The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Movie • 1994 • Comedy
ReportTwo drag-queens and a transsexual contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, and head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, named 'Priscilla'. En route, they discover that the woman they've contracted with is the wife of one of the drag queens. Their bus breaks down, and is repaired by Bob, who then travels on with them.
This movie contains 32 potentially triggering events.
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Are there abusive parents?
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Depends on what you define as abusive. There’s no physical abuse, but Bernadette’s parents are stated no not be respectful or understanding of her gender and transition. She states that they stopped speaking to her after she had her surgery.
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A drag queen is punched across the jaw while in drag.
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Abandonment
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Bernadette says her parents haven't spoken to her since she had her gender surgery.
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I can’t remember if there is explicitly violence but a couple of characters have a very tense and unhealthy relationship
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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In the first scene, a drag queen has an object thrown at her after she finishes performing.
Slightly later on, as she’s running to the phone booth, in the background there’s a woman that appears to be being attacked/mugged by some men, but it’s not very visible or focused on.
Slightly later on, as she’s running to the phone booth, in the background there’s a woman that appears to be being attacked/mugged by some men, but it’s not very visible or focused on.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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In a flashback, an 'uncle' tries to sexually assault a child while in the bathtub but the boy gets revenge on him and is seen laughing about this as an adult. One of the other characters, a trans woman, has a flashback to her childhood where she was still treated like a boy and mentions how her parents never spoke to her again after gender affirming surgery, so the assumption is she didn't have a happy childhood.
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One of the main characters finds some pills in the luggage of another main character. He isn't shown taking them but his behaviour afterwards is attributed to taking drugs. Also a main character takes hormones and is shown with a cereal bowl full of them.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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A couple of scenes of characters drinking heavily.
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No animals die on screen, but a couple of dead animals are shown (a kangaroo in the back of a car, and another Australian animal being cooked).
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Is there a dead animal?
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One of the main characters is forced to sit next to a dead kangeroo in the back of a truck.
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Are there bugs?
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There are constantly flies buzzing around the characters while they are in the outback, especially during a scene with a dead kangeroo.
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Assault
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No, but Adam does willingly take some sort of drug and engages in some reckless actions which are attributed to that.
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Is there pedophilia?
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Yes, there is a childhood flashback in which a child is cohered into preforming sexual acts by an adult family member. Could be very triggering so please stay safe!
Yes, there is a childhood flashback in which a child is cohered into preforming sexual acts by an adult family member. Could be very triggering so please stay safe!
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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When in Cooper Pedy (or however the town is called), Adam gets in drag and heads to a gathering of some men. One of them is interested in Adam, not realizing he’s a drag queen, and begins flirting, but gets angry when he realizes. He and his friends chase and corner Adam, and he punches him in the jaw. When Adam collapses (still conscious), he instructs his friends to hold Adam down and pull his legs apart. This is when others intervene.
Adam is later shown with a bruised corner of the mouth and wearing a cloth to hold his jaw shut, and he cannot talk.
Adam is later shown with a bruised corner of the mouth and wearing a cloth to hold his jaw shut, and he cannot talk.
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Is someone restrained?
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Yes, a character is held down by others in one scene
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Yes, there is a flashback to when Adam is younger, and his uncle in the bathtub tries to get Adam to touch him inappropriately. Adam pretends like he’s complying but tricks him and runs off.
Later on in the movie, Adam is also chased by some men who then corner him, and hold him down while pulling his legs apart. Nothing happens as someone intervenes.
Later on in the movie, Adam is also chased by some men who then corner him, and hold him down while pulling his legs apart. Nothing happens as someone intervenes.
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
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There are no jokes about it, but Adam is assaulted twice but with nothing ever fully happening. Adam tells the story of when he was first assaulted by his uncle, which is shown in a flashback, and in it, he pulled the plug on the bath his uncle was in, getting his genitals stuck in the drain. It then cuts back to present where Adam and Mitz/Tick are laughing about it. To me, it is clear that they are not laughing about the potential assault, but rather how Adam tricked his uncle and escaped it.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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No but there is a brief shot where Adam smashes a champagne bottle on the tour bus to christen it. There is a slow motion shot of the bottle breaking and glass flying out. No one seems to be hit/cut, but it could still be triggering.
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Is there amputation?
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A trans woman character does refer to her gender surgery as "the chop."
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Not on screen, though Bernadette does explain that her husband died after asphyxiating on the fumes of the bleach he was dying his hair with in the bathroom.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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A character gets a jaw injury.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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During a drinking contest between Bernadette and Shirl, Shirl overdrinks, says that she is seeing things, then slumps over/passes out.
