Author: Mark Alexander

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Remembering Our Rich Cinematic Drag History

Lifted from a posting on Tumblr…

Not like that film was a one-off either.

I would like to add The Birdcage (1996) to this list of drag queen movies (mind you, it’s based on La Cage Aux Folles, a French stage play from 1973 that was later made into a 1978 film*).

Which starred Nathan Lane as a drag queen just two years after he had voice Pumba in The Lion King:

And we ESPECIALLY need to remember Victor Victoria from 1982 (during the REAGAN administration), an absolutely joyful film is SET IN THE 1930S and stars everyone’s favorite curtain-sewing nanny as a struggling soprano who decides to pretend to be a boy doing drag (DOUBLE THE DRAG FOR YOUR MONEY). I mean look at this photo:

* I love the Birdcage, but to this day I think the original La Cage still outshines it for the sheer comedic timing of the leads.

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News of Cap’n Sundowner In Montana

From Mock Paper Scissors:

The 78-year old convicted felon and noted dotard Donald Trump doesn’t know the meaning of the word metaphor (or many other words for that matter).

We enter into evidence:

Donald Trump’s campaign team sparked unintentional hilarity after blasting out the theme song from Titanic at a Montana rally Friday.

Some political pundits on social media felt the song a metaphor for the Trump campaign’s flagging momentum, which comes just weeks after a victory in November felt all but assured.

What a dope.

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SMDH…

It’s easier if I present this in reverse order…

The CD itself…
Wrapped in plain brown paper and sealed with the seller’s seal…
The CD, wrapped in brown paper and sealed, wrapped in bubble wrap…
The CD, wrapped in brown paper and sealed, wrapped in bubble wrap and wedged between two pieces of cardboard (not shown) and two pieces of 3/4″ thick styrofoam, bundled together with rubber bands…
And the entire thing, sealed with a kiss and shipped in a recycled padded Amazon mailing bag.

Having bought and sold enough CDs online, I know that occastionally the shipping company/USPS handles them a bit roughly and they arrive with the splines in the jewel cases broken off. That certainly did not happen in this case, but still…

P.S. You couldn’t have bent this thing if you tried!

Considering the amount of waste this one CD generated, I can’t help but wonder if the seller works at Amazon.

And in case you’re curious…

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