Day Afternoon, Priscilla - Queen of the Desert, Shortbus, Tales of the City (TV Mini Series, actually - which also has 2 "sequel" series,) and Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon

[–]Gnomibis<Custom Text Flair> -1 ポイント0 ポイント  (0子コメント)

The original French version of La Cage, please. Vastly superior.

[–]DianyaBirthday 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

The 1990s Stonewall features a young Guillermo Diaz from Scandal and talks about trans and drag issues and the Stonewall Riot. Working Girl, Big Business, Steal Magnolias, Faster PussyCat Kill Kill, Valley of the Dolls, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Xanadu. My recent discovery on Amazon Prime "Can't Stop the Music" which is quite possibly the gayest movie ever. A young short shorted Steve Guttenberg and a long in the tooth model put together the Village People and a young Caitlynn Jenner is in it in a crop top and short shorts.

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    [–]promking696922 88 999 5 666 2 66 66 33 666 66 444 8 88 66 33 7777 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (8子コメント)

    Grace and Frankie

    Wasn't it thelma and louise?

    [–]ToTYly_AUSemSasha Velour[S] 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (6子コメント)

    Yes it was. And people are getting mad at me for actually knowing my shit. /u/AcidBitter

    [–]promking696922 88 999 5 666 2 66 66 33 666 66 444 8 88 66 33 7777 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    He's just trying to live up to his username, it's sad.

    [–]AcidBitterI rather be cute than simple; Anything else ? -1 ポイント0 ポイント  (4子コメント)

    I literally said Grace and Frankie because that's a show I like with a large gay fan base. I literally was telling you shows and movies I like that seem to have a large gay fanbase.

    [–]ToTYly_AUSemSasha Velour[S] 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (3子コメント)

    Showgirls, Mommie Dearest, Grace and Frankie, What ever happened to baby Jane?

    It's really just a coincidence that all your favorite movies are the ones the girls parodied this week (with a question mark for the extra sass) but instead of Thelma and Louise, it happened to be another TV SHOW NOT EVEN A FILM that happened to have two women's names in them? Bullshit.

    Suurrrrreeee honey. Just looking for excuses to be really really rude.

    [–]AcidBitterI rather be cute than simple; Anything else ? -1 ポイント0 ポイント  (2子コメント)

    The question mark is because the title is a question. And they didn't parody Mommies Dearest. I tried to also give you something more modern (Because not everyone likes black and white, old films) But okay continue to be a cunt.

    [–]ToTYly_AUSemSasha Velour[S] 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

    Cunt is better than whatever the hell's going on with you.

    [–]AcidBitterI rather be cute than simple; Anything else ? -1 ポイント0 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    ToTYly_AUSem XDDDD rawr

    [–]ToTYly_AUSemSasha Velour[S] 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (4子コメント)

    Thank you! :)

    This may be stupid, but did I miss the part where the girl's parodied Grace and Frankie this week?

    [–]promking696922 88 999 5 666 2 66 66 33 666 66 444 8 88 66 33 7777 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (3子コメント)

    They didn't, they parodied thelma and louise...

    [–]ToTYly_AUSemSasha Velour[S] 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (2子コメント)

    Okay that's what I thought. It's weird that everyone thought "Velma and Weezy" was a joke on "Grace and Frankie" and not "Thelma and Louise..."

    I was asking for my gay-herstory and even I know Lilly Tomlin and Jane Fonda didn't drive off a cliff at the end!

    [–]promking696922 88 999 5 666 2 66 66 33 666 66 444 8 88 66 33 7777 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (1子コメント)

    Lilly Tomlin and Jane Fonda didn't drive off a cliff at the end!

    This would be an interesting way to end the show tho

    [–]ToTYly_AUSemSasha Velour[S] 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Hahahaha! Only if they were tripping together would it be the appropriate ending :)

    [–]bluejumpingdog 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Hairspray

    Pink flamingoes

    Priscilla Queen of the desert

    Paris is burning

    To wong foo ( Ru Paul appears in it)

    La cages aux folles (Birdcage I think is the name for the american version)

    Some examples. All of them really entertaining, Pink flamingoes a bit risky don't watch with your parents

    [–][deleted] 18 ポイント19 ポイント  (9子コメント)

    Obviously Katya's favorite movie Contact is the only one worth watching.

    [–]BraglehNina Bo'nina Brown 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (3子コメント)

    When I was in my last year of school we watched this film in social studies and I was tripping the fuck out tbh

    [–][deleted] 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (2子コメント)

    In all seriousness though Contact is actually one of my favorite movies. I've been watching it ever since I was a wee little gay boy and I still love it. It's honestly just such a beautiful movie and it still makes tear up a little every time I watch it.

    So naturally I kind of freaked out with all of Katya's references to the film.

    [–]BraglehNina Bo'nina Brown 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (1子コメント)

    Yeah I totally agree, I think beautiful is the only way to describe it

    [–][deleted] 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    "They should have sent a poet..."

    OOH gurl the feels...

    [–]havvetsShea Couleé 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    I just watched it the other day because Katya referenced it so much

    [–]ColeDelRio 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (3子コメント)

    Okay which Contact is this because all I can think of is the Jodie Foster movie...

    [–][deleted] 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (2子コメント)

    This one (embedded link doesn't work because parenthesis):

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_(1997_American_film)

    [–]ColeDelRio 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

    I'm curious as to why that's one of her favorite movies.

    [–][deleted] 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Maybe she just has a good taste in cinema? It's adorable whatever the reason.

    [–]stayGponyboy 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Pride. It's a British modern film but I love it.

    [–]JagiordSasha Velour 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    I definitely second Cabaret. It has everything you'll ever need and more.