Bernadette faints when realizing Tick has a son, hitting her head, but doesn’t seem to be unconscious, or at least for very long.
Tick faints at the end of his number when he sees his son is in the crowd (Marion lied and said he wouldn’t be at the show). He falls into the crowd and hits his nose. After, he’s shown in the dressing room, unconscious, with his friends trying to wake him up, which he soon does.
Bernadette faints when realizing Tick has a son, hitting her head, but doesn’t seem to be unconscious, or at least for very long.
Tick faints at the end of his number when he sees his son is in the crowd (Marion lied and said he wouldn’t be at the show). He falls into the crowd and hits his nose. After, he’s shown in the dressing room, unconscious, with his friends trying to wake him up, which he soon does.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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One of the characters, while in drag, is held down by a mob and his legs pulled apart so they can harm him but they are stopped before they can. When coming to his rescue, one of the other main characters knees a thug in the groin.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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takver
In the flashback scene where one of the characters recalls his uncle molesting him as a child.
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Does someone die?
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At the beginning of the movie, Bernadette’s husband dies and we see his funeral. However, he is not a character that we meet and his death is not shown, though it is discussed.
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Does someone cheat?
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The main character is married, but it's shown to be an open marriage where either is free to seek out relationships with others.
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No but there is a brief shot where Adam smashes a champagne bottle on the tour bus to christen it. There is a slow motion shot of the bottle breaking and glass flying out. No one seems to be hit/cut, but it could still be triggering.
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Is there a shower scene?
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There's a bath scene in a flashback
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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There is what is ostensibly an old turd in a bottle of idk preservative liquid?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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A character deadnames Bernadette
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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The word “tr*nny” is used in a lighthearted manner by Adam (one of the drag queens). I’m sorry but I can’t recall if it’s ever used in a derogatory way. There is also misgendering and the drag queens + trans woman are called “freaks”. The term “transsexual” is used, not in a derogatory way, but I know that some take issue with that term over “transgender”.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Brief flashbacks to the main character waiting in a hospital.
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Is there menstruation?
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No but when confronting a woman at a bar, Bernadette mentions tampons.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there body dysphoria?
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I would not say so. Bernadette is trans and mentions both hormones and bottom surgery, but she doesn’t say anything about dysphoria.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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A main character is transgender, takes hormones and mentions having had bottom surgery, but she doesn't mention any dysmorphia.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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No, although one of the characters appears to sleep in a tanning bed under another bed, which is kind of like a coffin.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Noxious
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During Tick and Adam’s ABBA number at the end of the movie, confetti occasionally goes off from the ceiling, with audible, quick pops. When they finish their lipsync, a few suddenly go off, surprising Tick.
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Does a baby cry?
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There may be baby cries in a hospital flashback towards the end.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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A decent amount of swearing and lewd jokes.
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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A child is born but it is only mentioned not shown in any way
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Homophobic slurs are painted on a bus
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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The film is about drag queens and they meet with various people who are hateful towards them or just confused, as well as being self deprecating about what they do when unsure how they will be recieved, so there are some jokes but the film is on the side of the queer characters.
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Is there hate speech?
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It is a movie about drag queens and a trans woman making their way through rural parts of Australia. Naturally, they encounter some people who don’t understand or respect LGBTQ+ identities. However, they do meet some people who are accepting and the movie is in favor of queerness and queer/trans identities.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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There's a Filipina character who's portrayed as a racist stereotype--a "mail-order bride" who tricked a white man into marrying her, speaks weirdly fake "broken English," and performs bizarre sexual stunts on stage.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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A trans woman’s husband dies and they attend the funeral at the start of the film.
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Relationships
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Bernadette’s husband was at least 30 years younger than Bernadette.
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Not in-depth, there are mentions. I can really only remember a scene when they get to their first hotel and Adam makes a comment about a crucifix on the wall.
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Sex
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A side character performs a sexual routine in a bar but nothing graphic is shown.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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In a flashback, Adam’s uncle assaults him when he is very young (there is no touching but his uncle attempts to get Adam to touch him. Adam tricks him and escapes). Bob also is married to a (racist depiction of a) woman who performs sexual acts on stage on a bar, including putting in then popping out objects from her genitals.
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In a flashback, an 'uncle' tries to sexually assault a child.
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Social
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There is a brief shot of an aboriginal man in a town they drive into who appears to be homeless, but it is very quick and not discussed or shown further.
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