To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Movie • 1995 • Comedy
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Three New York drag queens on their way to Hollywood for a beauty pageant get stranded in a small Midwestern town for the entire weekend when their car breaks down. While waiting for parts for their Cadillac convertible, the flamboyant trio shows the local homophobic rednecks that appearing different doesn't mean they don't have humanity in common.
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Abandonment
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a cop goes around looking for the main characters in several scenes, absolutely obsessed with tracking them down. (he does manage to find them at the end, but nothing bad happens)
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the abuser is kicked out in the end
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There is a sympathetic supporting character in an abusive marriage, but her abuser is kicked out in the course of the movie.
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A supporting character is seen being physically and verbally abused by her husband, although he is kicked out by the end of the movie.
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We don't see the child being abused, but we see her father abusing her mother.
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there is an abusive father, but never shown or implied to be directed at his children
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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the man fixing the car is an alcoholic and a cop gets drunk off his can in a bar. both of them drink on screen.
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
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not sexual assault, but a policeman is made fun of for "getting beat up by a girl"
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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A woman is beaten up by her husband who basically her bully
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To add more detail - the first scene is when the characters get stopped by a cop. The cop gropes Vida and tries to coerce her into sex but she fights back and eventually pushes him away, knocking him unconscious. The second scene is when 4 or 5 young men surround Chi Chi menacingly and it looks like they intend to sexually assault her, but they don't because another man steps in and "rescues" her.
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There is the suggestion of sexual assault, and a potentially triggering scene involving a police officer.
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No, but it's heavily implied in a scene with Chi Chi in the countryside that a gang rape may have been intended
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Bodily Harm
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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More slips a little than falls
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There is a fall that results in someone presumed dead but it's quickly dispelled.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Vida knocks out the sheriff who tried to SA.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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When a guy is being a jerk, Noxeema goes over and grabs him by the p***s with her sharp nails and drags him to the people he was being jerk to so he will apologize and learn manners. It is played for comedy.
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Vida briefly uses a razor to shave a stray hair in the first 2 minutes.
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Death
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Fear
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Vida shaves her face in the opening scene.
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Are there clowns?
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Only the ones wearing badges
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Are there mannequins?
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After the queens arrive in the little town, there is a montage in and around a clothing store that does have mannequins
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Is there a shower scene?
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technically, in the first scene, but we never see the inside of the bathroom or she shower. the character is just showering off screen and comes out wrapped in a towel.
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Gross
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Large-scale Violence
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This came out over a DECADE before 9/11
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Law Enforcement
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The only cops in the movie are shown as bad. Also the cop isn’t actually dead, just unconscious.
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LGBTQ+
Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
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It's... Complicated. The film does not involve anyone self-identifying as a trans person, but a main antagonist views trans women, transvestites, drag queens, and the like, as predatory, and makes these views known.
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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This is also complicated. There are no people identifying as transgender in this film. There is an antagonist who is discriminatory towards trans women, transsexuals, transvestites, drag queens, and the like. He says discriminatory things regarding the main characters, a trio of drag queens, but no transphobic slurs are used against them. Some of the terminology may be viewed as outdated, but no slurs are present in this PG-13 film.
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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early in the movie when they're on a dark back road, one of the queens mentions the name on her drivers license, and another queen repeats it a few times.
the cop is also called "Missus Dullard" while being bullied for getting beat up by a girl
the cop is also called "Missus Dullard" while being bullied for getting beat up by a girl
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Is there menstruation?
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No, but a character briefly mentions menstrual cramps.
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Mental Health
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Chi Chi has a moment of panic with neighborhood toughs.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Unclear if some characters experience body dysmorphia.
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Paranoia
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during the dress-up montage, a supporting character happily watches the other ladies dancing around and showing off their outfits
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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Are there fat jokes?
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there is an insult during one argument referring to a character's cellulite, but it is more of a "you're old" comment than it is about calling the character fat. (it's also not really a joke)
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The main characters state that they are "drag queens" and not transgender women, but they spend the entire movie presenting as women and clearly prefer to be seen as women. MOST people they encounter respect this and unquestioningly treat them as women. The main exception is the antagonist cop who insists on calling them men. Also, in a couple of scenes Vida and Noxeema tell Chi-Chi that she's "just a boy in a dress" and hasn't earned the "right" to call herself a drag queen yet.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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While the drag queens are not presented as objects of ridicule in themselves, Noxeema and Vida refer to Chi-Chi as a "boy in a dress," claiming that she hasn't earned the title of "drag queen" yet. A homophobic antagonist also refers to the main characters as "boys in dresses."
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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There's an old woman who is usually nonverbal and a man who stutters, and they are lightly mocked for this by the other townspeople. Both seem to "overcome" their conditions through the main characters' positive influence, which is another trope that is often seen as ableist.
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Is there hate speech?
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Racism and transphobia/homophobia.
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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When the queens are pulled over the cop calls Noxeema the n word and Chi Chi a different slur
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Race
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Relationships
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Although we don't know her age, Chi-Chi courts a young man named Bobby Ray who Vida refers to as a child. I assume that Bobby Ray is a teenage minor, and though like I said, we don't know Chi-Chi's age, the actor would have been 31-35 (conflicting reports) at the time of the film's release.
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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There are no sex scenes, but there is suggestive dialogue.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Chi Chi by some of the town boys and Vida by the cop
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Sexism
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
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The characters are on a road trip and have to stay in an inn cause their car breaks and they’re stranded but they are not actually homeless
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Spoiler
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Are there end credit scenes?
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At the end, there's a fake out where the screen fades to black, then a short scene plays before the credits start to roll
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Vehicular
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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tires screech and cars honk multiple times throughout the movie, a couple lines down I'll mark where they are
[SPOILERS]
tires screech during the car rental scene (17:49), after seeing Vida's mom (21:07), the "you are not a drag queen" scene (22:17, 23:59, 24:32), as the queens drive away after being pulled over (33:19), when other cops arrive to get sherrif Dullard (45:27), when Chi Chi is surrounded by the town boys (49:49), and when sherrif Dollard is pulling into town (1:30:08, 1:30:53, 1:32:38)
cars honk when they leave the rental place (18:32), and when Chi Chi is surrounded by the town boys (49:49)
[SPOILERS]
tires screech during the car rental scene (17:49), after seeing Vida's mom (21:07), the "you are not a drag queen" scene (22:17, 23:59, 24:32), as the queens drive away after being pulled over (33:19), when other cops arrive to get sherrif Dullard (45:27), when Chi Chi is surrounded by the town boys (49:49), and when sherrif Dollard is pulling into town (1:30:08, 1:30:53, 1:32:38)
cars honk when they leave the rental place (18:32), and when Chi Chi is surrounded by the town boys (49:49)
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Violence
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A cop waves a shot gun around but nothing comes of it
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