    [–]ffantasticmanTatianna 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (1子コメント)

    Funny Girl (duh) Funny Face (duh duh) Breakfast At Tiffany's (duh duh duh) My Fair Lady Belle du Jour Moonstruck (featuring a young Chad Michaels) Mermaids (also featuring Chad Michaels) The Eyes of Laura Mars The Way We Were The Apartment Singing In The Rain Rosemary's Baby The Seven Year Itch

    [–]notafraid1989 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Breakfast At Tiffany's

    If you don't like having your gays and fag-hags whitewashed, then definitely read the book. It is a very quick and very fun read.

    [–]ToTYly_AUSemSasha Velour[S] 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Oh I thought it stood for Really Dramatic Post on Reddit. Silly me

    [–]craftybastSasha Velour 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Surprised no one's recommended the '90s classic "Trick"! Still the best gay rom-com out there, featuring Tori Spelling being super adorable and a Coco Peru cameo that can't be described as anything but ICONIC.

    [–]Gnomibis<Custom Text Flair> 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Simon Doonan & John Waters have both written recommendations of essential films & other gay culture. Do yourself a massive life & mind enhacing favour & seek those out. Kudos to you on your curiosity & on being smart enough to ask. Mwaaaa X

    [–]pirintabletsNina Bo'nina Brown 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    excuse me why has no one mentioned Starrbooty??? (jk tbh I've never seen it)

    everyone in this thread has given some amazing suggestions, i'm a Bird Cage fan (if you couldn't tell from my username) and I'd like to add Wigstock: The Movie, since I haven't seen it mentioned yet.

    [–]promking696922 88 999 5 666 2 66 66 33 666 66 444 8 88 66 33 7777 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (7子コメント)

    Katy Perry: Part Of Me.

    [–]MatronneGeorgiaNina Bo'nina Brown 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (6子コメント)

    Miley Cyrus: Can't Be Tamed.

    [–]promking696922 88 999 5 666 2 66 66 33 666 66 444 8 88 66 33 7777 12 ポイント13 ポイント  (5子コメント)

    Miley Cyrus: Can't Be Tamed.

    That's not a movie you silly homosexual. It's a cultural revolution and the reason we have rights as men, women, and everything in between but its just a music video.

    [–]valentineboy13Shea Couleé 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    And an amazing album

    [–]MatronneGeorgiaNina Bo'nina Brown 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (3子コメント)

    To me, it's a movie, let me believe.

    (Okay, I had forgotten that Part of Me was also a movie... I'm a bad gay.)

    [–]promking696922 88 999 5 666 2 66 66 33 666 66 444 8 88 66 33 7777 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (2子コメント)

    It's fine just buy Perfect Illusion on iTunes

    [–]MatronneGeorgiaNina Bo'nina Brown 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (1子コメント)

    Been there, done that, ready to pre-order Joanne. Honestly, truly.

    [–]promking696922 88 999 5 666 2 66 66 33 666 66 444 8 88 66 33 7777 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    YAS! Stan for the indie album of 2016!

    [–]xtinaphileShea Couleé 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (1子コメント)

    Burlesque starring Christina Aguilera and some unknown upcoming artist called Cher.

    [–]loftio 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    How dare you talk about Chad Michaels like that.

    [–]lassidoggyTrinity Taylor 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Last week, they parodied Showgirls (a cult classic about a Las Vegas showgirl), Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? (A film starring real life rivals Joan Crawford and Bette Davis), and THELMA AND LOUISE (not Grace/Frankie, idk why everyone's saying it's Grace and Frankie. It's a buddy/crime drama with Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, and Brad Pitt)

    [–]colcart97Sasha Velour 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Hello all you fabulous whore bags

    Dad is that you?!

    [–]madamushaJaymes Mansfield 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    "All About Eve"

    [–]Gnomibis<Custom Text Flair> 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Let me chuck in a few dark n' moody English chamber pieces. "The Servant" (Pinter, Losey & Bogard) "Entertaining Mr Sloane" (Irenie Handal, Joe Orton) "The Killing of Sister George" (Beryl Reid, Susan George). Names in brackets = other interesting work. "Prick Up Your Ears" is about the life of Joe Orton & a very good film. Stirling performances from Alfred Molina & Gary Oldman.

    Anything directed by Fellini or Fassbinder.

    Ohh there is so much I'm only touching the surface.

    [–]AcidBitterI rather be cute than simple; Anything else ? -2 ポイント-1 ポイント  (19子コメント)

    Showgirls, Mommie Dearest, Grace and Frankie, What ever happened to baby Jane ?

    [–]ToTYly_AUSemSasha Velour[S] 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (1子コメント)

    OH MY GOD FUCKING CLOCKED!

    Did you just refer to THELMA AND LOUISE as Grace and Frankie and then get MAD at me?! I think that's what just happened.

    [–]AcidBitterI rather be cute than simple; Anything else ? -3 ポイント-2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

    No I didn't. I know what both are. I never did watch Thelma and Louise. I listed some of my favorite movies and shows that have a large gay fanbase.

    [–]ToTYly_AUSemSasha Velour[S] 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (16子コメント)

    Grace and Frankie counts? I've seen that but isn't that like two years old?

    [–]AcidBitterI rather be cute than simple; Anything else ? 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (15子コメント)

    How old do you think Mommie Dearest is ? Or what ever happened to baby Jane ?

    [–]ToTYly_AUSemSasha Velour[S] 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (14子コメント)

    Well Mommie Dearest came out in 1981, and Baby Jane came out in 1962. Grace and Frankie came out in 2015.....so....I think those are classics lmfao.